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Technologies Supporting Supply Chain Safety Management
Published in Andrzej Szymonik, Robert Stanisławski, Supply Chain Security, 2023
Andrzej Szymonik, Robert Stanisławski
Today, the most popular EDI standards are ANSI X12 and UN/EDIFACT (United Nations/Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport), approved by the US Federal Government and United Nations. ANSI X12 is the main standard in the USA and UN/EDIFACT in other countries. Currently, all organizations responsible for EDI standardization have decided to migrate to EDIFACT. EDIFACT messages (documents) enable sending information necessary for business transactions. These messages can be divided into three groups (Hałas, 2012):commercial messages (price catalogue, order, invoice), which enable the exchange of information between the seller and the buyer;transport messages (transport order, delivery note) used to organize the delivery of goods;financial messages (transfer, account activity) used for making payments and informing about money flows.
Manufacturing Systems
Published in Leo Alting, Geoffrey Boothroyd, Manufacturing Engineering Processes, 2020
Leo Alting, Geoffrey Boothroyd
Integration of manufacturing activities is not just a question of integrating the activities within the enterprise itself. All enterprises have extensive communication with external organizations (e.g., customer, vendors, forwarding agenties, and taxation authorities). This communication with external organizations can entail a considerable delay in business transactions as well as be a potential source of errors. Many companies see EDI (electronic data interchange) as a solution to these problems and a means of improving communication with customers and vendors. EDI contains standards for electronic exchange of most of the forms and information exchanged between business partners (e.g., requisitions, orders, inviting quotations, invoices). In most countries EDI service agencies take care of telecommunication and ensure that messages are distributed to the receiver. EDI is a natural extension of CIM, and the development of international EDI standards will provide new possibilities for international trade free from language and legal barriers.
Increasing the Efficiency of the Buyer-Supplier Interface
Published in Robin Cooper, Regine Slagmulder, Supply Chain Development for the Lean Enterprise, 2017
Robin Cooper, Regine Slagmulder
A more custom-made application of EC is electronic data interchange (EDI). EDI is the electronic transmission of standard business documents in a predefined format from one company’s business computer application to that of another company with which it is doing business. EDI increases efficiency through improved transaction handling and increased information sharing. EDI can reduce the costs of processing transactions between two firms by reducing the need to create, handle, and store paper documents. Also, it eliminates the need to reenter data supplied by one firm into the IT systems of the other firm, thereby reducing clerical errors introduced by reentering data. Finally, it reduces the cycle time needed for the transaction to be initiated at one firm and acted on by the other.
Textronics: a review of their technological aspects and applications
Published in The Journal of The Textile Institute, 2023
Textronics is a new scientific branch began about the year 2000, and created by the synergic connection of textile science, electronics, and computer science with elements of automatics and metrology knowledge, Figure 1 (Gniotek et al., 2003; Gniotek & Krucińska, 2004). Textronics connect the design and production of intelligent and interactive textile materials; they related to mechatronics field which links mechanics, electronics, informatics, and control science and practice on a conductive material such as yarns or fabrics; it has a profound influence on the fourth industrial revolution, and forms a significant step of Internet of Things (IoT). Electronic data interchange (EDI) is commonly defined as the computer-to-computer exchange of business data in a standard electronic format. Figure 2 shows the flow of information between the major blocks of the fiber-textile-apparel complex; it also illustrates the interdependency and tight linkages between the components through the retailer, apparel manufacturer, fabric manufacturer and yarn manufacturer paths (Jayaraman, 1995).
Information and digital technologies of Industry 4.0 and Lean supply chain management: a systematic literature review
Published in International Journal of Production Research, 2020
Miguel Núñez-Merino, Juan Manuel Maqueira-Marín, José Moyano-Fuentes, Pedro José Martínez-Jurado
EDI has had a strong impact on the Supply Chain and its efficiency (LSCM objective) from the very beginning as it contributed to improving communication between customers and suppliers, business partners and organisations at a time when the Internet did not exist (Evans, Naim, and Towill 1993). EDI enables large volumes of information to be sent at a much greater speed than in paper form and reduces costs, delays, and errors (Abernathy et al. 2000), which is in line with LM objectives at the supply chain level. In general terms, EDI has enabled companies to make faster decisions and bring down waiting times by reducing the time needed to send information, thus contributing to the goal of more efficient supply chains (Mason-Jones and Towill 1997). In particular, EDI has allowed the level of inventory to be brought down and control of replenishment to be had throughout the entire Lean supply chain, which has enabled companies to work with smaller lots and pull system demand management (Abernathy et al. 2000; McMichael, Mackay, and Altmann 2000; Danas, Ketikidis, and Roudsari 2002).
Digitalization in the sea-land supply chain: experiences from Italy in rethinking the port operations within inter-organizational relationships
Published in Production Planning & Control, 2020
Assunta Di Vaio, Luisa Varriale
We can observe similarities and differences between the two ports’ experiences. Firstly, thanks to PCS technology, in both experiences, the information within each firm is managed by computers and papers, forms or printouts are not necessary for transferring and sharing between firms. Data transfer occurs easily between the databases of organizations within and beyond the sea-land supply chain. Indeed, some authors have grouped the benefits of an EDI system in PCSs into three main categories (Jimenez-Martinez and Polo-Redondo 2004, 74): ‘direct benefits, such as paper savings, avoiding repetitive administrative procedures, or reducing administrative personnel; indirect benefits, such as avoiding errors, faster payments/improved cash flow; and finally, strategic benefits, such as increasing business relationships with companies using EDI or improving customer loyalty’.