Getting Started with EDI
GXS offers you this one-stop resource for learning about various aspects of Electronic Data Interchange, or EDI. Continue browsing to learn more about EDI implementation for your business and, more importantly, the benefits that EDI implementation offers to your business.
- Getting Started – This introductory section provides a high-level overview that helps to more clearly define what comprises an EDI system. It will also discuss why many companies have chosen EDI integration as an essential component of their day-to-day operations.
- EDI Implementation – This section goes beyond a basic discussion of EDI and gets right into EDI implementation. This step-by-step guide will cover such topics as establishing an EDI steering group, choosing the right technology for your particular business needs, and recruiting ideal partners to the new EDI trading platform.
- Benefits of EDI Implementation – This section reviews the actual, tangible business benefits of implementing an EDI system within your organization. Warranting specific discussion is the return on investment (ROI) in terms of both finance and everyday operations, and the short timeline to realizing both once EDI implementation has taken place.
- Global Trading via EDI – Of the most visible benefits an EDI system offers is the ability to trade on a global level. In this section, you will find an introduction to Internet-based EDI trading. Further information will be provided relative to trading with suppliers from quickly emerging economic environments like China.
- EDI Resource Center – EDI covers a lot of ground, and there are many resources available for further reading. This section of the site serves as your personal, comprehensive EDI resource. You will find informative white papers, tutorials on a variety of topics, reference guides, and a list of links to other EDI sources on the Internet that provide valuable information for organizations considering an EDI system.
- Moreover, you will also find a guide to the different types of documents used in EDI, information regarding EDI standards, and EDI organizations. And we round out this section with descriptions of the private networks used across a variety of industries.
- Why GXS? – If you have decided you would like to move forward with an EDI implementation at your organization, this section covers our EDI and B2B solutions. This section speaks to ways in which we can work with your organization to address your current and future business goals to find the EDI system that offers you the most direct and immediate benefits.
- Contact GXS – If you have specific questions about EDI or GXS, please contact us today. We have professionals with the answers to your questions available and ready to help.
