Electronic Data Interchange: A Review of the Current Status of Electronic Data Interchange Throughout the World and an Introduction to the Services (The McGraw-Hill series on computer communications)

Trading partners can no longer wait for days for the exchange of information. Today's business world requires instantaneous information transfer both inter-company and intra-company - achieved by the interchange of data electronically through a convergence of computer and communications technologies, known as EDI. This book presents a complete overview of the EDI field (Electronic Data Interchange) beginning with a look at the history of this technology and a survey of the principles of EDI. It is designed for anyone whose business requires the rapid dissemination of information and needs help in designing and implementing a system to achieve this end - for example, the banking industry.