As interest into the nature and value of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) within organizations continues to grow, it becomes increasingly desirable to establish a tactical linkage between the strategic value of EDI and observed operational benefits. This article provides such a tactical linkage by presenting an approach to EDI measurement consisting of four facets: volume, diversity, breadth, ...

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), an example of an InterOrganisational System @OS), has the potential to provide companies with tangible benefits, such as improvements to overall e#iiiency and cost efsectiveness, and strategic advantages, including the strengthening of trading partner relationships and the redesigning of internal procedures. Many organisations more notably small and medium-siz...

This paper analyses the problems which are being faced by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in particular when integrating EDI with their internal systems. For example, multiple document translation standards (and the various implementations which exist for each) must often be supported by a single company; and each of these EDI subsets must be mapped manually to their application flat ...

The economic advantages of electronic data interchange (EDI) are widely recognized. Nevertheless, the number of organisations and companies employing EDI is relatively small compared to the total number of businesses worldwide. The huge difference is caused by the fact that current EDI standards include a lot of complexity and their integration into existing applications is too expensive. This ...

Electronic data interchange (EDI)-enabled trading partnerships are even more important now that EDI and electronic commerce-based technologies are underlying long-term strategic business partnerships. This study investigates the trading partner selection criteria used by ®rms in a customer-supplier dyad and their relative importance according to EDI implementation level is also established. Usi...

In this paper, we will present some experiences in the Netherlands with EDI for statistical datacollection and dissemination. We will consider the changes to be made for large scale EDI datacollection. We will argue that EDI demands a dramatic redesign of the way we collect and process statistical information, but the rewards in terms of response burden, quality and efficiency might be well wor...

Supply Chain Forum An International Journal Vol. 3 N°2 2002 www.supplychain-forum.com This paper reports the results from a survey to Spanish automotive suppliers about the adoption of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). The paper focuses on the differences between first-tiers and second-tiers about barriers, benefits and motives for adopting EDI. The survey also analyzes the differences in the ...

OBJECTIVE Insofar as the factor structure of the Eating Disorders Inventory (EDI) among nonclinical participants is unclear (despite very wide use), the present study addressed the factor structure of five EDI subscales (Drive for Thinness, Bulimia, Perfectionism, Interpersonal Distrust, and Maturity Fears). METHOD Relatively large samples of non-patient women who participated in a cohort stu...

The use of biostimulants has gained popularity in recent years as a sustainable approach to increase the yield and quality horticultural crops. However, information is missing concerning their ability enhance concentration some beneficial elements (macro- microelements) edible tissues plants, which, turn, are useful for human health. For this reason, we investigated effects different microbial ...