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How Successful Businesses Connect, Communicate, and Collaborate Around the WorldEDI BasicsBUSINESS NETWORK2EDI BASICSE-BOOKTable of ContentsForeword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3What is EDI? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4The EDI Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7Sending EDI Documents.

faxes or mails an order to a supplier, who then faxes or mails an invoice back to the buyer . As you can see, this manual process involves a lot of paper, people, and time . Mail can be slow and paper documents can be misplaced or lost . Once received, mailed and faxed documents must be manually entered into a computer application, a process that

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