Electronic data interchange EDI

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Note for Guidance on the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) of Individual Case Safety Reports (ICSRS) and Medicinal Product Reports (MPRS) in Pharmacovigilance during the Pre-and Post-Authorisation Phase in the EEA (EMEA/115735/2004) (Eudra Vigilance TIG adopted September 2004)... 

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) An accepted standard format for the exchange of data between various companies networks. EDI allows for the transfer of e-mail as well as orders, invoices and other files from one company to another. 

Unlike applications based on electronic data interchange (EDI) and other previous uses of computer networks, the Internet has brought integration and versatility to existing computer and network technologies to the extent that firms and consumers are said to be in a virtual economic arena. A variety of commercial and economic activities faU within the realm of electronic commerce as long as they are carried out in the electronic marketplace. In this chapter, we present an overview of business and industrial applications of the Internet technologies. 

Sharing information within business and between businesses is nothing new. Electronic data interchange (EDI) has allowed firms to send and receive purchase orders, invoices, and order confirmations through private value-added networks. Today s EDI now allows distributors to respond to orders on the same day they are received. Still, only large retailers and manufacturers are equipped to heradle EDI-enabled processes. It is also common for consumers to wait four to six weeks before a mail order item arrives at their door. Special order items—items not in stock—at Barnes Noble bookstores, for example, require three to four weeks of delay. In contrast, an order placed on a website at Land s End (a clothing retailer) or an online computer store arrives within a day or two. 

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Barcodes and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) are also examples of ways to improve communications among companies. A barrier has been the lack of integrated software both inside and outside the company. Efforts underway sponsored by organizations like the Supply-Chain Council seek to standardize definition of data elements and processes. This facilitates supply chain information sharing along the supply chain. 

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