This form of communication offers many
advantages. Information transfer is reliable, more independent and
ensures less work within your company.
Depending on the frequency and number of shipments, we have several
EDI solutions which can mean great advantages for you. For every
situation, however, the advantages are different. For this reason,
we have only briefly described the possibilities here. Do you wish
to know more about EDI? Then get in touch with your full-time Wim
Bosman contact person. He/she will put you in contact with our ICT
section.
EDI variants:
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Web-EDI
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EDI via E-mail
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Integrated EDI
Web-EDI
Web-EDI works through the
Internet. E-Shipment is a good example of Web-EDI and is a
programme whereby shipments are passed on to us through the
Internet. These shipments are stored on a central computer and sent
afterwards by means of EDI connection to the Wim Bosman IT system
and automatically processed. With Web-EDI, no investment is
necessary, nor any extra IT knowledge.
EDI via
E-mail
With EDI via E-mail, shipment data are emailed
to us in a file with a standard layout. Wim Bosman's collaborators
then import the file to our IT system. Setting up EDI via E-mail
demands a relatively small investment and some IT knowledge.
Integrated EDI
With integrated EDI, EDI messages are exchanged directly between
our system and the Wim Bosman IT system. Integrated EDI works with
minimum human intervention, resulting in minimal risk of error.
According to a standard determined in advance (EDIFACT), messages
are created and are sent directly. If you have a large number of
shipments, the costs for integrated EDI are repaid relatively
quickly. Your company should, however, have some EDI
knowledge.
Consequently, you can see that possibilities for rapid, efficient
mutual communication exist.