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Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Resource Center About EDI EDI is an electronic exchange of data, usually between businesses. Communicating With YRC Freight by EDI: Getting Started If you use EDI to process your business transactions, you already know how automation can reduce your administrative costs and speed the order-filling process. EDI was first developed in the 1960s with the objective of speeding the movement of shipping and transportation documents. Its application has expanded from enabling the electronic exchange of purchase orders, acknowledgments and invoices to include global procurement and sourcing. YRC Freight has been a leader in implementing EDI applications in the transportation industry since the early 1970s. We were part of the original Transportation Data Coordinating Committee, a predecessor to the Data Interchange Standards Association, which develops the EDI standards we use today. American National Standards Institute (ANSI) ASC X12 standards YRC Freight supports the standard EDI transaction sets used to make administrative tasks related to shipping more efficient—from paying shipping charges to filling orders and replenishing stock. To initiate an EDI trading partnership with YRC Freight, talk to your YRC Freight account executive or set it up online. Not sure about EDI? EDI is a standardized electronic format for data that will be exchanged between software applications. The data formats, or transactions sets, are usually sent between mainframe computers. Services are available through the internet that enable non-capable EDI companies to use a PC, internet service and a web browser to exchange documents electronically with EDI-capable trading partners. The Sterling Commerce site can provide more information. Value-Added Networks (VAN) EDI transmissions can be either direct or through a third party. Our policy is to pay only the YRC Freight portion of the VAN charges when a third party is used. Functional Acknowledgments |
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