Southern California e-Business Forum presents Fundamentals of X12 Standards Co-Presenters Richard Bort Robert Dempsey Bort & Co., Inc. Southern California Edison (818) 892-2093 (626) 302-5347
What is EDI? EDI is the computer to computer exchange of routine business transactions. Electronic Payments Ship Notices Bills of Lading Purchase Orders Invoices
Traditional EDI Application Areas Procurement Payables / Receivables Traffic and Expediting Electronic Payments Others
LIFE without EDI CUSTOMER SUPPLIER Phone FAX Mail Transfer Data Entry Produce Invoice SUPPLIER Post Office
LIFE with EDI Suppliers Electronic Transactions Customer
WHAT’S AN ASC X12 STANDARD? DRAFT EDI STANDARD FOR TRIAL USE (1 TO 3 YEARS) DEVELOPED BY X12 SUBCOMMITTEE APPROVED BY ASC X12 RECOGNIZED BY MANY INDUSTRIES SUPPORTED BY BUYERS & SUPPLIERS
THE ASC X12 STANDARDS X12 http://www.disa.org/ TRANSACTIONS SETS Electronic Data Interchange ASC X12 X12 DRAFT VERSION 3 RELEASE 3 STANDARDS PUBLISHED DECEMBER 1992 Includes approved changes through October 1992 Accredited Standards Committee Electronic Data Interchange DOCUMENT NUMBER: ASC X12S/92-707 TRANSACTIONS SETS SEGMENT DICTIONARY DATA ELEMENT DICTIONARY DATA QUALIFIERS TRANSMISSION CONTROLS http://www.disa.org/
WHO SETS CRITERIA FOR THE STANDARDS SETTING PROCESS? AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE (ANSI) NON-PROFIT, MEMBERSHIP FUNDED COORDINATES DEVELOPMENT OF U.S. VOLUNTARY NATIONAL STANDARDS
HOW DOES ANSI RELATE TO THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ARENA? ANSI IS THE U.S. MEMBER BODY TO THE NON- TREATY INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS BODIES SUCH AS: ISO - INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION IEC - INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
WHAT IS ANSI ? AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE A VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATION INCLUDES PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR APPROVES METHOD CONCENSUS PROCESS PUBLIC REVIEW
WHO ACTUALLY SETS THE STANDARDS ? X3 C12 C78 Z39 N14 X9 A117 X12 ACCREDITED GROUPS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS THOSE WHO USE THE STANDARDS
ACCREDITED STANDARDS COMMITTEES EXAMPLES OF STANDARDS ACTIVITY ACCREDITED STANDARDS COMMITTEES X3 – INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY X9 - FINANCIAL SERVICES C78 - ELECTRIC LAMPS X12 - ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE
ONCE YOU’VE GOT STANDARDS . . . NOW WHAT ? YOU WILL NEED IMPLEMENTATION ASSISTANCE !
EDI - SPECIFIC INDUSTRY GROUPS : THE PIONEERS AIAG - AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY ACTION GROUP AAR - ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS PIDX - PETROLEUM INDUSTRY DATA EXCHANGE EDIX - ELECTRONIC DATA EXCHANGE UIG - UTILITY INDUSTRY GROUP UCC - UNIFORM CODE COUNCIL
INDUSTRY - SPECIFIC IMPLEMENTATION GUIDELINES SUBSET OF ASC X12 STANDARDS IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES BUSINESS PROCESS CHANGE EDUCATION PROMOTION http://www.uig.org/ Utility Industry Group Implementation Guideline for Electronic Data Interchange
S U M M A R Y THERE IS A CONNECTION - USER GROUPS ‘VOLUNTARY’ STANDARDS ARE THE KEY THOSE THAT USE THEM, SET THEM IT ALL FITS TOGETHER