of X12 Standards Richard Bort Robert Dempsey Bort & Co., Inc. Southern California Edison (818) (626) Southern California e-Business Forum presents Co-Presenters

Electronic Payments Ship Notices Bills of Lading Purchase Orders Invoices EDI is the computer to computer exchange of routine business transactions. What is EDI?

 Procurement  Payables / Receivables  Traffic and Expediting  Electronic Payments  Others Traditional EDI Application Areas

CUSTOMER Phone FAX Mail Transfer Data Entry Produce Invoice Mail Invoice SUPPLIER Data Entry LIFE without EDI Post Office

Suppliers Electronic Transactions Electronic Transactions Customer LIFE with EDI

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

 TRANSACTIONS SETS  SEGMENT DICTIONARY  DATA ELEMENT DICTIONARY  DATA QUALIFIERS  TRANSMISSION CONTROLS THE ASC X12 STANDARDS Electronic Data Interchange ASC X12 X12 DRAFT VERSION 3 RELEASE 3 STANDARDS PUBLISHED DECEMBER 1992 Includes approved changes through October 1992 Accredited Standards Committee X12 Electronic Data Interchange DOCUMENT NUMBER: ASC X12S/92-707

AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE (ANSI) – NON-PROFIT, MEMBERSHIP FUNDED – COORDINATES DEVELOPMENT OF U.S. VOLUNTARY NATIONAL STANDARDS WHO SETS CRITERIA FOR THE STANDARDS SETTING PROCESS?

 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 HOW DOES ANSI RELATE TO THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ARENA?

AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE  A VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATION  INCLUDES PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR  APPROVES METHOD  CONCENSUS PROCESS  PUBLIC REVIEW WHAT IS ANSI ?

 ACCREDITED GROUPS  INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS  PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS  THOSE WHO USE THE STANDARDS WHO ACTUALLY SETS THE STANDARDS ? X3 C12 C78 Z39 N14 X9 A117 X12

ACCREDITED STANDARDS COMMITTEES  X3 – INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY  X9 - FINANCIAL SERVICES  C78 - ELECTRIC LAMPS  X12 - ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE EXAMPLES OF STANDARDS ACTIVITY

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 Utility Industry Group Implementation Guideline for Electronic Data Interchange

 THERE IS A CONNECTION - USER GROUPS  ‘VOLUNTARY’ STANDARDS ARE THE KEY  THOSE THAT USE THEM, SET THEM  IT ALL FITS TOGETHER S U M M A R Y