2. Agenda 1.What EDI really is? 2.EDI vs. E-mail 3.Standards 4.Specifications 5.Transmission 6. Example 7. Advantages 8. Barriers 9. EDI in Poland

3. What is EDI?

4. Easy mechanism to: BUY SELL TRAD E

5. Can’t I just use e-mail? Unstuctured format of data Ordinary information E-mail Structured format Bills of lading, invoices, checks EDI

6. Standards TRANSMISSIONSOFTWARE MESSAGE FLOWDOCUMENT FORMAT STANDARDS

7. Four major EDI standards UN/EDIFACT ANSI ASC X12 (X12) TRADACOMS ODETTE

8. The standards prescribe:

9. Specifications TRADING PARTNERS MESSAGE IMPLEMENTATION GUIDELINES

10. Transmission VALUE ADDED NETWORK (VAN) INTERNET PROTOCOLS BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEMS (BBS)

11. EDI 810 Implementation Guide ISA*00* *00* *30*943274043*16*0069088189999 *990104*1532*U*00401*000000035*1*T*> // ISA - Interchange Control Header GS*IN*943274043TO*0069088189999*19990104*1532*1*X*004010 // GS - Functional Group Control Header ST*810*0001 // ST - Transaction Set Header BIG*19981014*3662*****N6 // BIG - Beginning Segment for Invoice N1*BT*The Scheduling Coordinator, Inc // N1 - Name N3*53241 Hamilton Dr // N3 - Address Information N4*Palo Alto*CA*95622*US // N4 - Geographic Location N1*RE*Bank of America- (Mkt and GMC) N3*1850 Gateway Boulevard N4*Concord*CA*94520*US

12. EDI 810 Implementation Guide REF*11*1233626208 // REF - Reference identification REF*01*026009593 ITD*03*****19981020 // ITD – Terms of Sale/Deferred Terms of Sale IT1*1*1*EA*2896035.3 // IT1 - Baseline Item Data (Invoice) PID*X****RMR Scheduling Coordinator - Estimated RMR // PID – Product/Item Description TDS*289603530 // TDS - Carrier Details (Routing Sequence/Transit Time CTT*1 // CTT – Transaction Totals SE*16*0001 // SE - Transaction Set Trailer GE*1*1 // GE - Functional Group Trailer IEA*1*000000035 //IEA - Interchange Control Trailer

13. http://www.amosoft.com

15. Advantages Money savings Increased efficiency

16. Money savings less human interactions less paper documents, meetings, faxes postage and storing costs reduction

17. Increased efficiency error’s reduction greater speed (just-in-time delivery) manipulating data electronically

18. Barriers to implementation initial costs changes in previous business process variety of standards trading partners involvment

19. EDI in Poland

20. Companies using EDI Retailors Automotiv Industry & Logistics

21. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTETNION! Anna Kalinowska Marek Warpechowski Wojciech Dańczyszyn