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

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

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

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

5. LIFE with EDI
Suppliers
Electronic
Transactions
Customer

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

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

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

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

13. ONCE YOU’VE GOT STANDARDS . . . NOW WHAT ?
YOU WILL NEED IMPLEMENTATION
ASSISTANCE !

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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