Baan EDI Solution Description And Features
Baan EDI Solution can generate and read ASCII files with a flexible format. In today’s business environment, companies face increasing order volumes and higher demands on the speed of communication. The electronic transfer of data (referred to as EDI, for Electronic Data Interchange) has become an important part of day-to-day business. EDI can process standard messages between two trading partners, usually through an external translator. The translator is typically another company that provides translation services and, possibly, other network services. Baan EDI Solution module can generate and read ASCII files with a flexible format.
When you use Baan EDI Solution to exchange documents, these ASCII files are translated, or reformatted, using standard EDI message formats, such as ANSI X12, UN/EDIFACT, ODETTE, and VDA by a third-party translator, to provide a format supported by your trading relation. The data files are typically transferred between external trading partners over commercial (a value added network) or noncommercial (for example, Internet) networks. Third-party translation and communication software handles the translation of the ASCII files that are created or received by Baan EDI. This third-party software may additionally provide encryption for transferring data over unsecured networks. Baan EDI software does not provide this translation and communication functionality. This environment is referred to as external EDI throughout this document. The transfer of internal EDI messages is similar to the external EDI situation except for the translation and communication requirements. Internal EDI is also referred to as multicompany or multisite.
In multisite EDI implementations, the ASCII files are usually transferred over an internal company network (LAN or WAN) which means that encryption is not required. Also, because all companies (or sites) in the multisite structure use the same format for the ASCII files, translation to a different external EDI standard generally is not required. Baan EDI Solution provides several tools to help you with this, including:
- Default conversion setups for the supported transaction setsMechanisms for identifying the business partners and supported messages
- Conversion tables to help with specific conversion information
- Code tables for code identification purposes
- Message generation management
- Message audit and correction management.