EDI Translator: Finding a Common Ground

2007-03-08 10:33:40

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Electronic data interchange or EDI solutions provide businesses with a means to transact and transfer data with other companies or computers without any need for data conversion.

TOWER OF BABEL

In the early days of computers, when EDI solutions were not yet available, there was a problem with communicating with other computers because companies used proprietary programs as necessary to their line of business. Transferring data across the board was very difficult because the data being transferred had to be rewritten in the language of the program that was receiving it.

Imagine how difficult it was when every data had to be converted every time it was transferred or communicated to someone else. This situation limited the business transaction that could be done via the computer.

As more and more businesses relied on computers for their operations, the need to have a standard business data language that can be read across the board became of absolute importance.

UNIFYING LANGUAGE

Thus EDI solutions came about. EDI service provides a language that can be used across all platforms. Businesses can now communicate and transact with one another.

At the heart of the EDI solutions is the EDI translator. Basically, as data is received, your computer uses an EDI translator to covert that information into a form that is compatible with and recognized by your system.

Basically, any type of EDI software is an EDI translator. You can purchase any EDI software, and all of them will do the same thing: convert incoming data into a form that can be read and used by your company’s proprietary applications.

The beauty of an EDI translator is that it allows computers to transcend any differences they have among each other and communicate using a common ground. The lesson here is that as long as we are willing to have a dialogue, there is a way to go around the barriers that prevent us from doing so.


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