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AIAG: Automotive Industry Action Group

ANSI: American National Standards Institute A private, non-profit membership organization that coordinates the development and approval of voluntary consensus standards in the United States

ANSI ASC X12: ANSI Accredited Standards Committee X12 The committee was chartered by ANSI in 1979 to develop uniform standards for the electronic interchange of business documents

ECR: Efficient Consumer Response Utilized by the Grocery Industry

ECHR: Efficient Consumer Healthcare Response Utilized by the Healthcare Industry

DEX/UCS: Direct Exchange UCS

DISA: Data Interchange Standards Association Secretariat for ANSI ASC X12

DSD: Direct Store Delivery

EDI: Electronic Data Interchange A generic term for computer-to-computer transmission

EDIA: Electronic Data Interchange Association Wrote the original UCS and WINS standards; current acts as Secretariat for the Ocean, Rail, Motor and Air EDI standards. Hosts the annual Pan American EDI conference

EDICA: Electronic Data Interchange Council of Australia The Australian EDI administrative organization

EDICC: Electronic Data Interchange Council of Canada The Canadian EDI administrative organization

EDIFACT: EDI for Administration, Commerce and Trade International EDI Standard set by the UN and administered in the US by DISA

EFT: Electronic Funds Transfer The electronic transfer of funds from payer to payee through the banking system

Hub: Also called sponsors, hubs are large companies, very active in EDI, that strongly encourage their paper-based business partners to begin using EDI.

ISO: International Standards Organization.

JIT: Just-In-Time Manufacturing.

NEX/UCS: Network Exchange UC.

NRF: National Retail Federation.

POS: Point-Of-Sale.

Proprietary Standards: Industry specific or company specific data formats that do not comply with ASC X12 standards.

Trading Partner: Vendor or other party with whom business is conducted.

Transaction Set: A complete business document such as an invoice, a purchase order, or a remittance advice.

VAN: Value Added Network.

 

 

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