Efficiency – Data security - Intelligence
EDI is the automated interchange of business documents (e.g. purchase orders, order confirmations, delivery notes, invoices) between two IT systems without human intervention. This way of direct communication enables high process automation to quickly and electronically interchange business information between different systems.
1. Purchase Order
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Reduction of input errors
The data you have sent us is imported into the system without any changes. -
No loss of data
Purchase orders do not get lost. -
Reduction of coordination costs
No questions required, no misunderstandings. -
Quicker processing times
EDI purchase orders are directly imported into our system and thus, may be processed with priority and more efficiently.
2. Order Confirmation
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Automatic adjustment between order confirmation and purchase order
Person in charge can identify any relevant differences through workflows. -
Correct order confirmations are automatically posted to the purchase order
80% of order confirmations do not need to be further processed. -
Report of purchase orders with missing order confirmations
Purchase orders with missing order confirmations can be identified with reports. -
Reduction of coordination costs
Price in the order confirmation corresponds to the price of the invoice, price deviations compared to the purchase order are detected at an early stage which avoids the efforts for complaints.
3. Delivery Note
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Advance information on arriving goods
Advance information allows optimised management of storage locations and production planning.
4. Invoice
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Automatic adjustment between invoice and purchase order
Person in charge can identify any relevant differences through workflows. -
Correct invoices are automatically posted to the purchase order
80% of invoices do not need to be further processed. -
Saving time and costs through reduction of administrative efforts
Incoming mail and distribution, scanning of paper documents, storage, manual entries. -
Environmental awareness
significant reduction of paper consumption.