Autor: Dietlind Ruoff

In the last years, e-business and networking between companies has become an increasingly important aspect. Simultaneously with e-business, electronic data interchange has evolved and supported network formation. According to the large number of supplier platforms, like SupplyOn, the traditional 1:1 EDI communication between manufacturer and supplier is no longer the only way of interaction. The present article describes this development detailed and deals with different possibilities of data interchange just as the comparison to classical EDI.