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EDI Implementation
There is a great deal of flexibility in the way EDI can be
implemented. Some approaches include:
- Use of a commercial EDI provider company. EDI users establish a
"leased line" or dial-in link to the provider, usually in the
context of a turnkey EDI package. The provider
implements a "mail box" where EDI messages are lodged to await
delivery to the recipient. There is obviously a problem where
trading partners are connected to a different EDI service - EDI
users simply have to subscribe to more than one provider.
- In the past, it has been relatively common for
telecommunications companies such as Telstra Australia to offer
electronic mail facilities based on the OSI X.400 protocols. Prior
to the emergence of the Internet as "the only game in
town", an X.400 email service could be used as a carrier
for EDI messages. Your lecturer is uncertain as to how much use was
ever made of this option, and X.400 is hardly ever used
anymore.
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