{"id":3757,"date":"2024-06-27T07:11:44","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T07:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omsinternational.com\/blog\/wat-is-edifact\/"},"modified":"2024-06-27T11:01:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T11:01:15","slug":"what-is-edifact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omsinternational.com\/en\/blog\/what-is-edifact\/","title":{"rendered":"What is EDIFACT?"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]EDIFACT stands for Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport and is the most well-known EDI format worldwide.<\/p>\n

Developed in 1987 by the United Nations, the EDIFACT standard defines the structure and format of EDI messages so that business systems can exchange data with each other in a uniform manner.<\/p>\n

EDI standards such as EDIFACT, VDA and ANSI X12 aim to allow different systems to communicate efficiently and effectively with each other using one uniform language. In this way, the systems exchange data with each other error-free and efficiently, even though they each speak their own language.<\/p>\n

How does EDIFACT work?<\/h2>\n

In order for different IT systems to communicate effectively with each other, an EDI mapping is created. An EDI mapping can be seen as a kind of shunting yard where data, which would otherwise never reach the right place, is delivered in the right place and in the right (EDIFACT) format.<\/p>\n

At the sending end, the standard from the source system (for example, an ERP system) is converted to EDIFACT. At the receiving end, the EDIFACT message is converted to the language spoken by the receiving system. This is easy to achieve because (thanks to the standard) it is exactly clear what the EDIFACT message contains in terms of content information.<\/p>\n

EDIFACT in practice<\/h2>\n

Although technology does not exactly stand still in the field of EDI, EDIFACT has been a widely used EDI format for over 35 years(!). EDIFACT owes this in part to the ISO which has officially incorporated the standard in ISO 9735-10:2014.
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