Logistics Information Systems

2. Customer order cycle

3. The path of a customer order

6. Types of EDI systems

EDI Benefits
Reduced paper work to be created and filed.
Improved accuracy due to a reduction in manual processing.
Increased speed of order transmission and other data.
Reduced clerical/administrative effort in data entry, filing, mailing and related tasks.
Opportunity of proactive contribution by purchasing because less time is spent on “clerical tasks”.
Reduced costs of order placement and related processing and handling.

7. Improved information availability due to speed of acknowledgments and shipment advices.
8. Reduced workload and improved accuracy of other departments through linking EDI with other systems, such as bar-coding inventory and electronic funds transfers (EFTs).
9. Reduced inventory due to improved accuracy and reduced order cycle time.