EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) is the direct, application-to-application transmission of business documents, for example purchase orders or invoices, without human intervention.

Many companies using EDI find it to be a vital component of their business.

Some of the benefits of implementing EDI are:

• No rekeying of data, as documents received are imported directly into the application.
• Reduction in errors introduced by mis-typing - and the consequent reduction in time spent resolving these errors.
• Automatic validation of data as it is received into the EDI software, and as it is processed into the application.
• Quick delivery and processing time of business documents.
• Reduction in staff levels.
• Reduction in stock levels.
• Increased efficiency.
• Improved customer service.

With extensive expertise in the EDI arena, Jeffreys Systems can provide consultancy and development services in all aspects of EDI implementation and maintenance, from designing an EDI strategy through to integration with existing applications and the day-to-day administration of EDI systems.

Our areas of experience and expertise include:

• Strategy design and implementation.
• Business analysis.
• System design and implementation - we are currently providing consultancy to a major international company who are implementing a pan-European client/server system with EDI capabilities being developed in Visual Basic.
• Integration of EDI system software with applications and databases.
• Experience with major EDI standards, including Edifact, Tradacoms, EANCOM, ANSI and ODETTE.
• EDI software - we are Valued Added Resellers for PERWILL*EDI software.
• EDI Corporate gateways - we manage a corporate EDI gateway for a multi-national manufacturing corporation, and have implemented automatic processing, reporting and error handling.
• Implementing new trading partners - within the UK and internationally.
• Value Added Networks - we have experience of all the major VANs, i.e. GEIS-INS, IBM IE, AT&T EasyLink and BT EDI*Net.

Jeffreys Systems is a full member of the Electronic Commerce Association (ECA) and a committee member on the Communications And Software Technical Support (CASTS) group.