eCommerce - EDI

eCommerce in the Wool Industry.

I was involved in the creation of the wool industries EDI standards and network design more than 20 years ago. The wool industry has had more than a 95% adoption rate of electronic commerce for than 15 years! This rate still leads most industries.

The wool industry is reliant upon the development & maintenance of these EDI standards. All commercial software will need to be compliant with these standards. Hence we will report significant issues and developments.

It is worth remembering that the most important issue is the compliance to these commercial EDI documents standards. That is, can the 2 parties 'read'/process the document. The ‘transportation method’ – that is, whether you use one of the networks or simply email the document – is a matter between trading partners.

More details of the wool industry EDI standards can be found on the AWEX site



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