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Southern California e-Business Forum presents of X12 Standards Co-Presenters Richard Bort Bort & Co., Inc. (818) 892-2093 Robert Dempsey Southern California Edison (626) 302-5347 What is EDI? EDI is the computer to computer exchange of routine business transactions. Electronic Payments Ship Notices Bills of Lading Purchase Orders Invoices Traditional EDI Application Areas Procurement Payables / Receivables Traffic and Expediting Electronic Payments Others LIFE without EDI Data Entry CUSTOMER Phone FAX Mail Mail Transfer Post Office Mail Invoice Produce Invoice Data Entry SUPPLIER LIFE with EDI Customer Electronic Transactions Electronic Transactions Suppliers WHAT’S AN ASC X12 STANDARD? DRAFT EDI STANDARD FOR TRIAL USE (1 TO 3 YEARS) DEVELOPED BY X12 SUBCOMMITTEE APPROVED BY ASC X12 RECOGNIZED BY MANY INDUSTRIES SUPPORTED BY BUYERS & SUPPLIERS THE ASC X12 STANDARDS ASC X12 TRANSACTIONS SETS Electronic Data Interchange SEGMENT DICTIONARY DATA ELEMENT DICTIONARY DATA QUALIFIERS TRANSMISSION CONTROLS X12 DRAFT VERSION 3 RELEASE 3 STANDARDS PUBLISHED DECEMBER 1992 Includes approved changes through October 1992 Accredited Standards Committee X12 Electronic Data Interchange http://www.disa.org/ DOCUMENT NUMBER: ASC X12S/92-707 WHO SETS CRITERIA FOR THE STANDARDS SETTING PROCESS? AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE (ANSI) – NON-PROFIT, MEMBERSHIP FUNDED – COORDINATES DEVELOPMENT OF U.S. VOLUNTARY NATIONAL STANDARDS HOW DOES ANSI RELATE TO THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ARENA? ANSI IS THE U.S. MEMBER BODY TO THE NONTREATY INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS BODIES SUCH AS: ISO - INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION IEC - INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION WHAT IS ANSI ? AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE A VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATION INCLUDES PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR APPROVES METHOD CONCENSUS PROCESS PUBLIC REVIEW WHO ACTUALLY SETS THE STANDARDS ? C12 C78 X9 ACCREDITED GROUPS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS N14 X12 PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS THOSE WHO USE THE STANDARDS Z39 X3 A117 EXAMPLES OF STANDARDS ACTIVITY ACCREDITED STANDARDS COMMITTEES X3 – INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY X9 - FINANCIAL SERVICES C78 - ELECTRIC LAMPS X12 - ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE ONCE YOU’VE GOT STANDARDS . . . NOW WHAT ? YOU WILL NEED IMPLEMENTATION ASSISTANCE ! EDI - SPECIFIC INDUSTRY GROUPS : THE PIONEERS AIAG - AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY ACTION GROUP AAR - ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS PIDX - PETROLEUM INDUSTRY DATA EXCHANGE EDIX - ELECTRONIC DATA EXCHANGE UIG - UTILITY INDUSTRY GROUP UCC - UNIFORM CODE COUNCIL INDUSTRY - SPECIFIC IMPLEMENTATION GUIDELINES SUBSET OF ASC X12 STANDARDS IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES BUSINESS PROCESS CHANGE EDUCATION PROMOTION http://www.uig.org/ Utility Industry Group Implementation Guideline for Electronic Data Interchange SUMMARY THERE IS A CONNECTION - USER GROUPS ‘VOLUNTARY’ STANDARDS ARE THE KEY THOSE THAT USE THEM, SET THEM IT ALL FITS TOGETHER