Electronic Data Interchange (EDI): Using Electronic Commerce to Enhance Defense Logistics

Abstract

Electronic data interchange (EDI) has been advocated as one of the most important applications of computer technology, and one that holds the greatest potential for improving the nation's productivity--for with EDI will come 'electronic commerce,' a technology that will allow both private and public sector business to move from a paper-based world to one based solely on electronic transactions. Each EDI transaction is formatted in such a way that it can be recognized and processed by a firm's computer without human intervention- -that is to say, without the need for a person to interpret the transaction for the computer. Even more important, EDI enables businesses as well as DoD to use many new techniques in pursuit of more effective resource management.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA238559

Entities

People

  • Judith E. Payne
  • Robert H. Anderson

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Facilities
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Network Security
  • Computer Networks
  • Computer Programs
  • Control Systems
  • Electronic Mail
  • Government Procurement
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Law
  • Local Area Networks
  • National Security
  • Network Architecture
  • Network Protocols

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Economics
  • Materials Science.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics