Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is a technology whose ... While there are significant paper savings to be achieved by using EDI systems, the primary benefit is the way it improves the ...

This case study is part of an ongoing series developed in support of a larger text on interoperability by John Palfrey and Urs Gasser Interop: The Promise and Perils of Highly Interconnected Systems .

In the quest to achieve a paperless society, electronic data interchange (EDI ... a multi-location company to use a common accounting system regardless of location. Earliest uses of EDI were ...