American National Standards Institute. The national standards body for the United States. ANSI, through its accredited standards, keeps the standards for all applications of technology and mechanics for the U.S.
ANSI Accredited Standards Committee X12. The committee was chartered by ANSI in 1979 to develop uniform standards for the electronic interchange of business documents. The group was authorized by the American National Standards Institute to develop and maintain the EDI Standards used in the United States.
In most cases, a computer program. For example, a spreadsheet or word processing application.
To remove a file from your workstation and store it on a floppy disk, tape drive or hard disk. Archiving secures your files and saves space on your workstation.
An association is a collection of companies who share common business practices. Association members, or subscribers, trade the same set of documents when trading with each other.
When you become a member of an Association, you
- Have access to all EDI forms used by association members.
- Are eligible for any special pricing provided by the association.
- Can openly trade with other association member companies.
In GXS TradeWeb, all charges are tracked and posted on the 20th of each month. The Billing Period includes all charges incurred from the 21st of one month to the 20th of the next month.
The Billing Period is the same as the Monthly Transaction Period.
A restricted collection of trading partners who have agreed to exchange specific EDI documents with a Hub Sponsor (such as a large retailer). Access to the community is restricted and requires Hub approval. All exchange is completed via pre-approved EDI forms, standards, information categories, and processes.See also Group Community, Generic Community, and Open Community
A set of company-related data that is used by other subscribers to determine trading opportunities. The information you enter during registration is used to build your GXS TradeWeb Company Profile which can be updated at any time.
To be in agreement with the requirements of the standard that you used to create the message. This means that the data entered in the message is in the correct format for the standard you are using.
For EDI, this is the equipment required to trade electronically. Depending on your version of the chicken and egg argument, your software choice may determine the hardware required or your hardware choice may determine your software options. Because GXS TradeWeb is Internet and forms-based, it can run on either a PC or Mac platform and requires almost no hard disk space.
For EDI, this is the software required to trade electronically. There are many packages available for use on a variety of Value Added Networks. Packages that are used on the GXS network include Business Network EDI and EDI*EXPRESS. Typically these packages are used by Closed Communities and vary in price and options.In addition to your EDI software, you may also use other software to create and store business information (such as bills or orders) and translation software to translate those files into formats that can be used to communicate electronically between trading partners.
The only software required to use GXS TradeWeb is a Web Browser (Internet Explorer 5.0+ or Netscape 4.5+ or compatible) and a trading partner agreement.
See also Translator, document, Trading Partner