POPULAR GLOBAL EDI STANDARDS

There are many EDI standards but what do they all mean and where are they used?

ASC-X12

• Developed by American National Standards Institute (ANSI) in 1979.
• Most popular EDI transaction set in North America.
• Transaction sets given numeric values, e.g. PO = 850, Invoice = 810 etc.
• Multiple standards within X12, 4010, 4030, 5010 etc.

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EDIFACT

• Developed by the United Nations (UN) in 1986.
• Most popular EDI transaction set outside of N. America. Mostly used in Europe &Far East.
• Transaction sets given names. PO = ORDERS, Invoice = INVOIC, etc.
• Multiple standards within EDIFACT. Most popular current standard is D96A.

TRADACOMS

• Developed by the United Kingdom Retail Sector in 1982.
• Had been most popular EDI Transaction Set in UK but is now being over taken by EDIFACT.
• Still used today by UK retailers but is slowly being phased out and replaced by EDIFACT subset Eancom.

PEPPOL

• Established by EU in 2012 after testing Pilot Projects since 2008.
• Standard used to send e-Invoices to EU government and public sector bodies.
• Network of Approved PEPPOL providers has been established.
• B2BGateway helped Irish Gov’t to run PEPPOL project and meet requirements.

OIOUBL

• Developed in 2010 and predominantly used in Danish and Scandinavian markets.
• Subset of UBL 2.0 (Universal Business Language).
• Still in its infancy.

ODETTE

• Developed by European Automotive Manufacturers in 1984.
• Widely used throughout the Automotive sector.
• Established Communication Protocol OFTP.
• Transaction sets are based on EDIFACT messaging.