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What is EDIFACT

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mpt123

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Jul 11, 2007
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Hi everyone,

I am new bee with Mecator, I am learning from you guys.
Can anyone tell me what is EDIFACT?

thanks

mpt123
 
Electronic data interchange for administration, commerce and transport
 
My understanding is that EDIFAC is more of an international standard. It works similar to EDI/X12, as far as having well defined records/segments, fields/elements and rules abount when to use what and how. File structure is different from x12 though.
 
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