Electronic Commerce (EC) and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Relationship

EC

EDI

Commerce

Applications

Commerce

Business

Transactions

The more that:

1) manual processes are reengineered and automated, and 2) resultant computer applications are integrated into the commerce value chain through methods such as activity-based costing (ABC), the larger the role of EDI in EC. Both of these technical capabilities are justified via Business Process Reengineering (BPR).

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This diagram illustrates the intersection of Electronic Commerce and Electronic Data Interchange.