E-commerce - Other business Partners (EDI)

Increasingly, large companies are demanding that suppliers communicate with them via electronic data interchange (EDI). With Navision's EDI functionality, companies can easily exchange data with both customers and suppliers. When a user performs a transaction within Navision, for example, creating a new purchase order, an electronic version of the transaction is automatically transmitted to the appropriate vendor. Likewise, if a customer transmits a purchase order, it is automatically loaded into Navision as a sales order ready to be approved and processed. No data entry is required!

Unlike traditional EDI programs that required transactions to be transmitted via modem to a central clearing-house (VAN) for processing, Navision's EDI functionality utilizes a company's existing internet connetion to transmit electronic transactions to its trading partners. Sophisticated security and digital certificates ensure that all communications are private.

Navision's EDI functionality supports both standard and user-definable electronic file formats enabling companies to communicate with virtually any business partner.

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