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Volume 18, Issue 2
1 February 1990
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Retail and Distribution Management
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Research Article| February 01 1990

ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE IN THE RETAIL SUPPLY CHAIN: THE DISTRIBUTION CONTRACTOR′S ROLE Available to Purchase

Alan C. McKinnon
Alan C. McKinnon
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2396-9083
Print ISSN: 0307-2363
© MCB UP Limited
1990
Retail and Distribution Management (1990) 18 (2)
https://doi.org/10.1108/09590559010002825

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) can bring many benefits. It allows orders, invoices and other commercial information to be relayed directly between different firms′ computer networks. Distribution contractors must, like the suppliers, become integrated into these EDI networks.

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Computer networks, Computer systems, Distribution, Retailing, Information technology
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