A Concept Model and Checklists for EDI Planning Available to Purchase

With any new technology such as EDI there is a need to reduce the confusion that might arise, by adopting standard terms and by positioning it within a proper context. Reports on the results of work within the Cranfield EDI research project, one of which was a concept model for EDI which achieved standard definitions and a proper contextual model for EDI. Concept models cannot be developed without rules for their construction and in this case entity modelling was used. The Cranfield EDI concept model identifies 14 fundamental aspects of EDI in business and their interrelationships. Drawing on this basic model it is possible to derive checklists, and to build more explicit models of specific EDI implementation situations.