- Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is the electronic interchange of business information using a standardized format; a process which allows one company to send information to another company electronically rather than with paper.
- Business entities conducting business electronically are called trading partners.
- When it comes to Amazon, an EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) is a method of transmitting data in formatted messages electronically between Amazon, vendors, carriers, and drop shippers using the EDI standards X12 (for US and JP) or EDIFACT (for EU).
- Simply put, what you do on one system will update all the other systems automatically.
- It is a faster and easier way in which to manage your Purchase Orders and shipment to Amazon FCs and leaves less room for error.