CONTENTS
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Course objectives
1.3 Course structure
1.4 Economic and Social Commission for Asia
and the Pacific
2.1 Paper communication : the traditional
way
2.2 Electronic communication : the new way
2.3 Definition of EDI
2.4 Benefits of EDI
2.5 EDI software components
2.6 Interactive EDI
3.1 The need for EDI standards
3.2 History of EDI standards
3.3 The UN/EDIFACT standard
3.4 Benefits of UN/EDIFACT
3.5 Organizational structure of UN/EDIFACT
3.6 UN/EDIFACT messages
3.7 UN/EDIFACT publications
3.8 The Asia EDIFACT Board
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Definition of VANs
4.3 The role of VANs
4.4 Network features of VANs
4.5 Types of VANs
4.6 Trends of VANs in Asia
4.7 Selection of VAN
5.1 EDI security
5.2 EDI legal issues
6.1 Introduction
6.2 China
6.3 Hong Kong
6.4 India
6.5 Japan
6.6 Republic of Korea
6.7 Malaysia
6.8 The Philippines
6.9 Singapore
6.10 Taiwan Province of China
6.11 Thailand
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Telecommunication infrastructure
7.3 The critical mass
7.4 EDI vendor support
7.5 EDI standards
7.6 Value added networks (VAN)
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Identify organizational needs for EDI
8.3 Weigh the cost and benefits of EDI
8.4 Identify EDI business partners
8.5 Obtain top management approval
8.6 Form a EDI project team
8.7 Education and training
8.8 Decide on EDI standard
8.9 Explore connection options
8.10 Implementation planning
8.11 Conclusion
The contact point of each member/observer country/economy of ASEB
Uniform rules of conduct for interchange of trade data by teletransmission
(UNCID)