EDI TRANSMISSION

 EDI TRANSMISSION METHOD

There are different EDI transmission methods to develop a communication bridge among business entities. According to the business requirements, technical skills, budget, number of transactions, payload size, etc, there are many EDI transmission methods available for B2B trading. Direct EDI, Indirect EDI/Value-Added Network (VAN)/Network Services Providers, Hybrid EDI (Direct EDI + Indirect EDI), EDI via AS2, and Web EDI are some of the popular EDI transmission methods used among business partners across the globe.

EDI Transmission Protocol

There are many standard protocols to transmit EDI documents and some of them are:

HTTP/HTTPS

AS1

AS2

AS3

AS4

FTP, SFTP and FTPS

SCP

OFTP

When companies are going for an EDI solution, both trading parties (sender and receiver) must agree upon the same protocol and use a compatible transmission software for communication.