EDI 101 \ Buyer Benefits

EDI is a productivity-enhancing tool that replaces the less efficient and error-prone human processes involved with inter-company communication. EDI provides the following benefits to the buyer:

• Lower Inventory Levels.
   
• Quick Order Acknowledgment:
  If a supplier can not provide the product desired, the buyer can quickly seek an alternate supplier.
   
• Time spent matching invoices to purchase orders and re-keying invoices into an Accounts Payable System is reduced.