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EDI

EDI - Electronic Data Interchange

Continental Resources offers a way to optimize your electronic transactions through EDI.

 

What is EDI?

Short for Electronic Data Interchange, the transfer of data between different companies using networks, such as VANs or the Internet. As more and more companies get connected to the Internet, EDI is becoming increasingly important as an easy mechanism for companies to buy, sell, and trade information. ANSI has approved a set of EDI standards known as the X12 standards.

EDI Features and Benefits:

  • Reduction of paperwork and associated savings

    - One time data entry

    - Eliminates hard copy printing and storage costs.

    - Reduced errors, improved error detection

    - Faster management reporting

    - Automatic reconciliation

    - Higher productivity

  • More timely communications
  • -Rapid exchange of business data

    -Elimination of mail charges, courier services

    -Reduced inventory safety stocks

    -improved production cycle

  • Uniform communications with all trading partners

    -customers, suppliers, carriers, banks

  • Terms and conditions are locked in from the beginning.

    EDI Summary
    Efficiencies built into EDI systems, improves relationships between trading partners by enhancing profits.
    Costs are cut at the direct and indirect level as paper and errors are eliminated.
    A new openness between partners is established leading to more imaginative means of doing business profitably.
    Meeting the future is assured as Increased volume is easily handled computer to computer.

    Continental Resources offers:

    Basic Standards; X12M

    Standard ANSI forms/formats (operational at CRI);

    850 = Purchase Orders

    810 = Invoice

    820 = Payment Order/Remittance Advice

    856 = Shipping Notice

    860 = Purchase Order Change Notice

    - The standards are structured so that EDI packages can easily be configured to translate data from internal formats to external formats and back again.

    Other EDI forms are extensive and available from DASI:

    180 = Return Merchandise Authorization

    805 = Contract Pricing Proposal

    812 = Credit/Debit Adjustment

    855 = Purchase Order Acknowledgment

    865 = Purchase Order Change Acknowledgment

    822 = Customer Account Analysis

    823 = Lockbox

    846 = Inventory Inquiry

    867 = Product Transfer &Resale Report

    997 = Functional Acknowledgment


    EDI Contact Information:

    Corporate Contacts

    Administrative:
    Mitch Lapin
    Director of Asset Management
    175 Middlesex Turnpike, Bedford Ma., 01730
    phone, 781-533-0232;
    Private fax, 781-687-6281
    email mlapin@conres.com

    Technical:
    Joseph Buldini of MIS
    175 Middlesex Turnpike, Bedford, MA., 01730
    phone, 781-533-0326 private fax 781-687-6205
    email josephb@conres.com