5. Glossary

EDI

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is a technique which replaces the physical exchange of documents between companies (orders, invoices, delivery notes, etc.) by exchanges, in a standardized format, between computers connected by dedicated links or by a (private) Value Added Network (VAN). Data is structured according to international technical reference standards (e.g. Edifact).

By way of example, sending an order by fax, then entering it by an operator at the supplier company, is replaced by the transmission of information which is routed to a computer at the supplier company capable of interpreting the order.

PBC ( MRP)

The method MRP ( Material Requirement Planning (PBC) is historically the first method whose use is linked to that...