Differences between edi and e-commerce

Answer 1

Electronic Data Interchange pre-dates internet e-commerce. EDI facilitates e-commerce.

-Electronic commerce is the process of buying, selling, or exchanging products, services, or information via computer networks.

-electronic data interchange (EDI) is the electronic transfer of specially formatted standard business documents, such as bills, orders, and confirmations, sent between business partners that has pre-dated the internet. It's been around since the late 70's. EDI's are traditionally processed by Value Added Networks (VANs), which are private, third-party managed common carriers that also provide communications services and security.

- VANs can be expensive are relatively expensive and inflexible.

-Since the advent of the internet, corporations are using a combination of internet based EDI or web EDI, as a more affordable option. Recent studies have shown that Web-based EDI experience superior performance, both internally and externally.

EDI is simply the exchange of data in text form between companies in a pre-defined (standardised) format. ie invoices etc.

EDI commerce is electronic commerce that takes place between enterprises through the medium of EDI.

Commerce is the exchange of items of value between persons or companies. Any exchange of money for a product, service, or information is considered a deal of commerce.

I hope this helps, but it seems to me that the EDI data exchange of information of value would be considered as EDI Commerce.