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From the Publisher: Electronic Data Interchange: A Total Management Guide is a manager's handbook for EDI implementation. The book presents an overview of what EDI is and how it can be used to improve your company's competitive position. The book is designed primarily for managers faced with the tasks of implementing and using EDI and of selling EDI to trading partners and top management. The book covers EDI concepts and definitions, components (including a detailed chapter on standards), cost and benefit analysis, strategic approaches, implementation steps, and case studies. Also discussed are international EDI and electronic funds transfer. Topics new to the second edition include a detailed explanation of EDIFACT; in-depth discussion of legal and audit issues; case examples of how EDI can be used to reengineer processes; the combination of EDI with bar coding and for use in TQM programs; discussion of EDI in North America, Europe, and the Pacific Rim; and lessons learned cases from actual EDI users.