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Contents So what is this thing called EDI?.................................................................................................... 3 The big picture: a puzzle with many pieces................................................................................ 3 Just another pretty interface ........................................................................................................ 4 Consistency and Flexibility..................................................................................................... 4 Bringing it home ......................................................................................................................... 4 Reach out and touch somebody .................................................................................................. 6 Wrapping up …........................................................................................................................... 7
Figures Figure 1: Basic EDI processing flow .............................................................................................. 4 Figure 2: Inbound processing of EDI messages in SAP ................................................................. 5 Figure 3: A bird’s eye view of Outbound EDI processing in SAP................................................. 6
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