Sterling Commerce will provide the service through their Web site. Businesses will be able to subscribe to the service after filling a registration form and agreeing the payment methods. Once ready, they will receive a unique user name and password to log in the system. To learn how Sterling Commerce offers this service in fully, click on Sterling Commerce Organizations of all sizes are adopting this way to do business. EDI allows them to do business without paper, through the electronic exchange of common business documents such as invoices, bills of ladings and credit notes.
Small companies have at least one PC today.
They need to get the translation software. Once installed, they have to contact and subscribe to a clearing house , where the communication waits for retrieval from the trading partner. Once there, the message is translated into the business internal format for processing by its data processing system. This saves time, money and it's more accurate than the traditional way. You are also sure that your message have been received and didn't get lost in the mail.