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Information is processed as follows
A shipment is made
by Bethlehem and an electronic shipping notice transaction is
transmitted on a real time basis, sent to the customer’s
computer system and stored awaiting the shipment.
On arrival at the
customer’s plant, the shipment is recorded into inventory
via a verification transaction by comparing actual material
receipts using bar code tag data to the EDI shipping notice
data within their own system.
The
computer verifies the data and authorizes payment via a
banking transaction with remittance advice being sent
electronically.
The
net result is cost savings in time and manpower with the
elimination of potential human errors, which might have
occurred at several points. Similar efficiencies are possible using a variety of other
business transactions.
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