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Payments Quotation Traceability message
27 18 16
14 16 12
15 6 11
1 2 3
7 16 6
Annex 13: Most important messages to be exchanged electronically
TYPE OF MESSAGE
Number of quotes
Order Invoices Catalogue/Product Information Payments Traceability message Order response Quotation Dispatch advice Delivery Instruction Delivery Ship
173 159 109 84 82 72 71 62 55 47
Annex 14: Benefits expected from EDI
BENEFITS
Number of quotes
Improve your quality of services Reduce length of business cycles Reduce manual data entry, save time and money Respond to clients requests Reduce marketing costs Reduce data interchange costs with the public administration Expand market abroad Deal with competition Simplify data interchange with the public administration Legal & tax complexities Reduce data interchange costs with banks Expand local market Diversify activity
126 77 72 47 32 27 26 22 23 17 16 9 4
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