EDI: Super Messages
Super Messages
Background
?There are numerous EDI standards today and they all use different data structures in order to practically describe the same information. An invoice for example would be described in the X12 standard by a message called 810,
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What is a Super Message?
?Is there a way to simplify the EDI standards and messages? Probably not,
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Super Message Structure