Utilization of Electronic Data Interchange System to Support the Enterprise Resources Planning system in a Production Order Realization Process

Abstract

This paper presents the analysis of the possibility of using Electronic Data Interchange system to support the realization of the production order process by the ERP system. This paper describes the essence of EDI systems with advantages and disadvantages arising from their use and briefly characterizes the essence of ERP systems. It also presents a general model of production order realization with the use of EDI, which consists of six phases - Order acceptance, Creating documentation, MRP, Production, Goods dispatch and Payment receipt. On this basis, it was found that EDI messages are a perfect complement to the ERP system in the realization of the production order process.