CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  Preface

  1      Introduction

  1.1     Overview of DEC/EDI

  1.2     Overview of Planning Tasks
    1.2.1      Trading Partner Agreements
    1.2.2      EDI Translation Standards
    1.2.3      Identifying Your Organization's EDI User-Groups
    1.2.4      Integrating Applications
    1.2.5      Frequency of Transactions
    1.2.6      Test and Implementation Plan
    1.2.7      Maintenance and Security

  1.3     Possible Configurations of DEC/EDI Services
    1.3.1      Choosing a Single-Node DEC/EDI System
    1.3.2      Choosing a Multinode DEC/EDI System
    1.3.3      Distributing Applications Across Nodes

  1.4     Identify Communication Media
    1.4.1      Direct Communications
    1.4.2      VAN Communications

  1.5     Prerequisite Software and Licenses

  2      Planning Routing Documents through DEC/EDI

  2.1     Determining the Hardware and Software Inventory

  2.2     Identifying Services and Neighbor Nodes

  2.3     Routing Documents Between Two Application Services

  2.4     Routing Documents to Translation Services

  2.5     Routing Documents to Application Services

  3      Planning Trading Partner Agreements

  3.1     Trading Partner Details

  3.2     Trading Partner Agreement
    3.2.1      Agreements for EDIFACT and X12 Documents
    3.2.2      Agreements for TRADACOMS Documents

  3.3     Document Details

  4      Planning Communication Services

  4.1     X.400 Gateway

  4.2     OFTP Gateway

  4.3     Bisync Worksheet

  4.4     X.25 Gateway

  4.5     Import/Export Worksheet

  5      Initial System Tests

  5.1     Pilot Testing
    5.1.1      Assembling Your Implementation Team
      5.1.1.1      DEC/EDI Administrators
    5.1.2      Conducting the Pilot
      5.1.2.1      Testing System Output
      5.1.2.2      Testing System Input
      5.1.2.3      Local Test Acknowledgement Handling
    5.1.3      Tests with Trading Partners

  5.2     Operation
    5.2.1      Dual System Transactions
    5.2.2      Planning for Future Growth

  6      Maintenance and Security

  6.1     General Maintenance Concerns

  6.2     Routine Maintenance
    6.2.1      Availability of Nodes Running DEC/EDI
    6.2.2      DEC/EDI Software Procedures
      6.2.2.1      Operating System and DECnet Support
      6.2.2.2      Application Support
    6.2.3      Planning for System Backup
    6.2.4      Problem Solving
      6.2.4.1      Problem Isolation
      6.2.4.2      Network Analysis
    6.2.5      Security of the DEC/EDI System
      6.2.5.1      Physical Access
      6.2.5.2      Management Access
      6.2.5.3      Program Access
      6.2.5.4      Data Security
      6.2.5.5      Encryption

  A   Relationship of DEC/EDI Fields to Standard Fields

  A.1     DEC/EDI and EDIFACT References
    A.1.1      Numbering Schemes for EDIFACT Documents

  A.2     DEC/EDI and X12 References

  A.3     DEC/EDI and TRADACOMS References

  FIGURES

  1-1        Interaction of DEC/EDI Components

  1-2        Software - Internal Communication

  1-3        Software - OFTP and X.25 Gateway Configurations

  1-4        Software - X.400 Gateway Configurations

  2-1        Inventory Worksheet

  2-2        Services and Neighbor Nodes Worksheet

  2-3        Route from Application Service Worksheet

  2-4        Application Sites Worksheet

  3-1        Trading Partner Details Worksheet

  3-2        EDIFACT and ODETTE Agreement Worksheet

  3-3        X12 and TDCC Agreement Worksheet

  3-4        TRADACOMS Agreement Worksheet

  3-5        Document Agreement Worksheet

  4-1        X.400 Worksheet, 1 of 2

  4-2        X.400 Worksheet, 2 of 2

  4-3        OFTP Worksheet

  4-4        Bisync Worksheet

  4-5        Bisync Worksheet (continued)

  4-6        X.25 Worksheet

  4-7        Import/Export Worksheet

  TABLES

  A-1        DEC/EDI Fields and EDIFACT References

  A-2        DEC/EDI Fields and X12 References

  A-3        DEC/EDI Fields and TRADACOMS References