President's Memo

Atlas Traffic
Consultants Corp.
18-42 College Point Blvd.
Flushing, NY 11356-2221

©2006 Atlas Traffic

Electronic Data Interchange:
"Have your computer call our computer."

EDI, or Electronic Data Interchange, is the computer-to-computer transmission and receipt of data -- for example, information on a freight bill -- without a paper copy, that conforms to an established industry standard format.

As more and more companies rely on EDI to reduce paperwork and error rates, Atlas is prepared to help them cut their freight costs even more through the post-auditing process.

The key to successful post-audits with EDI is ensuring that EDI-generated billing information contains all the data Atlas normally reviews on hard copy bills in the appropriate industry-established format.

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) approved a set of EDI standards known as the “X12” standards that ensures that each document, no matter who generated it, can be read by all parties concerned. For freight bills, there are four appropriate standard formats that every freight carrier using EDI for billing is obligated to use. These formats are:

• Standard #110 for AIR FREIGHT bills

• Standard #210 for TRUCKING bills

• Standard #310 for OCEAN FREIGHT bills

• Standard #410 for RAIL FREIGHT bills.

Atlas Traffic’s Information Technology Group specialists will work with any client to assure that the process of auditing EDI-generated freight bills works smoothly.

Click here to learn more about the Procedures for Post-Auditing EDI Freight Bills.