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Abstract
Electronic data interchange (EDI) used to require proprietary value-added networks (VANs) or private lines, which made it difficult and expensive to support multiple connections with different trading partners. the Internet has changed all of this. Even traditional VANs see the writing on the wall and are offering Internet-based EDI. This, and other changes, is bringing the benefits of EDI to small companies and enlarging the base of trading partners.