Issues in the International Standards of Electronic Documents for Global e-Trade(<Special Issue>Manufacturing and Environmental Management)

Abstract

Global e-Trade means the electronic trade among trading partners across the countries. It encompasses domestic and overseas business processes, including B2B and B2G activities. It needs the efficient, fast, and accurate flow of information among all parties involved that have different information systems. To achieve the benefits of global e-Trade, standardized electronic documents or messages are essential. In this paper, focusing on the strategic importance of international standards such as UN/EDIFACT for VAN/EDI and ebXML for XML/EDI, we review the diverse efforts to adopt them for realizing the paperless trade or global e-Trade across the countries.