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Overview: Best practices for EDIFACT ordering

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Overview

 Learn more in a Community Center presentation: WorldShare Acquisitions Best Practices: EDIFACT ordering and claiming (Requires Community Center login)

EDIFACT stands for Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce, and Transport. It is an international standard for EDI (electronic data interchange). 

When completing certain actions in WorldShare Acquisitions you can notify the vendor by sending them an EDIFACT message using secure FTP (SFTP) or email. SFTP is the preferred method. Depending on the vendor you are working with, you can use EDIFACT messages to do the following:

  • Place orders
  • Claim order items
  • Claim serial issues

Navigation

This best practices workflow will guide you through the process of setting up EDIFACT messages with your vendor so that you can begin ordering by using EDIFACT messages. This workflow is arranged with the following pages:

  • Overview
  • Step 1: Contact the vendor
  • Step 2: Configure your vendor
  • Step 3: Add library identifiers to OCLC Service Configuration
  • Step 4: Begin sending EDIFACT messages
  • Additional resources