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Report Quality Evaluation Toourclients: Toensurethatthehigheststandardsofreportqualityaremaintained,INPUTwouldappreciateyourassessmentof thisreport. Pleasetakeamomenttoprovideyourevaluationoftheusefulnessandqualityofthisstudy. When complete,simplyfold,staple,anddropinthemail. Postagehasbeenpre-paidbyINPUTifmailedintheU.S. 1. Reporttitle: EDIin Japan, 1990(EDCOR) Pleaseindicateyourreasonforreadingthisreport: Requiredreading Newproductdevelopment Futurepurchasedecision Areaofhighinterest Business/marketplanning Systemsplanning Areaofgeneralinterest Productplanning Other Pleaseindicateextentreportusedandoverallusefulness: Extent Usefulness (1=Low, 5=High) Read Skimmed 1 2 3 4 5 ExecutiveOverview ..... CPaormtpolfetreeporretpo(rt %) ........ Howusefulwere: . Datapresented . ARneacloymsmeesndations . 5. HoAwCCMlooeeunversfetteirfyrueomnlxuepweewtaxcoistasnatrttieehniawegosnroiesnpdpopoetorartsctouinnviettrhieeesdseeoalrrseaeapwsph:reoraeches ..... ... ..... Other 6. Whichtopicsinthereportwerethemostuseful? Why? Inwhatwayscouldthereporthavebeenimproved? 8. Othercommentsorsuggestions: Name Title Department Company Address City State ZIP Telephone Datecompleted T^nH^youforyourtimeandcooperation. M&S633/0112/89 INPUT STAPLE F0U3HERE NOPOSTAGE NECESSARY IFMAILED INTHE UNITEDSTATES BUSINESS REPLY MAIL FirstClass PermitNo.982 MountainView,CA POSTAGEWILLBEPAIDBYADDRESSEE Attention: MarketingDepartment INPUT 1280VillaStreet MountainView,CA 94041-9912 l....l..l..ll.l.l..l.i..l...il.,.il„l.l FOLDHERE FEBRUARY 1991 EDI IN JAPAN 1990 INPUT 1280ViUaStreet,MountainView,California94041-1194 (415)961-3300 EDIINJAPAN,1990 INPUT Publishedby INPUT 1280VillaStreet MountainView,CA94041-1194 U.S.A. ElectronicDataInterchangeProgram(EDIP) EDIInJapan,1990 Copyright©1991byINPUT. Allrightsreserved. PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica. Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedor distributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstored inadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withouttheprior writtenpermissionofthepublisher. EDCOR•448•1990 EDIINJAPAN,1990 INPUT Table ofContents IntroductionandOverview 1 A. GeneralActivity 1 B. StandardsActivities 2 C. EDIMarket 2 n JapaneseIntercorporateNetworks 5 EDIinJapaneseIndustries 7 A. EDIintheShippingIndustry 8 B. EDIintheAutomotiveIndustry 10 C. EDIintheAirCargoIndustry 11 D. EDIintheElectronicsIndustry 13 E. EDIintheSteelIndustry 14 F. EDIinTradeandDistribution 15 G. EDIintheFinanceIndustry 17 rV CompetitiveEnvironment 19 EDCOR e>1991byINPUT.ReproductionProhibited. i