Electronic commerce or E-Commerce is usually associated with buying and selling operations carried out over the Internet. This is an erroneous view, e-commerce includes any transaction in which the parties interact electronically rather than by physical contact.

EDI, or Electronic Data Interchange, allows the exchange of standardized documents between the computer systems of those who participate in a commercial relationship.

The standardized nature of these documents is what essentially differentiates EDI from other information exchange systems: Orders, delivery notes, invoices, inventories, price catalogs, etc., can be exchanged electronically between different interlocutors, thanks to the use of a common language that allows different information systems to interact with each other, automating its integration into internal management systems or ERP’s