Advantages of EDI
1. EDI replaces paper transactions with electronic transactions therefore it saves times and speeds up transactions.
2. It gives a legal record of business communications
3. Value-added networks (VANs) were needed in the past but EDI users are now able to transmit their data encrypted over the Internet at the far lower Internet connection rates by new EDIINT [2] standards for email (AS1), HTTP/HTTPS (AS2), and ftp (AS3).
4. Use of EDI decreases cost. These include the cost of stationery, postage etc.