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6. Used primarily in industries such as manufacturing, healthcare and consumer goods retailing.
7. Batch-oriented in nature (also called as asynchronous), rather than an interactive mode. This means
that a computer sends messages that get picked up by another computer over VAN, but this may or
may not happen immediately. That necessitates the storing of messages until they get picked up.
8. Usually created when a single organisation needs its trading partners to also adapt to EDI standards
as a condition for doing business with them.
Finally, it is observed that many EDI software vendors and VANs are incorporating ...