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Activity

1. Purpose

The purpose of the activities of JEDIC is to examine measures for the construction of infrastructure for the information economy and society to realize information sharing using IT across boundaries of companies, industries, and business sectors as well as individual economic transactions; and facilitate such efforts as activities of all of industry to achieve productivity reforms and solve social issues related to safety, security, and the environment through the optimization of all of industry in Japan.

2. Content of activities

  1. Promotion of information sharing and business integration infrastructure While enhancing Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) in each industry, examine the cross-industrial "standardization of business processes" to avoid generating too many industry standards.
    • Promotion of enhancement of EDI in each industry
    • Formulation of EDI standards and proposals to the United Nations to enable cooperation among industries
    • Proposal regarding the standardization of business processes to achieve business integration at a low cost
  2. Examination of technical issues and standardization taking into account user needs
    • Examination related to the useful life of electronic tags, interoperability between electronic tags and e-commerce systems, etc.
    • Examination of rules and standards that facilitate interoperability between EDI and electronic tags
  3. Responses to social issues
    • Examination and promotion of the use of electronic tags and EDI for purposes related to information on chemical ingredients and information on the management of physicochemical hazardous substances
    • Listing of information items required for product safety, food traceability management, etc. and examination of rules to ensure information reliability and security
  4. Enhancement of EDI and promotion of the spread of electronic tags
    • Implementation of research on the actual status of use of EDI and electronic tags
    • Promote sharing of case studies regarding the advanced use of EDI and pioneering the introduction of electronic tags as best practice in industry

3. Organization

EDI