Automotive Industry:Document Standards Used
In addition to the more traditional EDI documents such as ANSI X12 and EDIFACT, a number of regional standards have been used to support the car manufacturers in Europe. For example, in France the Odette standard is used quite widely among car manufacturers such as PSA Peugeot Citroen and in Germany the VDA organization has written a set of document standards to suit BMW, Daimler AG and VW Group. The use of Web EDI solutions is common across the automotive industry, as it allows small business partners to exchange business documents with the car manufacturers. To discourage the car manufacturers from establishing Web EDI portals, each having a different look and feel, the Odette organization in Europe has developed a standard for how the Web EDI forms should be laid out on a web page. Odette Forms Version 2 is the current standard is use today and Web EDI solution providers typically have to be certified against this forms standard before their solution is homologated by the Odette organization.
