The main advantages connected with using EDI include
-Reduction of costs of handling of paper documents (purchase orders, invoices) due to the electronic and automatic handling of documents exchanged between contractors;
-Minimizing the number of incorrect documents and corrections that allows for faster execution of purchase orders and the acceleration of logistics processes;
-Possibility to exchange data with multiple partners;
-Security of data and reliability of information exchange;
-Fast response to market needs;
-It is clearly visible that EDI is a technology that saves time and money. It reduces to a minimum the need for the information to be processed by man because processes of translation, conversion and data transport are executed automatically by computer and appropriate software.