THE STATE OF EDI USAGE IN THE MOTOR CARRIER INDUSTRY
研究了放松管制后汽车运输行业如何利用电子数据交换（EDI）技术来管理信息，指出该技术对运输企业生存的重要性。
The management of information has become increasingly important to the transportation industry since deregulation. The survival of transportation firms may depend on how well management utilizes technology in developing information systems and in connecting these systems to their intemal and extemal environments. Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is one form of technology that is gaining currency within the transportation industry. EDI is the computer-to-computer exchange of business applications between firms using strictly standardized formats.