{"title":"Sales Thchnology Applications: The Impact of Electronic Data Interchange on the Sales Function","authors":"Ned C. Hill, M. Swenson","doi":"10.1080/08853134.1994.10753995","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) provides information linkages between selling firms and buying firms and offers significant benefits for participating companies. In this article, the changing role of the salesperson in an EDI environment is explored. A case study, which examines the effects of EDI technology at Bergen Brunswig Drug Company, is presented. Managerial implications are discussed.","PeriodicalId":16697,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management","volume":"1 1","pages":"79-87"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2013-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"7","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08853134.1994.10753995","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) provides information linkages between selling firms and buying firms and offers significant benefits for participating companies. In this article, the changing role of the salesperson in an EDI environment is explored. A case study, which examines the effects of EDI technology at Bergen Brunswig Drug Company, is presented. Managerial implications are discussed.