Usage
While starting in the grocery side of business, current users of UCS include: * manufacturers * retailers * wholesalers * brokers * beverage (alcohol) * convenience stores * food service industries * wholesale drug * mass merchandising * service merchandising * public warehousingHistory
In the 1960s, the Transportation Data Coordinating Committee DCC whose work later evolved into the ANSI X12, X12 standard began developing Electronic Data Interchange DIstandards primarily for transportation. From there, a variety of EDI implementations took root, including UCS. The original draft was designed by companies representing some of the industries noted earlier. By 1976 the design of an EDI standard was underway. It would take six years before the standard saw its first usage.Scope
UCS supports both office-to-office (batch) and DSD, or "direct store delivery," transactions. The latter is an interactive method designed to replace paperwork by allowing systems ranging from small hand-held devices to large mainframe computers to be able to exchange delivery and return data.External links