EDI Committee
BISG's EDI Committee creates the XML documents used by the U.S. book industry for online book selling and all other business transactions conducted over the Internet. The Committee also maintains X12 EDI standards as they relate to the book industry.
Committee Chair:
Doug Minett, The Bookshelf
bisac_scedi@bisg.org
Committee Working Group(s):
Standardized Co-op Reporting Working Group
Committee Initiatives:
Best Practices for Sales Reporting
EDItX XML Document Formats
X12 EDI
EDI Strategies for the Book Industry and the 13-digit ISBN
Standardized Co-op Working Group
The purpose of the Book Industry Study Group's (BISGs) Standardized Co-op Reporting Working Group is to create a simplified and standardized set of data elements, reporting template and recommended best practices for use, to be used by wholesalers to report co-op sales to retailers and, in turn, to publishers. In doing so, publishers will gain efficiency in the processing of numerous co-op reports, resulting in a faster turnaround time back to the wholesalers and thus more accurate forecasting of co-op pools.
For more information on this initiative, please download the Project Description document.
If you are interested in learning more about or joining this Working Group, please contact Karen Forster, BISG Associate Director.
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