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Version: 2024.4.1111 ​

Revision History ​

DateDescriptionRelated DocumentsRemarks
Oct 17, 2024Added detailed deployment instructions for the boss interface-related documentationDetailed Function Description, Installation and StartupAdded new descriptions, subdivided documentation & supplemented content
Nov 11, 2024Added deployment instructions for LinuxInstallation and StartupModified the configuration file structure

Company Introduction ​

ChinLink Technology is a high-tech enterprise headquartered in the ancient city of Xi'an. It is a leading B2B/EDI software and service provider in China, providing B2B/EDI technical consulting, software products, and technical implementation services for global enterprises.

With the corporate mission of "Connecting Data, Enabling Industrial Collaboration", ChinLink Technology is committed to accelerating data circulation between enterprises through leading B2B communication technology and EDI technology, improving the collaboration efficiency of industrial and supply chains, and creating value for customers and society.

ChinLink EDI is the flagship product of ChinLink Technology. The ChinLink EDI solution has made more than 200 optimizations for the complex domestic data ecosystem and enterprise EDI customization pain points. It is known in the industry for its high-quality experience of "Flexible Customization, High Stability and Reliability". Its customer base mainly covers multiple industries such as automotive, electronics, machinery, and logistics.

ChinLink provides free EDI consultation services to help enterprises design and implement an EDI system that meets their own business needs, so as to achieve data intercommunication with suppliers, customers, logistics, and other parties, improve business efficiency, and reduce operating costs.

  • ChinLink EDI System Design Consultation: Design the most suitable EDI system for the customer's business process based on the customer's business needs.
  • ChinLink EDI System Implementation Consultation: Implement the ChinLink EDI system, including system installation, configuration, testing, and optimization.
  • ChinLink EDI System Operation Consultation: Manage the ChinLink EDI system, solve problems, monitor performance, and maximize the use of the system to improve business efficiency.

The ChinLink EDI system can automatically transmit and process commercial documents such as orders, shipping notices, and invoices between enterprises through the network.

ChinLink Technology provides two different versions of EDI software and their solutions to meet the EDI software needs of enterprises of different scales.

  • ChinLink EDI Star Edition: Provides small-scale, lightweight, and flexible EDI software for small and medium-sized enterprises to quickly meet the EDI connection requirements from customers, suppliers, governments, and industry organizations.
  • ChinLink EDI Starlight Edition: Provides end-to-end supply chain digital transformation solutions for large enterprises, plans, customizes, and implements a full-featured EDI platform to enable the automation of upstream and downstream supply chain processes.

ChinLink Technology provides EDI system implementation services to help enterprises deploy and use the EDI system more quickly and effectively, thereby improving business efficiency, reducing operating costs, and quickly meeting internal and external EDI usage requirements.

  • Requirement Analysis: Gain an in-depth understanding of the customer's business process, data requirements, and IT environment to determine the EDI system design suitable for the enterprise.
  • System Design and Configuration: Based on the results of the requirement analysis, design the EDI system architecture and configure the EDI software to ensure that the system can meet the enterprise's business needs.
  • System Installation and Testing: Install and configure the EDI system in the enterprise's IT environment and conduct system testing to ensure that the system can run stably and meet the predetermined performance requirements.
  • Data Mapping: Map the data of the enterprise's internal systems (such as ERP, WMS, etc.) to the EDI standard format and map the EDI data to the format that the internal system can understand.
  • Training and Support: Provide EDI system usage training for the enterprise's IT personnel and users, as well as subsequent technical support and maintenance services.

ChinLink Technology provides technical support and continuous optimization services for the enterprise's Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) system. Through professional after-sales service, enterprises can enjoy a continuous, stable, and constantly updated EDI system service.

  • Fault Troubleshooting and Repair: When the EDI system encounters problems or failures, the technical team will conduct fault troubleshooting and provide repair services to ensure that the EDI system resumes normal operation.
  • System Upgrade and Optimization: As business requirements and technology development change, the EDI system may need to be upgraded and optimized to improve performance, add new features, or improve the user experience.
  • Data Mapping Update: As the enterprise's internal systems (such as ERP, WMS, etc.) are updated or the EDI formats of trading partners change, data mapping may need to be updated to ensure accurate data transmission between various systems.
  • User Training and Support: As the enterprise's internal systems (such as ERP, WMS, etc.) are updated or the EDI formats of trading partners change, data mapping may need to be updated to ensure accurate data transmission between various systems.
  • Security Monitoring: Monitor the operating status of the EDI system to ensure data security and prevent data leakage or attacks.

Background Introduction ​

In recent years, with the rapid development of domestic and international supply chain business, business exchanges around the world have become more frequent. However, traditional data transmission methods can no longer meet new business models and also pose considerable security risks. There is an urgent need for a more advanced and secure solution to address the information transfer challenges between domestic and foreign suppliers and purchasers.

The goal of the EDI solution is to quickly establish an enterprise supply chain integration environment with the help of EDI technology, assist enterprises in achieving business collaboration with partners of different scales and technological capabilities, unify management processes, and effectively reduce the total cost of the supply chain. This full-process collaborative EDI system includes automated EDI, Web EDI, and business management functions, and has excellent scalability, which can be closely integrated with systems such as OMS, WMS, and ERP. This system adopts the model of "productized functions + customized requirements", combines with the unique business characteristics of enterprises, and provides users with an efficient and stable full-process collaborative EDI platform.

The ChinLink EDI system supports mainstream transmission protocols such as AS2, OFTP2, etc., as well as internationally recognized EDI message standards such as X12, EDIFACT, VSA, etc. At the same time, it can also handle various custom data formats such as XML, Flatfile, etc. By adopting this unified EDI system, enterprises can securely share information and collaborate in business with global business partners, providing strong support for the enterprise's cross-border cooperation.

What is EDI? ​

EDI is the abbreviation of "Electronic Data Interchange". It is a standardized method for securely transmitting and exchanging commercial documents and data between different computer systems. The main goal of EDI is to replace traditional paper document exchanges with automation and electronization, thereby improving efficiency, reducing errors, saving time and costs.

The EDI system allows different organizations and enterprises to exchange various commercial documents in a structured electronic format, including orders, invoices, payment notices, shipping notices, inventory reports, etc. These documents can be encoded in a standardized format (such as EDI standards, such as ANSI X12, EDIFACT, etc.) to ensure that the recipient can easily interpret and process these documents.