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COVID-19 is a disease caused due to the infection of novel coronavirus. The first case of COVID-19 disease was founded at Wuhan, China in December 2019. It also named as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).


COVID-19 is the most widely spread disease ever in the world. In most cases it infects the respiratory system that causes fever, dry cough, and shortness of breath.



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EDI and Business

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EDI Maturity Model

The development of EDI within an organisation or a trade sector goes through a number of stages. Saxena and Wagenaar suggest a three stage EDI maturity model as a part of a three-way analysis of EDI development in organisations, trade sectors and nations.  Figure 2.20 shows the concept of EDI maturity with a six-stage maturity model, and links it to the opportunities for competitive advantage. The stages of EDI development as represented in the model are:  Stage 1:Discovery : The first stage in EDI development is the discovery stage. Discovery can be by an organisation choosing to adopt EDI to gain competitive advantage or to solve an administrative problem.  Stage 2: Introductory : This stage requires investment hardware and software but, atleast significant, will be the time commitment in establishing the parameters of the electronic trading relationship. This stage, on its own, does not result in any cost saving or efficiency gain. there are direct costs in computer ...
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