Also called: EDI Analyst, EDI Coordinator
Manages the electronic documents, like purchase orders and invoices, that companies send to each other automatically.
A big retailer's orders stopped arriving overnight. You find the file that failed, fix the formatting and resend it before the warehouse misses its shipping window. You set up new trading partners.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Associate's degree (2-year), about 2 years after high school. Associate degree or on-the-job training; EDI tools are learned at work.
Ways in: 2-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Information Systems, Supply Chain Management.
Growing about average. Steady; supply chains still run on EDI.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. APIs and AI document tools replace much EDI setup and error-fixing, shrinking this niche.
Classes: Computer applications, Business.
Official data: O*NET occupation 15-1211.
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