{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"Value Added Network (VAN)","description":"Unlike public internet connections, a Value Added Network (VAN) provides private, managed communication infrastructure over which companies exchange electronic business documents in standardised EDI formats. The VAN provider acts as an intermediary: it receives messages, translates between EDI standards such as EDIFACT and ANSI X12, manages transmission protocols, and maintains an auditable message history. Shippers, freight forwarders, and retailers rely on VANs to exchange purchase orders, adv","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/value-added-network-van","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-06-26T13:01:59.810745","citation":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value-added_network","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/value-added-network-van","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Value Added Network (VAN) · Unlike public internet connections, a Value Added Network (VAN) provides private, managed communication infrastructure over which companies exchange electronic business documents in standardised EDI formats. · Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value-added_network"}