Brad
–
I
think Kelly’s answer was great.
You
don’t mention if you are integrating your EDI with your UNIX system or just
printing and keying it. You can
also point out, when the time comes, that the Harbinger/Peregrine Trusted Link
Windows product can be integrated with any business system. Whether or not that makes sense will
depend on the volume information Kelly recommends you compile. My point is only that there is no
requirement to change EDI packages just because you are changing business
systems. Treat each decision
separately.
Good
luck.
Sandy
Miller
Data
Communication Solutions
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From: Electronic
Data Interchange Issues [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Brad
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 11:25
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To:
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Subject: A little off subject
but
Hi,
I have a problem well more
like a series of problems that I am not sure I can handle. I am not an EDI
expert by any means (heck I am not a programmer) but when I took on the job I
have now EDI was not part of my responsibilities nor did I ever say or imply I
had any expertise in EDI. I am a sys admin plus help desk plus hardware repair
person for a small company. AS you can gather I was put in a place where I
needed to learn by the shear fact there was no one else. So on to the problem
the company I am working for is being acquired by another company they are an
even bigger company than we are infact about twice our size, but they have
even less expertise with IT than my present company. I know nothing about this
new company except rumor and bits and pieces of things that people have heard
from other people. I am given to understand they use a Unix system 10 years
old and has not been updated (I have admin'ed a few SCO systems in my day but
in the past but my current tool set is five years out of date on Unix based
systems) We on the other hand use a MS Windows NT/Novell system based network
and Harbinger's TrustedLink/STX windows product which seems to me to be a very
good product for our application. Well how can I put this it seems that I have
been asked to be the lead on integrating our systems. I have no information
and I do have some ideas on where to start but can any one on this list
provide some sort of EDI parameter check list. I figure I will be looking for
a different job in a short bit because of the way this new company does their
IT I get the impression its all out-sourced and besides their based in New
Jersey and I am a California boy myself. But I do not want to leave my friends
at my present job with a set of bad decisions on my part which will cause them
problems. I have more fear than I think I need to but any help with check
lists or ideas about areas or items I do not want to overlook. I would
appreciate any experience or insights the list may have.
Brad
Burns
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