Hi EDI at Helion,
First, just a semantic point: you're not edaling with "Walmart's VAN",
you're dealing with Walmart directly.
Walmart's Electronic Services group publishes a document entitled "Getting
Started with EDI" which they will send or e-mail to their Vendor (your
customer). You can ask your customer to request that document and forward
it to you, or you can contact the Walmart Fax-On-Demand at 501-277-5505.
Use Option 1 to get a list of available EDI documents and go from there.
This document contains their communications interface specs, support desk
phone number and hours and testing procedures.
If their numbers haven't changed, you can contact their support desk at
501-273-4556, Mon-Fri, 8AM-5PM Central Time. Their testing group is Option
3 on their phone menu. You will need your customer's Vendor No. and other
information defined in the above document.
Technical information about the bisync modem required to connect with
Walmart is available at Interface Systems, Inc., 815-654-8110.
Now, for the editorial break:
I've been asking this 800lb gorilla for 2 years now about an internet
connection option. They had a person assigned to such a development
project, but that person left the EDI department and no one has picked up
the ball. This bisynch modem stuff is an absolute pain every time we turn
around.
If you or your customer have any influence, you (and everyone else on the
list) can do us all a big favor by exerting every pressure possible on
Walmart to join us in the 21st Century by adding a communications option
other than bisynch, and preferably (for us) an internet-based option.
Good luck to you and your customer. Let us all know how you progress.
Dave Taylor
Sysmark Information Systems, Inc.
800-797-6275
P.S. Another editorial:
While I hear grumbling from time to time about "vendors" taking commercial
advantage of the list, I must say that a great deal of the most valuable
information comes from the vendors, because we are all out in the industry
meeting and greeting these opportunities every day.
It's a real pleasure for us to be able to provide some assistance to those
who have assisted us so often. Thank you all for your continued
participation.
----- Original Message -----
From: "edi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 9:35 AM
Subject: walmart VAN
> Howdy -
> can anyone share any info/suggestions/experiences regarding testing with
> walmarts' bisynch VAN? We have a client who is a walmart vendor, and we're
> trying to hook them up, however, we are finding walmart less than
> cooperative.
>
> helion
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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