Brian,
I can sympathize with your having to support and live with an outdated WMS.
However, isn't it time someone at ACCO helped the higher ups (that's the
guys with the purse string!) realize that maybe it's time to start driving a
new model rather than the old Model T. Those sunk costs could sink ACCO's
ability to compete and respond effectively to the changing marketplace.
Rachel
Since we have an outdated WMS system, we will have a sizable mod that will
need to be in place. On top of that, we have to mod our order fulfillment
system. I bet that this will costs us over 300k when it is all said and
done.
Thanks for letting me whine about it. I feel a lot better now.
Brian Test
E-Commerce Analyst
ACCO North America
300 Tower Parkway
Lincolnshire, IL 60069-3640
(800) 222-6462 x3973
(847) 419-4146 FAX
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-----Original Message-----
From: Glenn Smith [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 10:44 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Walmart shipping information
Chris:
What remains to be seen is this may be good for walmart but is it
good for the majority.
Glenn K. Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Senior EDI Systems Analyst
Re:SOURCES EDI Department
248-458-8175
>>> "Cancilla, Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 3/29/01 11:20:18
AM >>>
That's Life.....
You gotta figure that if Wal-Mart is going through all the time,
trouble,
and expense of converting all documents on THEIR side to 4030, then
there
must be a strong and valid reason for the conversion.
I don't think it is a matter of "latest-greatest standard", but
looking
towards a functionality that 4030 will offer.
Chris Cancilla
Sterling Commerce, Inc.
GENTRAN Support (all platforms)
(614) 760-8980
-----Original Message-----
From: William J. Kammerer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 10:58 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Walmart shipping information
Chris LaPlaca asked "Is there a website that shows [Wal-Mart's]
requirements for prospective customers?"
Joe Reinhardt told Chris that "New customers need X12 Version 4030."
I never paid much attention to the vast quantity of messages in the
last
couple of months regarding Wal-Mart, except to surmise that either
(1)
Wal-Mart could work on its communication with suppliers, (2) its
suppliers don't pay attention, or (3) Wal-Mart is engaged in some
perverse "survival of the fittest" experiment to weed out suppliers.
In
any event, none of this was any of my business. I figure Wal-Mart is
perfectly entitled to throw its weight around as an 800-lb. EDI
gorilla,
making as many demands on suppliers as it can get away with.
But now that Wal-Mart CUSTOMERS have to use X12 Version 4030, I'm
going
to have to put my foot down! I'm a CUSTOMER, and under no
circumstances
am I going to go to the hassle of using X12 just so I can buy some
tattoo band-aids, shampoo, or batteries. Enough is enough!
Now, if Wal-Mart had just mandated XML, that might be another thing
altogether...
William J. Kammerer
FORESIGHT Corp.
4950 Blazer Pkwy.
Dublin, OH USA 43017-3305
+1 614 791-1600
Visit FORESIGHT Corp. at http://www.foresightcorp.com/
"accelerating time-to-trade"
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