SOX has definitely slowed down the EDI implementation process at my company. With all the documentation and testing needed, implementing a customer takes 3-5 X's as long.
Samer --- Wayne Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ron, I think a lot of companies are struggling with > how best to comply. > Some seem to be going overboard. I had one manager > in charge of > compliance actually tell me that SOX was the > ruination of the American > economy. > > In practical terms, heroes can exist no more. You > know, the EDI people > who modify the data on EDI transactions to force > them through? > > Companies are also forcing non-EDI personnel and > departments to assume > some of the workload like setting up trading > partners. The development > vs. production issue is requiring more personnel to > get involved with > the EDI process. One man shows won't cut it > anymore. > > I think we will also see separate servers for test > vs. production, where > we might not have in the past. > > At least one manager has said that additional IT > resources need to be > hired because everything is taking longer to > complete. > > I find it ironic that those shops still using > mainframe EDI environments > are pretty much in compliance because of all the > change controls > inherent with a mainframe bureaucracy. We seem to > have come full circle > in this regard. > > Wayne > -----Original Message----- > From: Ron Paquin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 4:28 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [EDI-L] Sarbanes-Oxley > > > > Maybe I missed it, and maybe this isn't the > appropriate forum, but can > anyone share the impact Sarbanes-Oxley has had on > their day-to-day EDI > development and implementation lives? > > My company has chosen a "do everything to ensure > compliance" approach, > and I just don't have a good feel for what portions, > if any, of the > EDI processes should be affected. > > For example, I currently cannot even see maps, etc., > in the Production > environment without special dispensation, and there > are several tasks > related to loading new X12 releases, etc., which I > have to have done > through Change Management. > > I guess I'm just interested to get a discussion > started on how > Sarbanes-Oxley is affecting those of you who read > this board, because > it's sure making my life miserable. > > Regards, > > Ron > > > > > > . > Please use the following Message Identifiers as your > subject prefix: > <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, > <OFF-TOPIC> > Access the list online at: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/ . Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Access the list online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
