I don't operate at the nitty-gritty EDI level, so pardon my high-level perspective.
My experience showed that EDIFACT is better suited to international transactions than X12. I had worked in the shipping industry, and found, for example, that the IFTMBF/IFTMBC pair was a richer transaction than the 300/301 pair. The former handled inland transportation and multiple transportation legs better. So, in that business arena, it was difficult to use EDIFACT and X12 interchangably. Karl --- "Hurd, Richard [SLCUS]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To: "'Dan Mehlhorn'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > EDI-L Listserv > <[email protected]> > From: "Hurd, Richard [SLCUS]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 12:23:52 -0400 > Subject: RE: [EDI-L] <TECH> Mapping EDIFACT to X12 > > At Agere, we handled both rather interchangeably. You should be okay. > > The stranger it is, the tougher it might be; but generic orders and changes > shouldn't present a hassle. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dan Mehlhorn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 11:24 AM > > To: EDI-L Listserv > > Subject: RE: [EDI-L] <TECH> Mapping EDIFACT to X12 > > > > > > > > > > I should know better. The documents are ORDERS and > > ORDCHG to 850 and 860 > > respectively. > > > > Dan > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tom Brandt > > > > > We got one of those "things" dropped on us. We don't trade > > > EDIFACT at all. > > >We got a demand to switch to EDIFACT for this TP in a month. > > Not knowing > > >EDIFACT, I'd like to know is it a reasonable and workable > > idea to have my > > >translator map the inbound EDIFACT to my existing X12 template? > > > > > > My translator can do this, therefore I don't need sales > > > calls. My question > > >deals with will EDIFACT data fit in the X12 template. Sort > > of like putting > > >Chevy parts in a Ford. It is workable, but not something > > you want to do > > for > > >the long run. > > > > You don't specify what messages/transaction sets you are > > dealing with, but > > in theory it can be done. I have several clients who map > > incoming X12 830s > > and EDIFACT DELFORs, and 862 and DELJITs, to one flat file layout, and > > generating 856s and DESADVs out of one flat file layout. > > -- > > Tom Brandt > > Northtech Systems, Inc. > > 130 S. 1st Street, Suite 220 > > Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1343 > > http://www.northtech.com/ > > > > > > > > . > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (primary), [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun. http://www.advision.webevents.yahoo.com/emoticontest . 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/
