We've developed a web-based solution that replaces the faxes. If the mfr. can't receive edi, we receive the PO and splash it onto a web form. The mfr can respond with an invoice and asn from the web, and even print UCC128 labels. It's very cost effective for low volume mfr, and very easy to use.
Mark K wrote: > >A few years ago I was an engineer for a company called Intertrade >Systems which was developing an internet based VAN for the food and >beverage industry (Intertrade is a different company now). At the >time the holy grail of problems for the food and beverage industry was >the fax order problem. According to one of our customers, the cost of >manual order processing for small customers often exceeded the profit >on the sale. > >I'm now an MBA student at Golden Gate University and I'm working on a >marketing plan for a solution to this problem based on some ideas I >had while working at Intertrade. I need to catch up with the industry >changes since I left Intertrade 4 years ago and I would appreciate any > info you could give me. > >Have any new solutions to this problem emerged in the last 4 years? > >Did XML or any of the other new technologies ever live up to the hype? > >Has anyone persuaded their customers to use a web interface and accept >double data entry? > >Thanks, > >- Mark Kromer [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Have any non-technical solutions like outsourcing order entry to India >or elsewhere solved the problem? > > > > > > > > > > >. >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 > > > > > > > > > > -- %%%%%%%%%%%%% cut here %%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Brian Lehrhoff, EA ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Messaging Consultant 201-913-4506 %%%%%%%%%%%%% cut here %%%%%%%%%%%%%%% . 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/
