Good poitns. In my opinion the three most important variables are the number of...
Transactions Partners Communication connections (unique connections) The first is pretty obvious, but certainly having 100,000 transactions/month with three partners is far easier than the same volume over 100 partners. Likewise maintaining three VAN connections is far less work than maintaining 100 AS2 connections. While valuable, I think things like processing schedules, number of/type of maps, etc. vary too much from company to company, and would make comparisons very difficult. So if the equation is T + P + C = EDI, how would you all weight these three variables in relation to each other? Are the number of partners more influential than the volume? What about communications and all those AS2 certs expiring, firewalls closing, MDN's missing? ***Granted this is a gross over-simplification, one of the biggest variables is 'clue-factor' of your companies management. We can save that equation for another day... -Peter --- "Dickey, Colleen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree. I think the numbers of importance are: > > How many active trading partners are you supporting? > (whether a trading > partner has 1 transaction or 1000 per month, it > still takes the same > amount of time researching any that have gone awry). > > Do you have multiple relationships with those same > trading partners > across your organization? In some cases, this might > as well be counted > as a separate partner. > > How many maps are you running? And of those, do you > support multiple > versions? > > What is your processing schedule like? Do you run > one large batch job > in the middle of the night, or are there many > jobs/processes that run > continuously? > > Does your EDI "team" also support the transmission > of the data to the > VAN (or other vehicle) or is that handled by a > different group? > > > Those are the areas where I can measure my time. > Transactions can > measure how much you might be savings on electronic > vs. paper. > > *** > > I support 90 trading partners, with multiple > organizational > relationships. > 21 transaction maps, which includes the multiple > versions of each. > 50 batch jobs running throughout the day. (I'm on > Gentran/MVS.) > I also support all activity related to the VAN. > > I am the only EDI support person for a company in > the utility industry. > > Colleen Dickey > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Brian Lehrhoff > Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 8:33 AM > To: William Troy Parrett; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [EDI-L] <MISC> EDI Metrics > > I'm starting to do my own little learning experience > on metrics ... > > What are good metrics for defining an EDI program? > > Why do you feel that # of transactions - which seems > to me to be more of > a function of hardware and software rather than > operations - is a valid > metric? > > > > > --- William Troy Parrett > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello- > > > > We're gathering some metrics on our data > translation and would like to > > > know where we rate among other companies. > > > > Simply, how many transactions are processed per > month per > > employee/contractor providing support? A brief > description of what > > business models you support would also be nice. > > > > We're a pharmaceutical manufacturer and do 29,333 > on average per month > > > per support person. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Troy Parrett > > Eli Lilly and Company > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > --------------------~--> Get to your groups with > one click. 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