The problem of "WEB EDI" is when you have a mature EDI program and want to do "real" EDI, but a customer requires you to do WEB EDI as a first step (thus gaining the benefits of EDI for them while sticking your company with all the manual effort to do these turnarounds), and then never wants to talk to you again about proceeding to EDI (they don't call, i.e. they ignore voice mail, they don't write, i.e. they don't reply to emails although delivery report says their mail system accepted the message).
Funny how communication from them was very regular while they were demanding that we sign up for the WEB EDI program or pay $225 per paper document. Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Lehrhoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Art Douglas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "knsanjose" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 1:39 PM Subject: Re: [EDI-L] Need Sample EDI Survey > And, for those of you on the hub side of things, you can go 100% edi by using an outside vendor > that will take 850s and put them on the web, and allow creation of turn-around 810, 856 and UCC128s. At no cost to you - the vendor pays a small monthly change. And it's cheaper to him than buying translator software, integrating into his back-end system (if he has one), and all those other costs. > > In the spirit of the season I won't hang a sales pitch here, just a concept. Contact me off list for further interest. > > Brian Lehrhoff > EDI Consultant > 201-913-4506 > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Art Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: knsanjose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 12:52:21 PM > Subject: RE: [EDI-L] Need Sample EDI Survey > > Karen, > > I worked on a committee for a year to create a survey something like you > need. We didn't use words like "EDI-capable," because they don't really > answer the question you want answered, which is, will you do EDI with us? > > Why not ask a multiple choice? > (1)Is EDI used in your operation? > (a) Yes > (b) No - we plan to implement it in the next year > (c) No - we are considering implementing EDI > (d) No - We are not considering EDI at this time. > (e) Not familiar with EDI > > If they answer yes, direct them to the next question - Please send me the > contact information for your EDI crew. > > If they answer no, put them in a stack to contact at a later time, or send > the contacts to me and I'll work the list for you. > > For the "yes" crowd, you may want them to say what standards/versions they > support, what communications avenues they utilize, what transactions they > trade. But most important is the contact information. > > Good luck, > > Art Douglas > Chief Consultant > Blackwater Network > 877-464-8915 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > knsanjose > Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 8:31 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [EDI-L] Need Sample EDI Survey > > Does anyone have an example of an EDI survey they'd be willing to > share? I need an idea to get started. We have a bunch of customers > overseas and I need to find out if they're EDI-capable, which > transactions they currently trade, how experienced they are, etc. > > I started with an Excel spreadsheet, then switched to a Word document, > then couldn't decide on the wording ("If you are EDI-capable, which > transactions... But if you're not EDI-capable, do you plan..."), then > dumped it all 'cause it was a hodge-podge mess. > > Once I get it together, I'd be happy to post it in the files area for > others to adapt. > > Thanks, > Karen Norton. > EDI Analyst, Atmel Corp. > > > > ... > Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: > <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> > > Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> > IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix. > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > ... > Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> > > Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix. > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ... > Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> > > Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix. > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
