This % of sales is a recurring theme and really a fantastic idea from a conceptual standpoint. How would you go about calculating the value of sales passing through the system though? If the PO has qty and part number with no mention of cost (and really those things are negotiated so why would they be required on a PO) how would you track it?
Saying you did have the number, how does that relate to all the other transaction that go through the department also? We are required to keep a high system availability, rapid turnaround and the pagers/laptops specifically for ASN transactions. One could increase your system cost by adding ASN's but conceivably not be adding more value (no increased PO's). It is a puzzlement... On 6/15/07, Dale Marthaller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would suggest that the metric would vary greatly depending on the > industry but since we are a sales based company our metric would be EDI cost > as a percentage of all sales and EDI cost as a percentage of sales handled > via EDI. > > > Dale Marthaller (604) 461-6779 > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of > *Samantha Scott > *Sent:* Friday, June 15, 2007 9:30 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [EDI-L] EDI Cost Analysis > > > > OK, so here's a Friday question...does anyone analyze the cost of EDI? > > At my company we use these measurements to compare our performance year to > year - are we getting more or less value out of the resources in each > period, etc. We also use them to compare to similar numbers across > industries to see if we are performing well in comparison to others. For > instance our corporate help desk totals all the staff, office space, > computers & equipment etc and comes up with a cost per call to the help > desk. I think it sits around $12 right now which is on the low side of > average. > > So I can count up all the costs of servers and software maintenance, VAN > fees, etc., but what is my divisor? Cost per what?? I can count the EDI > transactions but that doesn't cover the non-EDI data that goes through our > servers untranslated. I archive everything systematically in folders by > month so I could compare the MB of data in each month which does get the > non-EDI stuff. What I am curious about is if anyone else here has done > this > exercise, what you used for your metric divisor and why? > > Thanks so much for any thoughts you have on the topic > > Samantha > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------ > The Oppenheimer Group ---- CONFIDENTIAL > > This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain > privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have > received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the > original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ... 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/
