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________________________________ From: Samantha Scott <[email protected]> To: Emmanuel Hadzipetros <[email protected]> Cc: edi list <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, August 31, 2010 11:16:46 AM Subject: Re: [EDI-L] Tradacoms? AH...that explains much - B&Q uses it. We'll see if having read every Terry Pratchett discworld book allows me to think British enough to figure out what's wrong. ;-) On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Emmanuel Hadzipetros < [email protected]> wrote: > Mostly in retail. It’s an early implementation of the same UN standards > that led to EDIFACT that is no longer being developed but is still pretty > widely used by a lot of store chains in the UK. The GS1 organization in the > UK, which manages it, encourages adoption of EDIFACT but old habits die > hard. It’s idiosyncratic and weird and probably very British. > > > > But it’s still a structured standard with rules and you get the hang of it > if you have to do it enough However, if our customers give us a choice > between TRADACOMS and EDIFACT, we always choose EDIFACT. And that’s happened > with only one of our customers. Good luck. > > > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of > *Samantha Scott > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 31, 2010 7:50 AM > *To:* edi list > *Subject:* [EDI-L] Tradacoms? > > > > > > I was looking at an invoice file for our UK business that they're having > difficulty getting accepted by their trading partner and I expected the doc > they called "INVOIC" to be edifact. I couldn't find any ILD segments in the > edifact directory though...come to find out its tradacoms. So I found this > document and I think it will probably help me figure out why they get a > "out > of balance across the line" rejection (I hope) > > http://www.anmw.co.uk/anmw/documents/Tradacomms_Manual.pdf > > I'm just interested in this tradacoms thing. Is this still widely in use in > the UK? Its a new one on me. I've done VDA but not this. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [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 [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: [email protected] [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/
