Read those too plus PG Wodehouse, agatha christie, dickens, some bronte girls, s maugham and some guy named shakespeare. Not helping so far...think I will need to resort to reading the customer specs.
Does anyone know where I can get a B&Q tradacoms spec for the INVOIC? My colleagues in the UK have all probably gone home now. On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Emmanuel Hadzipetros < [email protected]> wrote: > > > Now youre talking Douglas Adams is even more apropos > > From: [email protected] <EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto: > [email protected] <EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf Of Leah Halpin > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 9:48 AM > To: Samantha Scott; Emmanuel Hadzipetros > Cc: edi list > > Subject: Re: [EDI-L] Tradacoms? > > If that doesn't work, try Douglas Adams Hitchhiker series...... > > Leah > > ________________________________ > From: Samantha Scott <[email protected] <mossmuncher%40gmail.com><mailto: > mossmuncher%40gmail.com <mossmuncher%2540gmail.com>> > > To: Emmanuel Hadzipetros > <[email protected]<ehadzipetros%40hotmail.com><mailto: > ehadzipetros%40hotmail.com <ehadzipetros%2540hotmail.com>> > > Cc: edi list <[email protected] <EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> <mailto: > EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com <EDI-L%2540yahoogroups.com>> > > > 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] <ehadzipetros%40hotmail.com> <mailto: > ehadzipetros%40hotmail.com <ehadzipetros%2540hotmail.com>> > wrote: > > > Mostly in retail. Its 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. Its idiosyncratic and weird and probably very British. > > > > > > > > But its 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 thats > happened > > with only one of our customers. Good luck. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] <EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> <mailto: > EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com <EDI-L%2540yahoogroups.com>> [mailto: > [email protected] <EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> <mailto: > EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com <EDI-L%2540yahoogroups.com>> ] *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] > > [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 <*> 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/
