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________________________________ From: Art Douglas <[email protected]> To: Dylan Hall <[email protected]>; Craig Dunham <[email protected]>; [email protected] Sent: Sun, October 3, 2010 10:37:55 AM Subject: RE: [EDI-L] What is EDI... When asked to explain what is EDI He went to his encyclopedia He looked low and high Then replied with a sigh XML has now caused its use out to die Art EDI Minstrel -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dylan Hall Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2010 5:27 PM To: Craig Dunham; [email protected] Subject: Re: [EDI-L] What is EDI... Hello Craig, As an EDI Sherpa, you no doubt are used to carrying heavy loads ... However, to have a balanced view - I hope an EDI Guru, an EDI Evangelist and an EDI Agnostic make themselves heard in this thread. Only then, shall those who seek the answer to "What is EDI ? " find true enlightenment ... or a good consultant ;) Dylan EDI Hybrid On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Craig Dunham <[email protected]>wrote: > > > I'm writing this to the group in hopes that some of our . less than > EDI-capable list members may understand. it's a simple concept, but > something that seems to be . lost in translation? > > EDI IS USED BY DIFFERENT ENTITIES IN DIFFERENT WAYS. > > There. Simple, right? > > Sadly, not so. > > Each entity - whether a retailer, a college, a hospital, a bank, a > manufacturer, or any other industry, company or user - can and WILL use EDI > in many different ways. Each particular entity may use any document that > pertains to their industry and fits their needs. And each entity can and > WILL use those documents in their own way. Others have posted this notion > in the past, but it seems to get . lost . and forgotten about. > > Bob runs a retail company - Bob's Store - and uses the PO (850) and the > Ship > Notice (856) and the Invoice (810). > > James runs a retail company - Jimmie's Jams - and also uses the same > documents. But he can (and often does) use them with some data that is the > same and some that is completely different. > > It's because each user needs or requires certain information from the other > entity (Trading Partner) that they're trading documents with. > > So, to the poster that wants a "sample of an EDI spec" needs to know that > if > that spec does not come from the entities (partners) that they are going to > be trading with, it's not going to do them a whole lot of good. Each > implementation and each document will be different and unique, depending > upon the needs and requirements from each partner involved in the trade. > > Craig Dunham > > Bear Necessities Computing > > EDI Sherpa > > Author/blogger > > <http://www.retailedi.com/> RetailEDI.com > > <http://editalk.com/> EDITalk.com > > [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/
