Kevin, As you may already know, the key question your friend needs to answer is: How much integration does he want to achieve with his ERP/Accounting System?
Although there are many EDI solutions and options out there, most of them fall within 2 categories: 1. EDI solutions capable of integrating directly into applications with little to no human intervension (i.e. using maps to convert directly to application data formats). 2. EDI solutions that require human intervention to integrate either manually or semimanually (i.e. using forms or printouts to populate the data) In our experience, most Web-based solutions fall in the latter category. While they may be simpler, quicker and less expensive to implement, they also offer few benefits; and there's a catch: you minght end up paying more fixing errors, re-entering data, and delaying responses. As a general rule, the larger the volume of transactions a company process via EDI, the easier it should be to justify implementing an automated version. Rather than concentrating in finding the least expensive solution, your friend may want to look for the best automated solution available for the money.... We've specialized in offering such solutions for SMEs for years, so it'd be interesting to find out what other options and prices are available out there. Good luck, Ricardo ________________________________ From: Samantha Scott <[email protected]> To: EDI-L <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, May 5, 2011 12:18:39 PM Subject: Re: [EDI-L] Recommendation EDI Solution or a Small Business You might want to spring for that "turnaround" option. Walgreens requires you to send data back on the 810 exactly as you received it on the 850, warts and all. Just so happens I have their specs on my desk right now. New project On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Roger Curtis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Kevin, > > We offer an easy web EDI solution called Athena by Liaison Technologies > > that is very inexpensive. It can be used in two ways by your friend. > > If the volume of invoices is low, I'd say 10-25/week or fewer > > they can just pop into a web invoice form with their browser > > and enter the info, or if they can receive 850 POs they can > > 'turn them around' taking the 850 information and creating an > invoice > > out of it. In this case they would just add an invoice#, > freight, etc. and send it. > > If the volume is higher, let's say over 25 or 50/week then > > for a bit more money we can add mapping capability (Delta > software) to Athena > > where, for instance, they could export the invoice info from say > QuickBooks > > or enter it into an Excel spreadsheet, and export an XML or .csv > file and upload it to Athena for processing. > > Either way it would be simple and inexpensive for your friend to do it. > > If you're interested let me know and I'll get you the pricing and pertinent > information. > > Roger Curtis 1-800-642-3204 [email protected] > > Sitcur www.sitcur.com <http://www.sitcur.com/> > > _____ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Kevin Baloue > Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 9:59 AM > > To: [email protected] > Subject: [EDI-L] Recommendation EDI Solution or a Small Business > > Hi Gang, > > One of my old friends sent his good friend to me because they are looking > to > send Invoices via EDI to Walgreen (for quicker payment). > > Does anyone have a recommendation for an affordable (euphemism for cheap) > EDI solution for them. > > Thanks in advance, > > Kevin > > [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 [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/
