No one has requested an Alpine yet, they've all been for communication. But if anyone gets the idea it will probably fall on me to install, sync it to their bluetooth phone, program their favorite stations, and upload their MP3s.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Leah Halpin" <[email protected]> To: "Travis Truax" <[email protected]>, "Michael Mattias/LS" <[email protected]> Cc: "EDI-L" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 5, 2011 10:14:43 AM Subject: Re: [EDI-L] 856 design theory documents/web sites/books?? Cool, radios on forklifts? Can I get one on my bike, please? I'll even throw in a six pack. Happy Friday. Leah From: Travis Truax <[email protected]> To: Michael Mattias/LS <[email protected]> Cc: EDI-L <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 5, 2011 11:02 AM Subject: Re: [EDI-L] 856 design theory documents/web sites/books?? I agree with you in almost every case, but it actually seems to work better that way here (in our current situation). I called us "Jacks" in short for Jacks-of-all-trade, as we have had to learn and document business processes here extensively during software implementations, define business processes where none existed, etc. We've also been here about 15 years, and even though we are masters of none, our knowledge is on par with some of the veterans in other departments, and definitely more well-rounded. I think small businesses fall into the mindset that if it's technical, it belongs to IT. We're expected to design websites, diagnose network problems, install mag-locks & biometric security hardware, answer helpdesk calls, handle social marketing campaigns & QR codes, maintain the phone system, run wire, manage EDI, ERP, manage several SQL databases, negotiate telcom service contracts, work with PLCs and Vision systems, install forklift mounted touchscreens, radios, scanner hardware, etc. Needless to say our ToDo list only shrinks when unfinished projects become no longer important enough to keep harassing us about. :) Travis- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Mattias/LS" < [email protected] > To: "EDI-L" < [email protected] > Sent: Friday, August 5, 2011 8:31:26 AM Subject: Re: [EDI-L] 856 design theory documents/web sites/books?? > Of course there are people here working.... what I mean is we do > everything even remotely technical. So EDI *for us* is not just > translation. I don't have >application people that I can ask to start > providing certain data in the shipment output so that I can plug it into a > map- I have to do all of it. Boo Hoo, I know. Not "Boo hoo", sir; "Still?" I continue to be amazed at the number of firms which think they can "do EDI" without the active participation of the Real Users; that is, that the "I/T department" alone can implement an EDI trading relationship with a customer, vendor, or other partner. IMNSHO* it cannot be done. I/T guys are often way too academic, lacking practical knowledge of their employer's real business. "Doing EDI " is *not* an "I/T thing" ... it's a "business process" thing. How do you expect guys to improve something about which they know little or nothing? Michael C. Mattias Tal Systems Inc. Racine WI [email protected] * IMO: I'm open to changing my mind given a good argument IMNSHO: I'm not. ------------------------------------ ... 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] ------------------------------------ ... 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/
