Amen to Lowell's comment. After 15 years, I'm still a grasshopper when it comes to tooting my own horn.
Remember, with EDI it's not your fault, but now it's your problem. --- In [email protected], Lowell Porter <lporter@...> wrote: > > "I also say, learn to toot your own horn. You obviously can't go around > bragging on yourself. But you can put out news bulletins that read > something like..." > > Yes, yes, and a million times yes. Had I done this, I would not have found > myself in some situations that I do now. Experience can be a hard task > master. > > Lowell Porter > EDI Analyst > > > > > > From: Art Douglas <adouglasedi@...> > To: <paustin@...>, "'Dylan Hall'" <dylanjhall@...> > Cc: "'Paul McTeigue'" <paul_mcteigue@...>, "'EDI-L'" > <[email protected]> > Date: 12/18/2012 01:28 AM > Subject: RE: [EDI-L] Career growth as an EDI mapper > Sent by: [email protected] > > > > > Pete doesn't know what he's talking about. (I'm joking, Pete.) EDI is > really all about master data. If the item tables aren't right, you'll > never > get the orders in, the shipping cube and weight will be off, the carton > dimensions will be wrong and the receiving dock will reject the order, > assuming you managed to fit it all on the truck. If the customer tables > aren't right, you'll never be able to properly ship - or bill. If the > product descriptions aren't right, your orders will be a mess, and the > customer will go looking for another vendor. If the manifests aren't > right, > JCP and Macy's will invoke chargebacks which will wipe out your profit for > the entire month, let alone this order. If the pricing is wrong, you'll > never get paid in a timely manner. > > Oh, and if any of these things are wrong, it's assumed first to be an EDI > problem. Once you get to know the people who own the master data and > convince them to normalize it, correct it, maintain it, review it, and > document it for future owners, you should just about be ready for a > C-level > job of your own. > > So make sure you're on good terms with Marketing, A/R, the warehouse, > Customer Support, shipping, manufacturing, purchasing, and sales - oh, and > make sure you know your DBA's, network engineer's and IT specialist's > favorite adult beverages. These IT guys (or gals) must be your best > friends. > > I also say, learn to toot your own horn. You obviously can't go around > bragging on yourself. But you can put out news bulletins that read > something like this: > > TO: Accounts Receivable, Customer Service, Sales, IT > > SubJect: MajorCustomer Converted to EDI > > Effective today, orders for MajorCustomer's 16 national and 23 > international > distribution centers will be received via EDI. This should save the C/S > order entry crew somewhere around 65 hours per week in effort, freeing > them > to work on our backlog of orders with LeutenantCustomer. We are also > testing Invoicing with M/C, and expect to implement early next month. > Hopefully this will reduce the current 45-day order-to-cash cycle by > speeding the delivery of invoices, and reducing disputes. > > This is the sixth customer this quarter to have converted to electronic > ordering. Of our 50 largest customers, accounting for 68% of our Sales > Order lines and over 82% of our sales dollars, 64% now send their orders > electronically. Our goal is to implement the remaining 36% by Q2 next > year. > Then (assuming Sales doesn't add a new big customer or two) we will be > able > to divert precious resources from data entry to active Customer Service. > > To have a great career path, learn your technical craft, develop a > positive > attitude, communicate, communicate, communicate, learn the firm's > business, > make friends with key players in every key department . oh, and make nice > nice to the HR lady. Your job is to think out of the box. Hers is to keep > everybody safely in the box, to keep the firm out of hot water. You > threaten her. Deeply. > > Good luck. > > Art > > EDI Guy > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Pete > Austin > Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 2:43 PM > To: Dylan Hall > Cc: Paul McTeigue; EDI-L > Subject: Re: [EDI-L] Career growth as an EDI mapper > > Frankly, the sky is the limit. Here is the cool thing about *most* EDI > positions. There are very *very* few roles that give you more insight on > how an organization works. From the ground up. If you work for a small to > medium sized company you get to know everything. > > As an example, take a look at supply chain. > > EDI is all about Orders. I mean you have to get them in. No orders, no > sales. No sales, no business. Might as well close the doors. So you get > to know all about the ordering process, order fullfillment folks, the > entire back end system, shipping, etc. > > Not really, EDI is *really* all about the invoices. You aren't billing, no > money comes in. No money, might as well close the doors. So you get to > know all about the invoicing process and all of *those* folks. > > Actually, EDI is all about the trading partners. You get to know them very > well. Solving problems, ensuring reliable, repeatable implementations, > etc. You get to know all of your bigger trading partners. > > Although a case can be made that EDI is really all about the transaction > with all of its records, fields, tables, and processes. You get to know > all of your company's tech folks, DBA, desktop support, etx. Or maybe EDI > is about the VANS and the entire message flow, or, or, or > > And to top that off, if you haven't met enough folks yet....just screw > something up. You get to have an intimate conversation with the 'C' level > folks - though it is sometimes tragically brief. > > Seriously, look at all that you know. You can venture off into *any* of > these areas. (assuming you actually worked to learn all of that) > > I started as an EDI technician for EDI Inc a number of years ago. I went > on to manage their national technical support, then on to become > responsible for Mobil Oil's North American EDI operations, then for a > company that went from $2 bill to $4.2 bill in two years. I was recently > responsible for the design development and implementation of a global > eCommerce system for a company with operations in 15 different companies. > Now for something different, I am responsible for rolling out a > cardiovascular system for Kaiser's mid-atlantic states. And those are just > some of the highlights. > > Depending on your interests, you can head off in any direction. It depends > on your skills, dedications, and ability to sell yourself. > > Best wishes, > Pete > > On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Dylan Hall <dylanjhall@... > <mailto:dylanjhall%40gmail.com> > wrote: > > > You can get more into the business side by becoming an analyst or a > > coordinator. There is always a demand for someone he can assess the > needs > > of the client and explain technical specifications in "human terms". > > On the technical side, have you had an opportunity to expand your > expertise > > in communication protocols, mappers, B2B document formats? Try and > research > > the most popular ones as this will make you more marketable. > > > > DH > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 12:55 PM, Paul McTeigue <paul_mcteigue@... > <mailto:paul_mcteigue%40msn.com> > > >wrote: > > > > > ** > > > > > > > > > If you have been full-time in EDI for 4 years, then you have > > extraordinary > > > capabilities that can easily be exploited in other industries outside > of > > > EDI. Expand your horizons. > > > > > > You now understand automated machine-to-machine communication of data > and > > > everything that is required to make this work seamlessly. The world is > > your > > > oyster. Think of the "Internet of Things" that is rapidly becoming a > > > reality > > > and leverage your existing skills. > > > > > > From: [email protected] <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> > [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf > Of > > > Mahendra Swarnkar > > > Sent: December-17-12 12:07 PM > > > To: [email protected] <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> > > > Subject: [EDI-L] Career growth as an EDI mapper > > > > > > > > > Hello all, > > > I am new to this group , so please excuse me if my question is not > > relevant > > > to this group. I have been an EDI mapper for around 4.5 yrs . Now I > want > > to > > > take a step further . 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