Now this attitude, I can subscribe to.
One things for sure: 90% of the fortune 1000 still employ EDI for most of their
EC. There are several valid secure methods for moving EDI data over the
internet. Even some, like our own, that allow you to continue to use your
existing translators without any new software or changes to your envelopes.
Plus they provide all of the niceties traditional EC networks provide
at one eighth the cost. XML is a workable solution, but all our clients tell us
when they translate the same document into XML versus EDI, it increases in size
ten fold. Well, of course it does, because you're, for all intent and purposes,
sending database definitions along with your data. In EDI, it is only a
character that separates fields.
So, while time has proven XML a workable
solution, it will take more time to make it efficient, cross industry
compatible, and stream lined, and thus a valid solution. Hell, we've
been working on EDI since the late 60's!
People, RELAX. Everyone thinks this XML
thing is going to replace this thing
called EDI, Just because this is the
newest buzz word. What happened to
CPFR, That was last year's buzz word.
What happened to VMI, That was two
years ago buzz word. We are still
several years out before this thing called
XML takes over the world.
Scott Shulman
Director of E-Commerce
K-Swiss
inc
818-706-5203
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Subject: Software - Objectivity
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> Having recently completed a
5 month evaluation process of XML - B2B
> Servers
> and vendors,
I have some relevant experience in the process of selection
>
to
> share. We did the following:
>
> * Evaluated
vendors according to their industry participation and
> experience
(Rosettanet in our case)
> * Met with this subset of vendors
> *
Participated in 3 vendors' proof-of-concepts
> * Scored each vendor
according to a formal weighted scorecard
> * Considered development
plans and schedules
> * Completed a subjective evaluation
>
> The last item, "subjective evaluation" is very important
and I would like
> to
> expand on this. In the fast
evolving software industry, products can
> change
> on a daily
basis. During our recent evaluations we continually needed to
>
see the "latest" version of a vendor's product. Our
"objective" scorecard
> was likely obsolete even before it
was finished. This reality led me to
> recognize that the
"relationship" with a vendor was even more relevant to
> our
needs than the "daily" feature list.
>
> The
ability to cooperate in product development, future feature
>
development,
> and priorities are more important to our company's B2B
e-commerce success
> than a particular list of features in any given
day. A relationship, and
> channel of communications with a
vendor's decision makers is vital. The
> B2B
> / XML
vendor relationship should not be that of buyer/seller, but that of
>
"partner". The B2B / XML solution vendor is a virtual
extension of our
> internal IT department. The vendor who
recognizes this and delivers based
> upon this relationship is worth
serious consideration.
>
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