Thank you Skip! At 02:08 PM 7/7/00 -0400, you wrote: >Hi Steve, > >I just wanted to compliment you on your statements on this thread. You are on target >as is Rachel (my newest Granddaughter's name of two weeks <smile>). > >I have been doing business to business communications before it was called B2B etc, >all kinds of stuff including traditional EDI. The biggest problem is as you say, >with the trading partner definition of the transaction sets. > >I have worked more with the supply chain folks (retail, wholesale, grocery) for many >years and many of them can't seem to figure out how to process a paper PO, >Confirmation, Invoice etc. much less an EDI transaction set! The interfaces (ERP and >other systems) have too many restrictions built into them that does not allow >completion of the simplest transaction set (850, ORDRES, INVOIC, 810 whatever!). >Either the stored fields are too small to retain customer reference numbers, the >translation tables are insufficient to handle standard UPC or other item codes. > >I am working with a company now that implemented SAP without even testing the EDI >interface and bridging systems. Now they are pushing to get EDI up and running; >causing a significant restructuring of the 'setup' parameters. Since the >hierarchical company features were not set up correctly, they will now have to >duplicate the entire bill of materials (part numbers, SKU etc) throughout multiple >trading partner entities that all belong to the same company! Kind of defeats the >purpose of a 'relational data base'! <grin>. What a mess! It goes on from there! > >Well, just wanted to let you know that you have someone who agrees with you! >Sometimes it helps! > >Regards and much success, > >Skip Stein > > ><http://www.msc-inc.net/>Management Systems Consulting, Inc. > > > > > ><http://www.msc-inc.net/Electronic%20Business%20Flow%20Management.html>Electronic >Business Flow Management Implementation and Support > > > ><http://www.iq-home.com/>IQ-Home - <http://www.iq-home.com/>Integrated intelligent >home environmental & electronic control systems. > >Orlando ~ Houston > >Voice: 407-856-1691 > >Fax: 407-856-1724 > >Cell: 407-963-0368 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Cell-Email > Steve Bollinger 408-853-8478 Cisco Systems GPS-IT XML/EDI Logistics & Maintenance Project ------ XML/edi Group Discussion List ------ Homepage = http://www.XMLedi-Group.org Unsubscribe = send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Leave the subject and body of the message blank Questions/requests: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To receive only one message per day (digest format) send the following message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], (leave the subject line blank) digest xmledi-group your-email-address To join the XML/edi Group complete the form located at: http://www.xmledi-group.org/xmledigroup/mail1.htm
