| UConnect 2008 | UConnect and Interviews
UConnect is happening now, and this newsletter is being sent a day early, so that you can have a chance to participate in the UConnect Interviews (assuming you are attending this week).
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| EDI Done Right | Marlow on Blanket and Release
Over the years I have noticed an increase in the number of order changes that Retailers are making. In my conversations with many of these Retailers, I've come to learn that quite often, the original order is being used as a Blanket order to lock in item quantities, and that the changes being made, are rolling changes against the order as the anticipated shipment date approaches. The original orders are being done through the use of an 850, and an 860 as a change against the original order.
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| International EDI | Principality of Monaco
Last BLOG I wrote about the French Riviera I focused on the high tech
park in Sophia-Antipolis. This time I will introduce the Principality
of Monaco. It is tiny: just 430 acres, or less than a square mile in
size. Only about 5,000 of its roughly 30,000 residents are Monégasque
citizens; the rest are French, Italian, and other foreigners who have
come to Monaco for work, fun, and tax breaks.
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| Staying Alive | The 800 Lb Gorilla
 We all know the metaphor about the 800-lb Gorilla, or the large customer who gets his way. Dealing with these brutes can be quite the challenge, especially given the delicate politics of the situation.
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