Blog Entries

Caddies and Consultants, Who Knew the Similarities?

tloetz — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:33:17 +0100

The duties of a caddie (Consultant) are often overlooked. Of course the caddie carries the golfers (Client) clubs, but knowing the player (Client), the multi-faceted bag of tools for the game (Business/System Integration), and the course (Client Industry) with its subtle nuances, are also primary duties of a caddie.

With knowledge of the game, player, tools, and course, the caddie is always in service to the golfer mapping the entire territory (Business Environment) and marking [...]

EDI Project Management in a Recession

KenKinlock — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Well, things are a little different now. For those of you who became EDI project managers in the last few years, pay attention. Projects are not something “nice to have”, they are “we must have”. The budget is tight. Act like the assigned budget is your own money.

Even before you get hired, express this attitude to the hiring managers. Continue to explain to both [...]

Decade of Change

KenKinlock — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

What happened in the World of EDI in the last decade?

Well, at the end of the 1990's there was a lot of talk about “Is EDI Dead?” It was going to be replaced by XML. VANs were going to be replaced by AS2. Everybody can do EDI over the WEB! At the end of the decade, we were all tied up with Y2K (gee! I was even an AIAG-certified inspector!). In 2000, the “bubble burst” on a lot of the “go-go” Internet companies. Some lasted a year or two until th [...]

The Evolution and Convergence of EDI and EAI

admin — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:30:30 +0100

As a long time service provider in the EDI and EAI (business and data integration) arena, we have experienced the integration toolset and terminology evolution. Those that have been in the business and data integration world for the last 10 to 15 years know today’s world is similar to that of the past, yet in many other ways today is very different.

(By
Brad Loetz - REMEDI Electronic Commerce Group)

Organizations (hubs) implementing EDI in the 1980s and 19 [...]

EDI Roll-out - Part 2

KenKinlock — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:24:48 +0100

A lot of the speed of the ability of your trading partners to get up
and running on your document does revolve around how quickly your
trading partner can get the process running on their side, with their
own internal policies, programs and systems. Could be that they're
already "booked" for testing and compliance for the next 9 months and
they don't do any changes to the system at the end of the year. So now you're looking at 2010 before you can get them tested, let a [...]

EDI Roll Out Part 1

KenKinlock — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

EDI Roll-out is my favorite area of concentration. Would like to pass on some issues/concerns from a company just getting into the EDI arena:
"My company is in the process of getting EDI up and running. We plan to do extensive parallel testing with our first 5 trading partners to ensure everything is working properly.
I was wondering how long it would take to start rolling out other trading partners after that.
Here are the factors to consider:
-We're go [...]

New Uses for EDI: That is what EDI is all about still

KenKinlock — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Looking at "Beyond Simple SaaS" written by Scott Koegler:

"Over the
last few weeks, I've heard a bit of rumbling about advanced uses of EDI
data to deliver information in formats not usually associated with
traditional EDI applications. Who knew that EDI could be useful for
more than processing orders? After a few readers sent email queries
about a press release from SPS Commerce, about some upcoming service
offerings, I decided to investigate further, to see if w [...]

Russell Crowe does EDI

MikeKelly — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100

This week, I have been visiting the GXS facility in Maryland (just
north of Washington DC) for some EDI-related training and discovered an
interesting bit of trivia. GXS' facility was originally built in the
1970s by National Geographic Magazine. This building has a unique
architectural style not uncommon to many of the government buildings
found in and around the metro-DC area.

ec-bp.org has established a blog, and is accepting applications from EDI professionals to add their voices. If you have thoughts about what's ri [...]