| Cecil's PO |
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| Written by Cecil T. Wulfe | |
| Monday, 16 July 2007 | |
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Page 2 of 2 As I thought about Marlow's point... rationalizing EDI documents for multi-ship orders, I remembered just last week trying to deal with orders one of my clients was receiving from Saks. They were getting one single PO with multiple Ship-To locations. This is in stark contrast to the orders they receive from their other 85 customers that simply send one PO for each ship-to. Dealing with the logic of the Saks PO nearly sent me over the edge (I know... short trip). But at least now I understand why I was having such difficulty; this is simply the wrong way to produce these POs. Not Lonely Unfortunately Saks is not the only big retailer making things tough for its customers. I've been told that Federated does the same thing. Both of these companies are big enough to know better. On the other hand, maybe they just don't know better. If you're dealing with one of these situations, you might be able to alleviate the condition by simply letting your customer know there's a better way. I'm sure they'd jump at the chance to make life a little easier for their suppliers. Or maybe not. Anyhow, my important task for today is to figure out which seafood I'll be devouring, and were the event will take place. I'll be on the Cape for another week, and hope that by then I'll be satiated, with seafood at least. Cheers! Cecil | |