This reminds of a dialogue I had, about a dozen years ago, when I inquired
as to why certain organizations did not align their implementation guides.
The dialogue went something like the following:
Me> Why don't you align your implementation guide with the others in the
industry?
Other> Because the suppliers have to do what we dictate, after all we are
the customer.
Me> Does that mean that when I purchase from you, then I can set the
implementation guide?
Other> Oh no, we have millions of customers, we cannot customize our
implementation for every person or organization purchasing from us.
Me> Well, what about the U.S. Government, they are a big customer, do they
dictate the implementation guide?
Other> No, we are a very large tax payer, the government has to follow our
dictates.
At this point I switched subjects and tried to get agreement on the weather.
Dan Kazzaz
-----Original Message-----
From: Hurd, Richard A (Rich) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 2:23 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: EDI Document Guidelines
IMHO the customer holds sway in a decision like this. Of course, this is
subject to local convention -- meaning if you as a supplier and your
customer can agree to something else (or you as a buyer are willing to let
your supplier's standards prevail,) that's great. But in my EDI
indoctrination -er- training, I was told that generally speaking it was the
customer's or buyers' standards that needed to be adhered to.
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