that's very similar to the "got the 997 before the 204" stories
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From: Alan Kotok [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 10:25 AM
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Subject: Re: Stupid EDI Stories
William, et al.
Do stupid EDI stories include Advance Ship Notices that arrive after the
shipment?
Alan Kotok
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At 04:54 PM 9/7/00 -0400, William J. Kammerer wrote:
>I am collecting Stupid EDI Stories for my magnum opus on electronic
>commerce. Or if I never get around to writing it, then at least I can
>spread the stories around the office for a few laughs. As an example,
>here is a contribution from an EDISIM fan at a trucking company:
>
> The human element still rules. One of our major customers, who
> shall remain nameless, is a heavy user of EDI. We receive Load
> Tenders (204s) from them and are supposed to accept or reject
> hauling the load via a 990. The idea is that they can track
> accepted and rejected loads as one measure of performance. But
> to avoid an unfavorable rating, their customer service reps
> instruct our people to never reject any loads via EDI. Instead,
> we call them and the rep withdraws the tenders for any loads we
> don't want. Thus we (and our rep there) always come out perfect
> on the loads accepted report.
>
>I'm sure it wouldn't be hard to find many similar examples of people
>circumventing the intentions of EDI. Would you mind sharing your
>favorite stories of egregious EDI practices? Though I would appreciate
>knowing the companies involved, you can rest assured that I will keep
>their real identities secret.
>
>Does anyone really think that XML will solve these sort of problems?
>
>William J. Kammerer
>FORESIGHT Corp.
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>
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