Chris: What remains to be seen is this may be good for walmart but is it good for the majority. Glenn K. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Senior EDI Systems Analyst Re:SOURCES EDI Department 248-458-8175 >>> "Cancilla, Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 3/29/01 11:20:18 AM >>> That's Life..... You gotta figure that if Wal-Mart is going through all the time, trouble, and expense of converting all documents on THEIR side to 4030, then there must be a strong and valid reason for the conversion. I don't think it is a matter of "latest-greatest standard", but looking towards a functionality that 4030 will offer. Chris Cancilla Sterling Commerce, Inc. GENTRAN Support (all platforms) (614) 760-8980 -----Original Message----- From: William J. Kammerer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 10:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Walmart shipping information Chris LaPlaca asked "Is there a website that shows [Wal-Mart's] requirements for prospective customers?" Joe Reinhardt told Chris that "New customers need X12 Version 4030." I never paid much attention to the vast quantity of messages in the last couple of months regarding Wal-Mart, except to surmise that either (1) Wal-Mart could work on its communication with suppliers, (2) its suppliers don't pay attention, or (3) Wal-Mart is engaged in some perverse "survival of the fittest" experiment to weed out suppliers. In any event, none of this was any of my business. I figure Wal-Mart is perfectly entitled to throw its weight around as an 800-lb. EDI gorilla, making as many demands on suppliers as it can get away with. But now that Wal-Mart CUSTOMERS have to use X12 Version 4030, I'm going to have to put my foot down! I'm a CUSTOMER, and under no circumstances am I going to go to the hassle of using X12 just so I can buy some tattoo band-aids, shampoo, or batteries. Enough is enough! Now, if Wal-Mart had just mandated XML, that might be another thing altogether... William J. Kammerer FORESIGHT Corp. 4950 Blazer Pkwy. Dublin, OH USA 43017-3305 +1 614 791-1600 Visit FORESIGHT Corp. at http://www.foresightcorp.com/ "accelerating time-to-trade" ======================================================================= To contact the list owner: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/edi-l%40listserv.ucop.edu/ ======================================================================= To contact the list owner: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/edi-l%40listserv.ucop.edu/
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Chris:
What remains to be seen is this may be good for walmart but is
it good for the majority.
Glenn K. Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Senior EDI Systems Analyst Re:SOURCES EDI Department 248-458-8175 >>> "Cancilla, Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 3/29/01 11:20:18 AM >>> That's Life..... You gotta figure that if Wal-Mart is going through all the time, trouble, and expense of converting all documents on THEIR side to 4030, then there must be a strong and valid reason for the conversion. I don't think it is a matter of "latest-greatest standard", but looking towards a functionality that 4030 will offer. Chris Cancilla Sterling Commerce, Inc. GENTRAN Support (all platforms) (614) 760-8980 -----Original Message----- From: William J. Kammerer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 10:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Walmart shipping information Chris LaPlaca asked "Is there a website that shows [Wal-Mart's] requirements for prospective customers?" Joe Reinhardt told Chris that "New customers need X12 Version 4030." I never paid much attention to the vast quantity of messages in the last couple of months regarding Wal-Mart, except to surmise that either (1) Wal-Mart could work on its communication with suppliers, (2) its suppliers don't pay attention, or (3) Wal-Mart is engaged in some perverse "survival of the fittest" experiment to weed out suppliers. In any event, none of this was any of my business. I figure Wal-Mart is perfectly entitled to throw its weight around as an 800-lb. EDI gorilla, making as many demands on suppliers as it can get away with. But now that Wal-Mart CUSTOMERS have to use X12 Version 4030, I'm going to have to put my foot down! I'm a CUSTOMER, and under no circumstances am I going to go to the hassle of using X12 just so I can buy some tattoo band-aids, shampoo, or batteries. Enough is enough! Now, if Wal-Mart had just mandated XML, that might be another thing altogether... William J. Kammerer FORESIGHT Corp. 4950 Blazer Pkwy. Dublin, OH USA 43017-3305 +1 614 791-1600 Visit FORESIGHT Corp. at http://www.foresightcorp.com/ "accelerating time-to-trade" ======================================================================= To contact the list owner: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/edi-l%40listserv.ucop.edu/ ======================================================================= To contact the list owner: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/edi-l%40listserv.ucop.edu/ |
