I tell my clients if they are starting from nothing, the minimum 'first year,
first partner, first document' cost is 10K. This includes an entry-level
general purpose translator, consulting/training/learning time to set up a
useable output for that document and the internal procedures to implement it,
and first year VAN charges. (Hardware extra, but just about everyone already has
hardware).
Anything beyond that - additional documents, additional partners, more
integration - cannot IMO be generalized; operating (communications) costs tend
to be the VAN "minimum" until you get more partners/documents. Increasingly, the
maintenence/support charges for the translators/mappers are becoming a major
ongoing expense. Sheesh, some of these guys are getting 25% of the base license
fee as 'annual support!!'
You can cut this first year expense IF you are willing to sacrifice a lot of
flexibility and pay a LOT more to add more partners and documents, but like the
Pennzoil guy says, " You Can Pay Me Now Or You Can Pay Me Later."
Michael Mattias
Tal Systems
Racine WI USA
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----- Original Message -----
From: Chandrashekar T S (BanW/BKA-C) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 2:28 AM
Subject: EDI VAN Charges.
> Hello List members,
>
> We are trying to get an estimate of what it costs a small trading partner to
> invest in an EDI system and what thier running costs would be, including the
> costs of data transmission.
>
> I would be happy to recieve some rough estimates for the purpose of planning
> an EDI budget.
>
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