Hi Chandrashekar,
A much cheaper alternative for small trading partners is to use an outside
EDI Service Center to process EDI documents at a fraction of the cost of
building an inhouse EDI program. This approach is a cost effective one
which does NOT involve any EDI Translator purchase, VAN costs, cost of
hiring consultants to setup maps and programs to integrate your EDI
processes with your back end applications.
Usually the way this works is that the trading partner gets on to the EDI
Service Center website, enters data into web forms for the particular
document to be sent. The EDI Center converts the documents to EDI and sends
them across. When your trading partner sends you EDI documents the EDI
Center processes them and sends the documents to you in either a Flat File
or human readable documents.
There are many EDI Service Centers who provide this service, ours being one
of them. If you need more details I will be happy to provide them offline.
Mohan Wanchoo
Tel: 516-621-5200 X 20
Fax: 516-621-5785
Web:www.intelsysinc.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Mehlhorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 9:38 AM
Subject: Re: EDI VAN Charges.
> Chandrashekar,
>
> I'd like to echo and amplify what has been said already.
>
> First, you'll have to determine how integrated your EDI system is
to
> be. "Rip and Run" is cheap, as mentioned before. Next most expensive is
> producing flat files for input to your business systems. Finally, most
> expensive is an EDI system that is integrated with your business systems
and
> produce proprietary format files for things like SAP, etc.
>
> Second, you have to determine your coverage hours and what
staffing
> you need, including consultants. The only EDI consultants we've ever
hired
> cost us $1,000 US per day plus expenses.
>
> Third, who is going to do the mapping and trading partner
> maintenance? Those people must be included in your budget. Don't forget
> training and the training costs for your people.
>
> A VAN is the most expensive alternative you have. An industry
VPN,
> like ANX for the Automotive industry or IDX for the Electric Supplies
> industry will be the next cheaper. Direct dial in to your partner will be
> cheapest. For IDX we pay a flat fee per month, plus 4.5 cents per
> kilocharacter.
>
> As far as EDI software goes, do you have an existing platform for
> it? NT, UNIX or Mainframe? Are those costs in your budget? What
> communications method are you going to use, Async or BiSync? Do you have
> the software to facilitate your communications such as CLEO?
>
> Based on your volume, do you need just a regular telephone line, a
> T1, or frame relay? That cost has to be in your budget.
>
> I've probably missed a few things, but the list members will be
kind
> enough to correct me.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chandrashekar T S (BanW/BKA-C)"
> > 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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