Surely it would be cheaper if they just changed the transport without
switching the actual format of the messages - X12, EDI etc. can be
encrypted and piped over ftp just as easy as XML, flatfiles etc. Re-doing
all the mapping and translation logic would be an unnecessary expense.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Boynton, Dennis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 10:44 AM
Subject: Re: JB Hunt and EDI to XML (and more) conversion
> What's good for the 800 pound gorilla may not be as good for the banana
(JB
> Hunt TPs), which just get squeezed some more.
>
> Denny Boynton
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Les Zalewski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 7:29 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: JB Hunt and EDI to XML (and more) conversion
>
>
> Interesting article on Internet Week's site today:
>
> ***************************************************
> J.B. Hunt's EDI Swap-Out
>
> When it comes to a quick return on investment, no e-business project may
> have a quicker payback than swapping out EDI links for Web-based
> alternatives.
>
> Case in point: Transportation company J.B. Hunt is kicking off a new
> integration project this month that aims to move its biggest customers off
> expensive EDI networks and onto new Web- and XML-based trading networks.
>
> The deployment, which will cost the company about $200,000, was sourced
with
> a keen eye on return on investment. By saving on EDI value-added network
> (VAN) costs and moving new applications onto the cheaper network, J.B.
Hunt
> is aiming for a fifteen-month ROI payback on the project. --Richard
> Karpinski
>
> Read on:
> http://update.internetweek.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eD8O0BhIua0V30RFT0Ae
>
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