This is another case where you really have to read between the lines and beyond the hype to get to the real story. The main story here (at least as I read it) is that the big cost savings are not from abandoning traditional EDI formats, but in moving the traffic off of VANs and onto the Internet. This is news? I guess the trade rags have to write about something ;^) Les Zalewski wrote: > 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 > > ======================================================================= > To contact the list owner: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/edi-l%40listserv.ucop.edu/ -- Michael C. Rawlins, Rawlins EC Consulting www.rawlinsecconsulting.com ======================================================================= To contact the list owner: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/edi-l%40listserv.ucop.edu/
