It is interesting when the 800 lbs gorilla meets an
800 lbs customer gorilla such as Nike.
Dave Frenkel
> 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:
>
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> 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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