Michael,
I have two suggestions:
1. If it's in your contract with them to conduct business using EDI, and
there is no extra charge mentioned by them for using EDI, them I would wave
the contract in their face and refuse to pay extra for EDI.
2. If they refuse to transact business via EDI, per their contract, they
they may have violated their contract with you. In this case, I'd look for
another supplier.
I don't think there are any standards or guidelines, only practices, and
they vary all over the place.
In my view, it's a business decision. How much will you pay to do business
with them, and how much will they pay to do business with you?
Let them know that you're reviewing their contract and looking for another
supplier. That will answer the question.
This is not legal advice.
Good luck,
Dave Taylor
Sysmark Information Systems, Inc.
800-SYSMARK (800-797-6275)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Pokraka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 9:16 AM
Subject: Charging a customer for EDI ???????
> Hi folks,
>
> A new supplier wishes to charge us for doing biz by EDI.
> Now, the situ is a little unusual for me, as - to my knowledge - the 800lb
> Gorilla (us for a change) is not normally billed for the privilege.... or
is
> it????
>
> A bit of background:
> The supplier is a well-known worldwide logistics company, providing
> warehouse and transport services.
> The supplier has been contracted with prerequisite to the whole thing
being
> that they deal by EDI. Now that the deal is struck, supplier comes back
and
> says that EDI is of no benefit to them, but merely a service that they
> provide as part of the package, thus they will charge their customer for
it.
>
>
> My question: is this a 'standard' practice? Does that mean that we start
> charging our customers ? :-)
>
> TIA
> Michael Pokraka
> SAP EDI Analyst
> Samsung Semiconductor Europe Ltd
> Tel: +44 (0)20 8380-7050
> Fax: +44 (0)20 8380-7218
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