Bob, I agree 100%. I used to work for a giant retailer (close to 1000 stores) and if a third party EDI provider helped our vendors with testing, we still provided real test data.
The company made enough on the margin of the products sold, they did not have to stick it to the vendors for EDI testing fees. I noticed a trend with struggling retailers, the more retailer is struggling the more ridiculous compliance charges they. Ever wonder, why the most successful retailer in the world, does not have such ridiculous testing fees and test data. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Scheuermann Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 11:56 AM To: Earl Wertheimer; Denise Tate; [email protected] Subject: RE: [EDI-L] Excellent EDI Article from Line 56 If XYZ corp wants to test with me via a 3rd party, then at least test. Test with my UPC's with a 850 that comes in via normal data communication. I'll send an invoice and a FA. That's a test. They want the partnership, they pay the fees involved. Telling me to create an outbound transaction via Wordpad and uploading it is not a test. When the testing firm wants the junk data back on an invoice and 856 that I downloaded from their website and they can't understand why I can't run their crap through my ERP it's an exercise in frustration. These testing houses only waste our time and money with their mandates and procedures that bear no real-world resemblance. ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Earl Wertheimer Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 2:44 PM To: Denise Tate; [email protected] Subject: RE: [EDI-L] Excellent EDI Article from Line 56 Denise > Has anyone else experienced after testing the documents the next step is to send > in a UCC128 label to be approved by a third party company. > > First one is free but they usually come back and say "uhm this area is 1/10 of > an inch off.. fix and resend.. oh yea that will cost you 75.00"... Sears Canada does this. I don't remember the charge amount, but the 1st label is NOT free, and the price is somewhere less than $100.00 (I would have to call a client to get the exact price). To add a bit of contrariness, how should a company verify that a supplier is EDI compliant? Should they eat all the costs incurred by their staff? Hire a 3rd party company (like SPS Commerce or QRS)? We're currently doing a Canadian Hardware chain that requires $1,000.00 to do the EDI testing! This has been outsourced to a 3rd party http://www.lbmx.com/index.html Earl Wertheimer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.spe-edi.com . Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Access the list online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L ________________________________ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS * Visit your group "EDI-L <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L> " on the web. * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . ________________________________ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/OIFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> . Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Access the list online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/cd_AJB/QnQLAA/TtwFAA/OIFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> . Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Access the list online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
