VANS continue to shrink because they are over-priced and AS2 / EDIINT (Direct Internet Connection) are winning. EDI X12 the standard continues to grow particularly in the health care and retail industries.
As nice as it would be to have our ERPs talk to each other using a service or adapter, the fact is every company wants different things using a vast array of different products to get it. Shawn On 11/15/05, Bipin Joshi <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > > What every company wants eventually is to get the data in their ERP/MRP > > and I will dare suggest that Microsoft Excel is most widely used resource > > planning tool. I see all VAN to translator providers slowly moving towards > > providing out of the box adapters for widely used ERP packages- essentially > > providing data to users the way they want it not in an intermediate format > > such as EDI. Any VAN that fails to provide these services will continue to > > shrink. > > > > Those who feel threatened by such advances - don't be threatened. These > > advances tend to provide more opportunity then they take away from the > > specialists in the field. > > > > Bipin > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ 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/
