Samantha, There are a TON of EDI products available with web and desk-top based applications....
Direct EDI Owens Direct SPS Commerce EZ Com Inovis GXS/GEIS DI Central.... and the list can go on and on and on.... As the EDI Coordinator for a large retailer, when I have smaller non- EDI capable trading partners, I will send them a list of our 'approved 3rd party suppliers' for EDI applications. I then tell the trading supplier to find the one that will best fit their needs, as all of the companies on My list meet our EDI requirements. You might want to ask the "big retailer" if they have any recommended suppliers. See if they have created a list of "approved" sources for 3rd party EDI needs. In order for a 3rd party supplier to get on our list, they had to complete our compliance testing program for at least 3 of our trading partners. Once they completed those tests, they were approved and did not have to test for other trading partners that sign up to use their services. >From a retailer's perspective, I'd check with the retailer you wish to do business with and see if they have any recommended providers. Then contact those providers and find out which of them offer services, suppport (and, possibly most important) cost factors that meet YOUR needs. If they're approved by the retailer, then you can fairly sure that they will meet the retailer's needs. Additionally, it would be good to get with whomever at the small division will be handling the EDI documents and have them look at the products offered by the 3rd party supplier, too. That person will be the one responsible for the day-to-day operations and transactions and needs to be comfortable and familiar with the application, process and support. That's My two bits.... Craig Dunham EDI Coordinator Big 5 Sporting Goods PS - to any 3rd party source that reads this - re-read the part of this post that says you would have to test for 3 of our trading partners BEFORE YOU CAN BE CONSIDERED APPROVED. Please DO NOT CONTACT ME with requests to be added to our approved list. Please do not contact Me with sales pitches about your product or service. I'm quite happy with My EDI system and have NO PLANS TO CHANGE FOR ANY REASON. Thank you for your time and understanding. --- In [email protected], "Samantha Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My company has a small division not yet integrated with our systems > and they want to sell to a big retailer who requires EDI. It will be > a year before they are integrated and I can help them. In the mean > time I am researching desktop or web based EDI solutions, ideally the > software as a service model where they enter their invoices and ASN's > on a website and it goes to the big retailer. > > Does anyone have any recommendations or experience that they would > like to share? I sent an email to my favorite ICC sales guy about the > PassPay EDI solution but I am looking for a couple others if they > exist also. This business needs inbound 850's, outbound 810's and > 856's. > > Your help is greatly appreciated > ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
