In the Automotive sector, they are near "real-time" for the most part. There is one 800lb Japanese Gorilla who follows the same sort of schedule you do. The reason for this "real-time" is the TP requirements for fast and accurate ASN's. Some major TP's require a valid ASN within 30 mins or less of the truck leaving the dock. In order to facilitate this and allow for correction of ASN errors, the FA's must be very quick.
It all goes back, I think, to your business process and shipping/receiving needs. my 2 cents Leah ----- Original Message ---- From: Craig Dunham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 11:47:29 AM Subject: [EDI-L] Re: Time Zone question - a little off topic, but, well, not really. In his post, Earl asks a valid question.... and many have replied with valid ideas, answers and solutions... . But it sparked another question in My mind - and one that is related to two aspects of Earl's original post: 1 - 997 FAs 2 - timing.... If you don't know (or have forgotten), I'm the EDI Coordinator for a big retail chain... we've got over 350 stores in 10 Western states. Personally, I've been in charge of creating and modifying our mapping specs and seeing a 1000% growth in our EDI progrom (from 40 trading partners to well over 500) in just a few years time.... We trade the 850 and the 856, with the resultant 997 FAs and I'm working on our 810 spec currently. But here's My question for the group: WHEN do you expect the 997 FA document to arrive in relation to the document you have sent out...? If you send a document to a trading partner, how soon after the send should that 997 FA arrive, showing that their system has received that document...? In My own system, I have a lee-way of 2 days/48 hours.... If I send out a PO, the lack of a 997 doesn't show up on My delinquent FA report for 2 days... PO sent on Monday, missing FA report on Wednesday... . I've received contacts from trading partners - sometimes just a few hours after a document was sent to Me - wondering where the FA is. Usually, it's a day after the document was sent.... With our system, I run document sends 3 times a day - at 6:30 AM, 2:30 PM and 4:20 PM (Pacific Time Zone). I also receive at those same times each day, as well as manual pulls throughout the day - just because I can. So, if a TP sends an 856 on Monday afternoon or evening (after our final send/receive) , the document will not hit My local system until Tuesday morning. The FA will be generated but will NOT be sent until our 2:30 PM send time. BTW, we use a form of AS2 - basically a secure http connection - to communicate. But we're not always "on" - sending and and receiving data from the network all the time. So, My question is, again, how long do you wait after you've sent a document to look for a return 997 FA...? Craig Dunham EDI Coordinator Big 5 Sporting Goods --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] com, Earl Wertheimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Good morning ;-) > > In the past, we've always generated X12 documents using the current time in our > time zone (EST). > One of our clients is sending documents using UTC, so there is a 5 hour > difference. Eg. We send at 09:46 EST and get a 997 at 14:51 UTC ( 09:51 EST). > > Do most other translators compensate for this time zone difference? > > Is there a flag in the setup to change the time or a time zone for each > partner? > > As far as I know, there is no Time Zone indicated in the ISA or GS segments. > > thanks > > Earl Wertheimer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.spe- edi.com > <!-- #ygrp-mkp{ border:1px solid #d8d8d8;font-family:Arial;margin:14px 0px;padding:0px 14px;} #ygrp-mkp hr{ border:1px solid #d8d8d8;} #ygrp-mkp #hd{ color:#628c2a;font-size:85%;font-weight:bold;line-height:122%;margin:10px 0px;} #ygrp-mkp #ads{ margin-bottom:10px;} #ygrp-mkp .ad{ padding:0 0;} #ygrp-mkp .ad a{ color:#0000ff;text-decoration:none;} --> <!-- #ygrp-sponsor #ygrp-lc{ font-family:Arial;} #ygrp-sponsor #ygrp-lc #hd{ margin:10px 0px;font-weight:bold;font-size:78%;line-height:122%;} #ygrp-sponsor #ygrp-lc .ad{ margin-bottom:10px;padding:0 0;} --> <!-- #ygrp-mlmsg {font-size:13px;font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;} #ygrp-mlmsg table {font-size:inherit;font:100%;} #ygrp-mlmsg select, input, textarea {font:99% arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;} #ygrp-mlmsg pre, code {font:115% monospace;} #ygrp-mlmsg * {line-height:1.22em;} #ygrp-text{ font-family:Georgia; } #ygrp-text p{ margin:0 0 1em 0;} #ygrp-tpmsgs{ font-family:Arial; clear:both;} #ygrp-vitnav{ padding-top:10px;font-family:Verdana;font-size:77%;margin:0;} #ygrp-vitnav a{ padding:0 1px;} #ygrp-actbar{ clear:both;margin:25px 0;white-space:nowrap;color:#666;text-align:right;} #ygrp-actbar .left{ float:left;white-space:nowrap;} .bld{font-weight:bold;} #ygrp-grft{ font-family:Verdana;font-size:77%;padding:15px 0;} #ygrp-ft{ font-family:verdana;font-size:77%;border-top:1px solid #666; padding:5px 0; } #ygrp-mlmsg #logo{ padding-bottom:10px;} #ygrp-vital{ background-color:#e0ecee;margin-bottom:20px;padding:2px 0 8px 8px;} #ygrp-vital #vithd{ font-size:77%;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold;color:#333;text-transform:uppercase;} #ygrp-vital ul{ padding:0;margin:2px 0;} #ygrp-vital ul li{ list-style-type:none;clear:both;border:1px solid #e0ecee; } #ygrp-vital ul li .ct{ font-weight:bold;color:#ff7900;float:right;width:2em;text-align:right;padding-right:.5em;} #ygrp-vital ul li .cat{ font-weight:bold;} #ygrp-vital a{ text-decoration:none;} #ygrp-vital a:hover{ text-decoration:underline;} #ygrp-sponsor #hd{ color:#999;font-size:77%;} #ygrp-sponsor #ov{ padding:6px 13px;background-color:#e0ecee;margin-bottom:20px;} #ygrp-sponsor #ov ul{ padding:0 0 0 8px;margin:0;} #ygrp-sponsor #ov li{ list-style-type:square;padding:6px 0;font-size:77%;} #ygrp-sponsor #ov li a{ text-decoration:none;font-size:130%;} #ygrp-sponsor #nc{ background-color:#eee;margin-bottom:20px;padding:0 8px;} #ygrp-sponsor .ad{ padding:8px 0;} #ygrp-sponsor .ad #hd1{ font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;color:#628c2a;font-size:100%;line-height:122%;} #ygrp-sponsor .ad a{ text-decoration:none;} #ygrp-sponsor .ad a:hover{ text-decoration:underline;} #ygrp-sponsor .ad p{ margin:0;} o{font-size:0;} .MsoNormal{ margin:0 0 0 0;} #ygrp-text tt{ font-size:120%;} blockquote{margin:0 0 0 4px;} .replbq{margin:4;} --> ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? 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