Of course there is a decision: is it profitable enough. The question though is how common a practice is it and what average % of sales goes towards EDI and supply chain technology. Would 2% be too high is it 4% at the end of some quarters due to seasonal cycles? Michael, you are one of these people who has been around the block. How many clients have you had *roughly* that decided to 'pass' on a relationship because of testing? Jim
--- On Fri, 7/16/10, Michael Mattias/LS <[email protected]> wrote: From: Michael Mattias/LS <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [EDI-L] Question on Testing & Economics To: "EDI-L" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, July 16, 2010, 3:34 PM Ir's like any other business decision: To Get this business from <customer> will cost me $N The business I rate to get by spending this $N is M$, on which I expect to earn P$ in profit. Does it make sense to invest N$ to earn P$ ??? YMMV. And yes, I have clients who have "passed" on "please set us up for EDI" due to insufficient sales volume to justify the setup expense. Michael C. Mattias Tal Systems Inc. Racine WI [email protected] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ... 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: [email protected] [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/
