Thank you all for your responses. This group seems to be very professional and quick to help. It is much appreciated. To expand on my original question and to answer some of replies:
I am currently not working. I worked for the transportation industry for 9 years; P&O Nedlloyd / Maersk Line (Ocean Carrier) and Kuehne + Nagel (Freight Forwarder). They used TrustedLink and Gentran respectively as their translator The main transaction sets I've worked with are: 300, 301, 304, 310, 315. I also have limited experience with 810,850,856. However, I have not worked in the transportation industry or with any EDI for the past 3-4 years as I have been helping to run 2 family owned restaurants. I am now looking to get back into EDI. In my positions as E-Commerce Team Leader and EDI Project Manager, I not only took the lead on projects, but also oversaw other E-Commerce Analysts' projects. The analysts and myself worked together with IT EDI programmers to implement EDI with our trading partners. As the liaison between business owners and IT, I was the main point of contact during implementation/testing and the first point of contact for all data/technical issues once we moved into Production. I would analyze any failed data by reviewing interface files, data input, reference data, etc., to try and pinpoint the exact root cause of the failures. If the issue was technical in nature I coordinated my analysis finding with IT. If it was a business issue I spoke with the necessary business owners to resolve the problem. As mentioned in another post to a reply, I offered to assist and be trained on the mapping part of EDI, and they said that was the EDI IT depts role and I would be overstepping my defined 'proper role' as an E-Commerce Business Analyst. The actual EDI programmer/mapper I worked with WANTED to teach me to ease his workload, but the department AVP said no way...it was all Corporate politics!! But it is what it is I guess. I may look into training (someone mentioned Sterling Commerce) depending on the costs and the value it would bring to me. Also, I may take the advice to see if I can donate my services to a small company that may be willing to let me learn on the job... Thanks again for all your responses...and would appreciate any further advice; even if it's just confirming something someone has already said. I hope I haven't overloaded this group in my first 24 hours since becoming a member!! Thanks, Paul --- In [email protected], "pkam74" <pkam74@...> wrote: > > I am looking for suggestions in gaining mapping experience in EDI. I've > managed EDI projects but always had programmers do the mapping/programming. > Most EDI positions these days want someone with hands-on mapping experience. > > I have 3 years experience managing EDI projects as the lead business contact. > I can read, analyze, and troubleshoot EDI transactions and have knowledge of > all aspects of EDI Implementations (requirements, comm setup, testing, > troubleshooting, etc). How can I get hands on mapping experience to complete > my skill set? > > Below are examples of how I've been involved in EDI Implementations: > > - updating/maintaining company EDI implementation guides > - gathering customer requirements > - ensuring the business and internal core systems can meet the EDI needs > internally > - setting up test plans/scenarios to be followed > - write up of logical mapping from core applications to EDI and vice versa > - contact with VAN's to setup communication links: exchanging TP > ID/Qualifier, interconnects, etc > - entering test data into our internal core apps for end to end testing in > test env > - managing production cut-over > - troubleshooting business/technical issues once live > > Any help would be very much appreciated. > > Thanks > Paul > ------------------------------------ ... 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/
