Ken The rates are still outrageous. I found a work-around that _may_ work for you...
The iTradeNetwork website has a function where you can export the POs into a flat TXT file. I parse those and upload them to the ERP system. Invoicing is still non-EDI (via web). This client has a small volume, so this is ok for them... This is the format (I added the 1st heading line). You will get 1 line per item: PO#|SO#|CustomerRef#|Customer Name|Sellers Customer ID|BillToName|BillToID|ShipToName|ShipToID|ShipDate|ArrivalDate|SellerProductCod e|SellerProductDescription|BuyerProductCode|BuyerProductDescription|BuyerItemQty |ItemQtyUOM|ItemPrice|ItemPriceUOM 123-1234567|12345|123-1234567|SyscoCanada||SYSCO Cityname|SYSCOCA XXX||10/13/2010|10/13/2010|02023|PRODUCT DESCRIPTION HERE|1234567|PRODUCT ABCDE|14|CA|12.1234|E > Hi, > Earl mentions his experience from 2008. As this is now 2011, does anyone > know what iTradeNetwork fees are currently to set up EDI integration? > One time fees? Per supplier or per customer? Ongoing recurring charges? > > I've started a conversation with them, but they're being pretty cagey, and > previous comments on EDI-L have me expecting the worst. > > -- Ken > > --- In [email protected], Earl Wertheimer <earlw@...> wrote: > > > > John > > > > I'm not clear on whether your client is the customer or supplier. > > > > I DO have experience with iTrade and it's not good. > > > > 1) In order for anyone to do traditional X12 EDI, the cost (in 2008) to > > integrate a document was $7,500 PER DOCUMENT. It was over $20,000 for the > > 850,855 and 810) > > > > 2) Even the communications setup was over $5,000. $7,500 for ftp! > > > > 3) If you are a supplier, iTrade charges a huge amount to access the web- > > portal, plus a percentage of your sales volume. Just the setup for the Web- > > Portal was $2,500. > > > > > > This was from the supplier side. They may do this for free, in order to > > catch > > 70 new fish ;-) > > > > > > Bottom line: If you client is the customer, they need to realize the huge > > costs > > this will incur for their suppliers if they want to do regular X12 EDI. > > They > > may be getting a lot of suppliers very upset. > > > > Note: The web-portal does allow export of the POs in .CSV format, so the > > suppliers could always import the orders that way. All other procedures > > are > > manual (on the web portal). My client had no choice, and at least the > > import > > makes one step simpler. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > > > I was wondering if anyone in the group has ever worked with or had any > > dealings with iTradeNetwork. > > > > > > > > I am up against them in a 'bid' to implement a new EDI / eCommerce solution. > > The site (in the grocery/food business) has apx 70 partners and is looking > > at integrating their operations and (finally) updating their current > > home-grown EDI. What I proposed would let them do just that. BTW: I resell > > and integrate Liaison's (re: Softshare's) commerce suite. > > > > > > > > Their current 'EDI coordinator' was also approached by iTrade and was > > somewhat sold on their proposal. To them, it sounds like the best thing next > > to sliced-bread! > > > > From what I can gather, iTrade offers a web-based vendor-portal. This (IMO) > > kind of defeats the 'host integration', lights-out operations that they are > > looking for. So I'm confused. > > > > > > > > What exactly does iTrade offer? How? Can a site easily integrate to their > > host using their services? At what cost? Do they 'interconnect' to other TPs > > or do these TPs also be a member of iTrade? > > > > > > > > I realize that I can contact iTrade but I don't want a 'sales' perspective > > but rather an end-user that has actually dealt with them. 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