Frankly, the sky is the limit. Here is the cool thing about *most* EDI positions. There are very *very* few roles that give you more insight on how an organization works. From the ground up. If you work for a small to medium sized company you get to know everything.
As an example, take a look at supply chain. EDI is all about Orders. I mean you have to get them in. No orders, no sales. No sales, no business. Might as well close the doors. So you get to know all about the ordering process, order fullfillment folks, the entire back end system, shipping, etc. Not really, EDI is *really* all about the invoices. You aren't billing, no money comes in. No money, might as well close the doors. So you get to know all about the invoicing process and all of *those* folks. Actually, EDI is all about the trading partners. You get to know them very well. Solving problems, ensuring reliable, repeatable implementations, etc. You get to know all of your bigger trading partners. Although a case can be made that EDI is really all about the transaction with all of its records, fields, tables, and processes. You get to know all of your company's tech folks, DBA, desktop support, etx. Or maybe EDI is about the VANS and the entire message flow, or, or, or And to top that off, if you haven't met enough folks yet....just screw something up. You get to have an intimate conversation with the 'C' level folks - though it is sometimes tragically brief. Seriously, look at all that you know. You can venture off into *any* of these areas. (assuming you actually worked to learn all of that) I started as an EDI technician for EDI Inc a number of years ago. I went on to manage their national technical support, then on to become responsible for Mobil Oil's North American EDI operations, then for a company that went from $2 bill to $4.2 bill in two years. I was recently responsible for the design development and implementation of a global eCommerce system for a company with operations in 15 different companies. Now for something different, I am responsible for rolling out a cardiovascular system for Kaiser's mid-atlantic states. And those are just some of the highlights. Depending on your interests, you can head off in any direction. It depends on your skills, dedications, and ability to sell yourself. Best wishes, Pete On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Dylan Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > You can get more into the business side by becoming an analyst or a > coordinator. There is always a demand for someone he can assess the needs > of the client and explain technical specifications in "human terms". > On the technical side, have you had an opportunity to expand your expertise > in communication protocols, mappers, B2B document formats? Try and research > the most popular ones as this will make you more marketable. > > DH > > > > > On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 12:55 PM, Paul McTeigue <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > ** > > > > > > If you have been full-time in EDI for 4 years, then you have > extraordinary > > capabilities that can easily be exploited in other industries outside of > > EDI. Expand your horizons. > > > > You now understand automated machine-to-machine communication of data and > > everything that is required to make this work seamlessly. The world is > your > > oyster. Think of the "Internet of Things" that is rapidly becoming a > > reality > > and leverage your existing skills. > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > > Mahendra Swarnkar > > Sent: December-17-12 12:07 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [EDI-L] Career growth as an EDI mapper > > > > > > Hello all, > > I am new to this group , so please excuse me if my question is not > relevant > > to this group. I have been an EDI mapper for around 4.5 yrs . Now I want > to > > take a step further . Could any one let me know what other career aspects > > are available where I can leverage my current expertise and also able to > > work on other verticals of EDI. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > [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 > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ... 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