Michael is right, this is probably the most common headache I have with our EDI process. I always end up having to add code to prevent processing on orders with missing information.
For what it's worth, I store all of this extraneous information in the sales order table with the order. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Mattias/LS Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 10:45 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [EDI-L] Required customer data >To make things more difficult, some of these orders are hand keyed, but require EDI invoicing. This will be the KILLER. Here is where you really need to work with your own people and the customer.... if customer wants turnaround data, he needs to give you something to turn around, which means he "must" place his orders via EDI - or as 'must' as is possible in your particular customer relationship. If 'must' does not work out with the customer, then it MUST (no exemptions permitted here!) be a rule for your "order entry" personnel that when this customer orders by non-EDI means, they must ask the customer for all the turnaround data and then someone MUST enter it somewhere you can get at it when mapping the outbound EDI documents. If you have to go the route of "our order entry people must obtain and enter the required turnaround data" I STRONGLY recommend your outbound mapping process start with an edit for "is all my required turnaround data available for this {855|810|856}?" Michael C. Mattias Tal Systems Inc. Racine WI [email protected] <mailto:mmattias%40talsystems.com> [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/
