Hi All, a customer is forcing EDI on us, does anyo...
# generale
ericdm
11/25/2020, 4:05 AMHi All, a customer is forcing EDI on us, does anyone have any suggestions, starting points, whatever for a small scale implementation? All I've got right now is a basic understanding of EDI, and have a lot of learning to do.
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Rob Cady
11/25/2020, 5:16 AMTrue commerce EDI did all the setup and integration into NS for us, didn't really have to do much
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ericdm
11/25/2020, 3:21 PMcan you give a ballpark on cost? trying to weight the 2% charge from the customer vs cost of implementation.
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Rob Cady
11/25/2020, 3:23 PMSure I’ll have to look it up later tho. Sounds like you don’t care about any benefit you get from EDI?
Rob Cady
11/25/2020, 3:25 PMIt can save countless hours of order input and chance of human error. Would you setup other customers with it as well ?
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ericdm
11/25/2020, 3:38 PMyeah, it does come across that way. I do think EDI is the way to go, it's just a question of timing. This is a tough year for expenses. we did a poll of our suppliers and customers and 1/3 had the ability , but only 1 or 2 wanted to do it.
ericdm
11/25/2020, 3:39 PMbesides the big customer with the 2% fee.
ericdm
11/25/2020, 3:40 PMand i have to get buy in from some of the ... uh.. more traditional people in the company (the ones that demand a filing cabinet filled with paper 🙄 )
ericdm
11/25/2020, 3:46 PMI'm hoping the cost/benefit would fall towards edi... , but the customer is a big company, not a big revenue generator for us
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