Re: Pseudo-EDI in V4.0.5

Dean,

I appreciate the comments, but maybe I don't have a full grasp of the situation.
I gather that Premenos does not load the ECx files, I would be required.  Okay, 
I
might check that out (or the previously mentioned PC program).

But -- I have a problem with just plugging the data straight into the ECx files.
How does credit checking occur?  How does special pricing?  Promo's and Deals?
Order editing and the multitude of other things that happen inside that 
wonderful
beast called ORD500?

Why would I call the Allocations API?  That should occur at the time of Picking
Ticket processing.

DAsmussen wrote:

> Bill,
>
> In a message dated 98-04-27 19:02:46 EDT, you write:
>
> > We are starting to get some pressure to begin EDI'ing with customers.
> >  What have others done in the V4 series?  I would prefer to not go to an
> >  EDI package.
>
> I don't know what your aversion is to using a package, most V4 users do.  Most
> also _DO NOT_ use the SSA product.  Premenos seems to be the most popular at
> BPCS sites, although I've seen all of the "majors" used at one time or
> another.  If your business is going to expand in the future at all, a package
> will save you time in the long run (and the _VENDOR_ can spend time figuring
> out what went wrong, instead of _YOU_ ;-)).
>
> >  My current theory is this:  Format all of the incoming data and load it
> >  into the Quote member.  From here a human would turn the "quote" into a
> >  live order and thus do all of the processing necessary when creating an
> >  order.  Is this sound?  Any other ways to accomplish it?
>
> Seems like an awful lot of work if you're doing enough volume to justify EDI,
> although it would be a valid route to take.  My current client would be
> converting quotes to orders all day (and then some)!  If the company isn't
> running 24 hour order entry (ORD500), you can also allocate the order files
> and put the orders straight into the live files (most do this, OK as long as
> you call the allocations API).
>
> JMHO,
>
> Dean Asmussen
> Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
> Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
> E-Mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com
>
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