Re: EDI vs E-Commerce Question - Pardon my ignorance...

["Bill Meecham" <wm@xxxxxxxxx>]

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From: Chuck Lewis <CLEWIS@IQUEST.NET>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 1999 2:48 PM
Subject: EDI vs E-Commerce Question - Pardon my ignorance...


> Hi Folks !
>
> I'm at a small company and while we aren't quite ready for E-Commerce
> JUST yet (just came off a Unix box and onto the AS/400 this past
> January...) we are trying to learn all we can. We are a wholesale
> distributor.
>
> One BIG question I have is if a supplier decides to allow PO entry over
> the internet how this works. Currently everything I've seen is you fire
> up your browser and hit a site and get screens to input info.
>
> This is A MAJOR manual process with all KINDS of possibilities for
> errors, etc. No linkage back to companies native database, etc.
>
> With EDI ordering on the other hand, you would enter a PO through your
> NORMAL process/package and if EDI capable, the order would go out that
> way. Your data base is updated and they get the info they need...
>
> OK, so I MUST be missing something here with E-Commerce, PLEASE
> enlighten me !! :-)
>
> TIA,
>
> Chuck
>
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