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Ed, We do EDI on our AS/400 using the Sterling Gentran product. We have been doing it for about seven years. Most of that has been with one large customer but within the last two years we have probably had an active inquiry/project come up almost every two months now. We have 10 very active trading partners and expect quite a bit more this year......due to some changes..... I think the choice between PC and AS/400 depends on volumes and price sensitivity. Initially, our investment was $18,000. The project was started due to our largest customer (25% of our business). Based on the volumes (this was also 7 years ago) the choice was relatively easy for us. I do have to admit to preferring it on our AS/400 but I am a very big bigot when it comes to integrating technology. I hate to admit but we do print and rekey some of the data because we have not gotten the programming time to modify one the systems. Everything else we have 'integrated'. We have custom systems that were designed with no concept of alternate interfaces so it can be somewhat painful for us. But accuracy and responsiveness are much better. The changes I mentioned earlier were that we have a lot of people interested in exchanging data but they do not want to use a VAN..........so we have been expanding our capabilities so that we can offer a VAN method and a non-VAN method. I personally like (except for the fact that everyone wants to do it differently) the idea of server to server processing with our customers. So we have picked up the Trailblazer software so that we can do SMTP, FTP, and HTTP transmits of data......and also be able to do it encrypted. Michael Crump Saint-Gobain Containers 1509 S. Macedonia Ave. Muncie, IN 47302 (765)741-7696 (765)741-7012 f (800)428-8642 mailto:mike.crump@saint-gobain.com Ed Chabot <echabot@marlinfir To: "MIDRANGE-L@midrange. com" <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com> earms.com> cc: Subject: EDI at midrange sites - Off Topic?? 01/04/02 01:56 PM Please respond to midrange-l I hope that this isn't too far off topic. I was curious about how other AS/400 sites are conducting EDI. Specifically, on a PC or AS/400, what packages are being used, how many trading partners are involved, interfaced to AS/400 systems or print and re-key, etc. Ed Chabot The Marlin Firearms Company 100 Kenna Drive North Haven, CT 06473 (203)985-3254 _______________________________________________ This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
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