RE: EDI Recommendations

We've used PC translators to pickup files from the 400 and EDI them.  It's 
usually not very stable.  When there is a problem, we
have to have someone on site to work with the PC.  I recommend this solution 
only if absolutely necessary.

We have one customer using the Sterling product on the PC.  It's prone to 
failure and tech support is horrible.

An alternate solutions could be Carl Galgano of EDI Consulting.  He's just 
starting to offer a translation service for customers.
Basically, you pay him to map to your file, then you pay him per transaction.  
It can be very cost-effective, especially when you
consider translator costs, mapping, training, etc.

He's got a lot of EDI experts in his company, and a lot of computing power, 
with redundancy, etc.  We're considering offering his
EDI services to some of our customers instead of purchasing expensive Iseries 
translators.

Even if you don't use Carl's company, I would send him an email or call him.  
I'm sure he'd be willing to give you his advice.

FYI, I'm not Carl's partner or anything.  I've used his services before, and I 
recommend him highly.

Their website:  http://www.ediconsulting.com/

_________________
Art Tostaine, Jr.
CCA, Inc.
Jackson, NJ 08527

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> Does anyone have experience using pc based edi translators?  any
> recommendations (pro or con)? </snip>
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