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I was amused to see an article being shown around the Yahoo group EDI-L, which basically was encouraging us all to throw away EDI and go back to paper invoices.
To make the most of EDI we need to move forwards, and not backwards, and get all our partners on-board, all 100%. This is especially so for companies that sell small quantities of a large variety of unique items, also known as the “long tail.” The internet and XML have encouraged data to flow in these communities. But still, EDI is not dead.
Steve Keifer, VP of Industry and Product Marketing for GXS, is quoted in this article as saying “In fact, EDI has grown more in the past 10 years than the first 20 years of its existence. Even though the internet has been around and XML has come along, EDI found ways to evolve.”
Are you having problems getting smaller ‘long tail’ partners on-board? Are you still having problems doing EDI with the larger companies in your supply chain? Do you want to learn more on how you can “lower costs, improve ROI and minimize supply chain disruptions?” Then Inovis is presenting a webcast entitled “Using Trading Partner Visibility to Manage Supply Chain Risk” on Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at 1:00 pm (EDT).
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Stuart Prouse
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