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Thinking “Outside the Box” about EDI

Thinking “Outside the Box” about EDI . Presented to NEMUG, November 2011. Are you stuck in an EDI cubicle?. Could you map the next 850 in your sleep?. Does anyone really know what the people in EDI do ?. You Have a Choice.

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Thinking “Outside the Box” about EDI

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  1. Thinking “Outside the Box” about EDI Presented to NEMUG, November 2011

  2. Are you stuck in an EDI cubicle?

  3. Could you map the next 850 in your sleep?

  4. Does anyone really know what the people in EDI do?

  5. You Have a Choice • You can stay hidden in your cubicle having to constantly explain what you do to others in your company, even to those in your department • Or…you can…

  6. Redefine Your Job! • You are not in EDI, you are in IT! • It is not EDI that you do, it is Data Transformation! • Reenergize your Job!

  7. Do your Current Maps Need a Face Lift? • When was the last time you reviewed how your current maps accomplish a task?

  8. Can you Enhance Current Maps? • Do you have custom code to create or extract data that your ERP system does not have? • Can your translator now create, get or update that data for you by accessing the DB?

  9. What are the Business Problems? • Find out what others in IT are spending their time on. • Are they converting spreadsheets for users to feed into the ERP system? • Are they wrestling with text files sent by a customer or vendor? • Are customers asking about the IT Department’s XML capabilities? What about cXML?

  10. Visit User Departments • Are users receiving files (spreadsheets, text files, etc.) and spending too much time manipulating then or entering the data into the ERP system manually?

  11. What is the problem with Spreadsheet Manipulation?

  12. User Pain Points • It is all about getting the data into the appropriate format. • Isn’t that what EDI does so well?

  13. What More Can Your EDI Translator Do? • It is a good bet that your current EDI Translator has been enhanced over the last few years, or there are additional modules that provide new functionality.

  14. What Can Your EDI Translator Handle? • Do some research to see what is available at no additional or a small cost to solve some of the pain points you uncovered in your company. • Unleash its power!

  15. New Functionality • XML • cXML (Commerce XML) • Spreadsheets • e-mail Alerts • Web Services • Text files • Flat Files

  16. Any-to-Any • Is your EDI Mapping Tool an Any-to-Any Data Transformation Tool? • Can you deal with any data format they throw at you? • Are you the Data Conversion Go To Person?

  17. Educate Yourself about the New Technologies • www.wikipedia.org • www.w3.org • www.w3schools.com • www.cxml.org

  18. The Benefits of Using the Existing Data Transformation Tool • Allows for standardization of business processes. • Increases automation of procedures. • Saves a lot of manual effort. • Low $ outlay as you already have the tool. • May be included as part of your company’s “Green Initiatives” (less paper).

  19. Create More ROI from the Company’s EDI Investment • Show how business problems can be solved using existing software. • Come out behind that curtain and show off the strengths and capabilities of the data transformation tool that you use every day. • Be a hero to your IT Manager and to company management.

  20. Give Yourself a Promotion! • Think of yourself as a B2B e-Commerce Data Analyst! • If you don’t some kid will replace you soon!

  21. Faith LampreyAurora Technologies/EDI Supportaurora@auroratechedi.comwww.auroratechedi.comwww.auroraedialliance.com(401) 765-3721

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