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 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…

You Have a Choice

You are not in EDI, you are in IT!

It is not EDI that you do, it is Data Transformation!

Reenergize your Job!

Redefine Your Job!

When was the last time you reviewed how your current maps accomplish a task?

Do your Current Maps Need a Face Lift?

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?

Can you Enhance Current Maps?

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?

What are the Business Problems?

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

Visit User Departments

What is the problem with Spreadsheet Manipulation?

It is all about getting the data into the appropriate format.

Isn’t that what EDI does so well?

User Pain Points

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.

What More Can Your EDI Translator Do?

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!

What Can Your EDI Translator Handle?

XMLcXML (Commerce XML)Spreadsheetse-mail AlertsWeb ServicesText filesFlat Files

New Functionality

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?

Any-to-Any

www.wikipedia.orgwww.w3.orgwww.w3schools.comwww.cxml.org

Educate Yourself about the New Technologies

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).

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.

Think of yourself as a B2B e-Commerce Data Analyst!

If you don’t some kid will replace you soon!

Give Yourself a Promotion!

Faith LampreyAurora Technologies/EDI

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