Not to thrown yet another log onto this bonfire, but... Isn't "EDI MONITORING" part of just about every single EDI Coordinator (manager, tech, _______ title of your choice) job description and duties...?
This service seems a bit ... odd. 1 - if you're a bigger trading partner, you've already got staff to do this (your EDI coordinator, administrator, whatever) who monitors your send/receive sessions and/or the reports generated. 2 - if you're a small EDI player, you're probably using a third party for your EDI processes - like an SPS Commerce or DI Central or _____ and it's their job to be sure that your mailbox is properly sending & receiving data. So, what is the value of this proposed service from this company...? As has been mentioned many times, just twice a day is not really a valid time frame as most EDI transactions are processing 24 hours a day - depending upon your trading partner... And if you're any kind of a competent developer or programmer, you probably already have something in place to monitor and alert you of production stopping errors. Plus, using the math that Ken provided, for $41K per year, you could hire somebody to do it... even for the $29K figure, you could have some simple clerical person monitoring it for you for 40 hours per week and that be their only job function - therefore, nothing gets missed during their time "on the clock".... I think that the entire idea needs to be rethought out, not just the pricing schedule. Craig Dunham Bear Necessities Computing EDI Sherpa Author/blogger RetailEDI.com EDITalk.com --- In [email protected], "Darcy Running" <darcy.running@...> wrote: > > > > DCS' EDI monitoring service checks your Gentran or Integrator EDI and AS2 > systems twice daily to ensure no errors stop production. > > 1. In the morning to ensure no customer Purchase Orders are delayed. > > 2. In the afternoon to ensure no Shipment Notices are delayed. > > 3. We also check other documents such as Invoices and AS2 and EDI network > connections. > > There is no disruption of your EDI; it takes only about 0.5 hour daily. You > can focus upon other development tasks such as GS1 and e-purchasing to meet > your goals when we watch EDI for you. > > > > The cost is economical too - $50 daily for offshore or $115 daily for > domestic. > > > > Please call or email me to tell me if you are interested and want to learn > more. > > > > For more information please see: > http://www.dcs-is-edi.com/services/operate-managed-service/ > > > > Looking forward to your call, > > Darcy J. Running > > Data Communication Solutions > > 952-941-5466 (preferred), Cell 612-840-2289, Fax 952-941-5344, > www.dcs-is-edi.com ------------------------------------ ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
