It appears so, Chris. And that may be just what I've been talking about with references to the cartoon "Pinky & The Brain" and their desire to "take over the world"....
There have been cases of retailers doing this in the past - basically saying "do the EDI relationship with us through Brand X" even though you use Brand Y or M or N or L.... But now GXS is taking that "tough guy" stance from the retailer and putting it into play for their own benefit, rather than for the possible benefit of the retailer (HUB)... I would look at the Hub's reasons for forcing suppliers X, Y and Z to use Brand X VAN because they're getting some kind of a deal or a break in the pricing structure from Brand X, by forcing suppliers X, Y & Z to sign up for Brand X VAN... Again, it's bad business practice, in my opinion, to require somebody to use a particular brand of something.... Imagine if you were required to take your car ONLY to the dealership for ALL repairs and/or parts.... You need new tires? Well come on down to Bob Jones Ford (Chevy, Jaguar, Cadillac, Jeep, Honda, whatever) to buy your tires from us! We're your only choice, you know.... And then you have to pay 70 bucks an hour in labor charges to get tires at an over the MSRP installed on your car.... Of if the builder of your home required you to only use THEIR construction company for any modifications, additions or changes you want to make to your living space.. You want sage color walls with coffee trim? Sure, we'll send our painting department right over. You can't do it yourself, you can only use our painting crew.... Imagine that... Craig --- In [email protected], Chris Johnson <christopher.johnson1@...> wrote: > > In message > <CALq_ix_+roHSc=BJu7Jqi6WG1q09HmAMAcKu78vVST5_vbwqjw@...>, > Scott Koegler <scott@...> writes > > > >http://www.ec-bp.com/index.php/articles/industry-updates/9885-loren-data > >-gxs-and-daisychaining > > > > You state there: > > "From what I can derive from the conversations, any EDI traffic between > a trading partner that is a customer of GXS and another trading partner > must be between 2 customers of GXS. In simple terms, this seems to > indicate that if Retailer A is a customer of GXS and Supplier B wants to > send/receive EDI documents with its customer (Retailer A), then Supplier > B needs to establish a contract with GXS." > > This would imply that GXS was refusing all interworking. Is this in fact > the case? It seems more extreme than I have inferred from the postings > on this list. > > Regards > Chris > > -- > Chris Johnson mobile:+44 (0)7785 302122 Fax: +44 (0)870 0519 818 > EDI website http://www.edimatrix.co.uk > EDIMatrix Ltd work: 0844 414 6386 or +44 20 8778 1402 > Registered in UK no. 2777624 Reg.Office: 34 Sydenham Rd, London SE26 5QF > ------------------------------------ ... 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/
