Once your processes have been evaluated, we will create a detailed Business Requirements Spec, which maps the process to the target fields in your financial or ERP system. For outgoing processes, we will determine where the data exists in your ERP system for the extract of information.

We recommend guideline creation as part of your EDI/ecommerce implementation. We believe in guideline creation to “fast track” your implementations, save costs, empower internal resources as they can send guidelines to customer and other trading partners. It also documents your EDI processes for your internal resources and SOX requirements. However, the guidelines are only effective when well designed and the various business scenarios are addressed and defined with examples. We prefer the product from GEFEG (http://www.gefeg.com/en/index.htm), but have worked with the leading Guideline products. Softshare’s Delta has a guideline creation feature in it, so additional software purchase for guideline creation is not required. For more information on guidlelines press here. guideline.pdf

We have partnered with Softshare to provide US or European-based outsourcing (onsourcing) solutions. We will work with you to integrate the EDI messages into your financial system, or design a temporary “rip & read” process so you may move into production quickly. You have the benefit of working in the same time zones of your business days. Costs are competitive to outsourcing offshore due to years of implementation expertise, professionalism, and a low cost mapping solution. If you firm wishes to consider several solution providers, we know the key players and using our unique processes we can interview your required number of firms. We understand some of the hidden costs, industry reputations, and can help guide you in designing a successful program with your provider. We are also the inventor of the "EDI Outsourcing Exit Strategy". This addresses how you can design your outsourcing program so if you decide to later move to another provider, or move to an in-house solution, your IP is protected and the impact AND COST of the transition is minimized. We have written RFQ’s, and can help you structure your RFQ so that nearly all of the technical and procedural questions can be addressed before the contract is signed.

During this phase we map the business requirement to EDI standards. We will follow suggested practices of the industry associations. Users often believe that these business practices and standard usages are predetermined. However, there is great flexibility in how the standards can be applied.

In this Phase of the project, the technical specification are mapped in the translator. The mapping process consists of a source document, example a Purchase Order X12 in the case of an inbound EDI Order; and a target document such as an SAP IDOC or an Oracle Extension. Naturally once the data has been mapped, different test scenarios will be tested.

We can work with you on a specific project that is not necessarily EDI related. For example, we worked with a major client on the documentation of a POS system for distributors' POS and inventory data.