An Overview of Your QAD EDI ECommerce Migration
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Hosted EDI
for the migration to QAD's EDI ECommerce solution
Hosted EDI is designed to
streamline your supply chain activities and maximize the efficient
use of EDI with minimum input required from you. ECbridges can remotely
manage your EDI freeing you to focus on your own core competencies.
With hosted services, ECbridges can handle your EDI via the infrastructure
we have put in our data center or ECbridges can run the hardware/software
you own at our location.
ECbridges Hosted EDI is
the Application Service Provider (ASP) model taken to the next level.
As a Managed Service Provider, we will use remote services to establish
and maintain EDI for you. Hosted EDI provides the two core functions
of EDI: communications and mapping.
Hosted EDI provides for the exchange EDI or XML formatted messages with your trading partners as follows:
- ECbridges will assist you in configuring VAN services.
- Using the VAN services, ECbridges will provide the communications required to send and receive EDI (or other) documents from your trading partners.
- ECbridges will translate (map) the documents into the SNF format required by QAD’s ECommerce solution.
- Outgoing SNF formatted files to your business partners will be translated into the required formats.
Hosted EDI services also include:
- Configuration of your environment to accommodate the service
- Interaction on your behalf with trading partners to promote proper implementation and integration of specifications for EDI documents and VAN communications, and assist in the resolution of transmission issues
- Maintain a full test environment
- Creation of 997 Functional Acknowledgements
- Compliance checking
- Monitoring of EDI communications
- Problem notification
- Archiving
- Furnishing of reports reflecting trading partner interaction and activity, system metrics, and other statistics
- Monthly data reports and EDI documents on CD-ROM
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EDI On-Site solution for the migration to QAD's e-Commerce solution
ECbridges' Stand-Alone
EDI solution is for a company that prefers to handle their EDI in-house.
ECbridges will install, implement, and configure all the necessary
components to get your EDI solution up and running in the new ECommerce
environment. Your employees supported by the expertise of ECbridges
will administer the on-going EDI effort.
ECbridges will be available
on an on-going basis for advice, consultation, and the more complex
EDI functions such as mapping.
EDI On-Site solution includes:
- Translator software, Sterling Gentran or GIS, or Softshare ECS/Delta
Solution: Sterling's Gentran is recognized as the leader in mapping
and translation software. Softshare offers similar functionality
for tens of thousands of dollars less. The install of a Sterling
or Softshare system on-site enables mapping, translation, enveloping,
functional acknowledgements, compliance checking, and archiving.
- Translator Set-up: ECbridges will install and configure your translator
environment. Included is the establishment of your trading partner
set-up.
- Communications Hardware: All necessary communications hardware will be installed, configured, and tested.
- Set-up: ECbridges expert Installers will install, configure, and implement a customized stand-alone communications system at your site. We will write, install, and test the communications scripts necessary to connect to your VAN(s).
- EDI Mapping: ECbridges will write and install the initial translation maps to convert your trading partner's EDI data into the SNF format required by QAD's EDI ECommerce module.
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Consulting for the migration to QAD's EDI ECommerce solution
Our highly
skilled consulting services professionals work side by side with your
team to devise and implement a comprehensive, affordable solution
customized to your business model. We will listen to your wants and
respond to your needs with specialized advice unique to your situation
and goals.
When it comes to the transition to
the ECommerce solution, a little advice can go a long way. Making
the right decisions now can save you a fortune in the future. Access
to a full suite of Consulting Services is the key element in your
move regardless of which platform you ultimately select. Consulting
is available for the migration to Hosted Communication, Stand-alone
EDI, or any other EDI solution. If you have already made the transformation
over to QAD's Ecommerce environment, ECbridges can still help you
with any of your EDI needs. Mapping, program retrofits, communication
issues, Gentran mapping, and any other needed functionality including
custom programming to accommodate unique business processes and workflow.
ECbridges has skills, expertise,
and experience available nowhere else. Depending on the products and
services you select from ECbridges, we can establish and/or maintain
your connectivity to VANS and Trading Partners. We also have a variety
of mapping services and solutions for QAD’s SNF file format requirement.
Because ECbridges has written your adapters and has extensive knowledge
of your trading partners’ requirements, we are uniquely positioned
to create your maps in an accurate, timely, and cost-effective manner
using our comprehensive Environment Assessment methodology.
Some Trading Partners may
require re-certification because of the new ECommerce environment.
ECbridges will work with your staff to ensure the testing phase is
successful for all your documents, trading partners, and transactions.
ECbridges consultants have
what it takes to move you over to ECommerce. Our consultants were
trained by QAD and are certified. Our expertise in integrating EDI
with MFG/PRO provides you with products and services that will ensure
a successful implementation of QAD’s ECommerce solution. Whether you
are interested in an on-site or hosted approach, we can streamline
the management of EDI communications between you and your trading
partners. Let us help you build a solid bridge to your ECommerce future.
Our consulting services include:
- EDI requirements assessment
- EDI implementation and ECommerce strategic planning
- ECommerce process analysis and design and project management
- Custom ECommerce application development and programming
- Special case programming to handle transactions ECommerce is unable to
- Trading partner setup, testing, and maintenance
- Quality assurance and special case testing
- Staff augmentation for short or long periods
- EDI translation mapping (from EDI format to SNF format)
- QAD transformation mapping (from SNF format into QAD)
- Expertise in many EDI translators
- EDI coordinator training
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Environment Assessment for the migration to QAD's e-Commerce
ECbridges has a long and successful history
as the “EDI Experts” for many North American companies, both large
and small. We have a proven track record providing industrial-strength
EDI both within and outside of the QAD realm. As you move from the
EDI gateway (35 menu) to the new gateway (where Total-EDI is no longer
available), the past and present EDI configurations within the context
of your current business processes will play a crucial role in the
success of your future EDI implementation.
The purpose of the environment
assessment is to leverage our in-depth and hands-on knowledge of your
EDI to better position your company for the next step. We will perform
an analysis on your current configuration, its relationship to and
compatibility with QAD’s ECommerce requirements, resulting in a detailed
gap analysis and what it is you must do for a successful implementation.
Results of the assessment will form the foundation of your implementation
alternatives. Our expertise and experience provide you knowledge up
front that can prevent future mistakes, cost over-runs, trading partner
penalties, and unnecessary delays. You only get one chance to do this
right the first time.
ECbridges will recommend
strategies and possible solutions. We can also provide a comprehensive,
complete, and professional migration from your current Total-EDI solution
to QAD’s ECommerce solution. We are ready to start the implementation
process by placing professional staff at your location to begin the
transformation.
Our Environment Assessment includes:
- Current infrastructure
- Custom programming currently in place
- Gap analysis
- Special business requirements
- Current trading partners/documents
- Current translate tables
- VAN connectivity
- Special trading partner requirements
- Future business requirements
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