Consultants
and Project Specialists in electronic data interchange and electronic commerce.
Since 1991, EDI & EC Associates consult with SME’s and Fortune 1000 firms
in planning, strategy and implementation of electronic commerce solutions for
business. EDI & EC Associates are experienced professionals with background
in EC implementation for finance, procurement, and order management
applications.
EDI
& EC Associates have over 20 years of consulting experience with knowledge
of X12, EDIFACT, industry standards and XML so they can recommend solutions
that make practical business sense for business.
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Services:
EDI
& EC Assessment
Education
and Trading Partner Briefings
Financial
EC and EDI Planning and Implementation
Technology
Selection
Trading
Partner Promotion, Rollout and Guideline Design
Clients:
EDI
& EC Associates clients include prominent Fortune 500 firms and SME’s. They
include:
Royal
Caribbean Cruise Lines
Baxter
Healthcare (Fortune 500 healthcare firm)
National
City Bank (Major regional bank)
Kohl’s
Corporation (Fortune 1000 retail clothing)
Fort
Dearborn Paper (Middle market producer of grocery labels)
Juicepak,
Inc. (Middle market private label of grocery products)
Kemper
Corporation (Insurance and healthcare)
Thomson
Financial (Publishing and research)
University
of Colorado (Major university)
Schnadig
Corporation (Middle market furniture manufacturer)
Imperial
Oil (Largest petroleum firm in Canada)
Syncrude
Corporation (Energy company)
EDI
& EC Assessment:
Are
your key customers and suppliers pressuring you to change the way you handle
orders or procurement? Do you want to investigate ways to receive or make
payments electronically in conjunction with industry standards? An Assessment
Study defines strategies for linking to trading partners with traditional EDI
and newer forms of electronic commerce in a realistic, cost effective way. We
will work with your team to ensure your implementation is both timely and cost
effective.
In
conjunction with EDI Partners, Ltd. (Trademark), we offer internal staff
briefings and education for trading partners using materials from our public
education seminars at 14 major colleges and universities. Separate courses and
briefings include: EDI 101, Introduction to ANSI X12, EDIFACT Standards,
Financial EC, Introduction to XML, Introduction to ebXML, EDI 201, EDI for
Healthcare and Introduction to Electronic Commerce. Materials from these
courses can be customized for your trading partner base and/or rollout program.
EDI
& EC Associates have many years of professional consulting experience with
major cash management banks, both domestic and foreign. We have expertise in
ACH (automated clearing house) formats, EDI for wire transfer, direct deposit,
software selection for financial EDI and EC, and internet-based payment
programs. Depending on your industry, trading partners may either dictate or
prefer payments using EDI formats such as the ANSI X12 820 or 835 transaction
sets. We can help you sort out the options and implement with your cash
management bank in an effective way.
If you are selecting EC technology for format translation, internet-based traditional EDI and web forms, or outsourcing services, we can help you organize and prioritize communication and software vendors to achieve the best fit with your business requirements. EDI & EC Associates uses a structured approach to creating RFP’s (Request for Proposal) and managing vendor selection through scoring of responses and onsite demonstrations, including overseeing the installation process.
Do you
need to get many EC partners implemented in a short period of time? Are you
looking for ways to provide more value to customers and trusted suppliers? We
can assist you in design of promotional materials for trading partner rollout
programs, including specification design, testing, profiling of trading
partners, web or paper based brochure design, and ANSI X12 or Industry format
guideline documents.