DSauve
Legendary Poster
We have a supplier with whom we'd like to electronically exchange information such as new PO creation (from us), PO acknowledgment (from them), and PO changes.
We have no experience in exchanging information with an outside supplier electronically, and some of the options I'm looking at include:
1. EDI - Standards-based, but requires an EDI translator service
2. XML - Looks like a formatted file transfer, but "how to" is lacking
3. Flat file - could be painful to create and interface on both sides
We'd probably be looking at transmitting and receiving information in a batch-type mode.
I'd appreciate any feedback on what the best way to accomplish this would be, and what (if any) training is suggested.
We have no experience in exchanging information with an outside supplier electronically, and some of the options I'm looking at include:
1. EDI - Standards-based, but requires an EDI translator service
2. XML - Looks like a formatted file transfer, but "how to" is lacking
3. Flat file - could be painful to create and interface on both sides
We'd probably be looking at transmitting and receiving information in a batch-type mode.
I'd appreciate any feedback on what the best way to accomplish this would be, and what (if any) training is suggested.
