EDI Questions

rdoyle

Active Member
Hello Everyone.

I know that this post is very vague and general, but I'd like to know what type of EDI packages everyone is using w/JDE. We are looking at the possibility of using EDI w/Xe, but we know little about it. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
 
I asked one of my consultants, who has over 10 years EDI experience and he
said: The most popular EDI package that JDE clients use are Gentran and
Harbinger/Premenos.

But the new kid in the block is EXTOL. This is a very good package, much
more sophisticated than the other two!

Andy Klee
www.JDETips.com
 
Well... most clients use either Peregrine's Trusted Link software or
Sterling's Gentran software... those are the two largest. If you have XPI
you could also use the XML functionality from JDE ... and both Peregrine and
Sterling offer the XML functionality as well... let me know if you have any
other questions. thanks, Bobby



I know that this post is very vague and general, but I'd like to know what
type of EDI packages everyone is using w/JDE. We are looking at the
possibility of using EDI w/Xe, but we know little about it. Any help would
be appreciated. Thanks.
 
One of the most important things to look at between Gentran, Harbinger or
Extol is which of those packages offers the communications and EDI
transaction management features that you need.

All three packages work with JDE in the same way. After you receive an EDI
transaction into the translator package the software maps the data from the
incoming EDI transaction into the JDE EDI file.

JDE EDI transactions are essentially batch input programs. Most JDE EDI
interface programs implement only a portion of the ANSI X12 standard for a
particular EDI transaction. This is usually the major issue for companies
implementing EDI with JDE, their trading partners are passing information
that the JDE interface files do not have the capability of accepting. The
incoming EDI sales order is a primary example of this.

Before evaluating EDI software it might be helpful to develop a list of who
you would be trading EDI transactions with and what transactions you would
trade with each partner. A good second step is to get your trading partners
EDI guidelines. Firms such as WalMart, Sears, and Office Depot all have
written guidelines for their EDI trading partners to use in interpreting
their transactions. The third step is to compare your list of transactions
and the details of your trading partners needs with the capabilities of the
JDE EDI interface and identify gaps.

I hope some of that is useful,

Patrick Conlon
XE SP19.1, Update 5, AS/400, JAS
 
Had a tough time w/ Harbinger/XE, but did get it working (difficulty was with transportation module). I also suggest taking a look at Extol.com

rdoyle wrote:
 
If you have an AS400 then I would highly recommend TrustedLink/400. TrustedLink also has PC version but is not the same as AS400 version.
 
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