Comments on: The long journey to improvement starts with a SIMPLE step http://blogs.inovis.com/2008/01/18/the-long-journey-to-improvement-starts-with-a-simple-step/ Power Profitable Business Communities™ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:00:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Craig Dunham http://blogs.inovis.com/2008/01/18/the-long-journey-to-improvement-starts-with-a-simple-step/#comment-807 Craig Dunham Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:02:12 +0000 http://blogs.inovis.com/2008/01/18/the-long-journey-to-improvement-starts-with-a-simple-step/#comment-807 I have been reading those articles over at EC-BP.org - and finding them quite interesting. But thanks for the direction - some other readers may find them of use! I have been reading those articles over at EC-BP.org – and finding them quite interesting. But thanks for the direction – some other readers may find them of use!

]]> By: Jonathan Gatrell http://blogs.inovis.com/2008/01/18/the-long-journey-to-improvement-starts-with-a-simple-step/#comment-805 Jonathan Gatrell Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:31:52 +0000 http://blogs.inovis.com/2008/01/18/the-long-journey-to-improvement-starts-with-a-simple-step/#comment-805 Craig, Thanks for the note. Compliance for regulations, competing resources and project priorities are often the biggest challenge. It is always a long journey to get on the IT roadmap. Not sure you have read some of the ROI and Sarbannes Oxley information over a EC-BP.org, but they have some good general information which might help you in your improvement project for your business. Hope the links below are useful, thanks for reading and commenting, cheers. EDI & Industry Compliance - Sarbanes-Oxley: http://www.ec-bp.biz/joomla/content/view/368/1/ http://www.ec-bp.biz/joomla/content/view/366/1/ Costs/Savings/Benefits of EDI implementations: http://www.ec-bp.biz/joomla/content/view/270/88/ Craig,

Thanks for the note. Compliance for regulations, competing resources and project priorities are often the biggest challenge. It is always a long journey to get on the IT roadmap.

Not sure you have read some of the ROI and Sarbannes Oxley information over a EC-BP.org, but they have some good general information which might help you in your improvement project for your business. Hope the links below are useful, thanks for reading and commenting, cheers.

EDI & Industry Compliance – Sarbanes-Oxley:
http://www.ec-bp.biz/joomla/content/view/368/1/
http://www.ec-bp.biz/joomla/content/view/366/1/

Costs/Savings/Benefits of EDI implementations:
http://www.ec-bp.biz/joomla/content/view/270/88/

]]> By: Craig Dunham http://blogs.inovis.com/2008/01/18/the-long-journey-to-improvement-starts-with-a-simple-step/#comment-804 Craig Dunham Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:34:46 +0000 http://blogs.inovis.com/2008/01/18/the-long-journey-to-improvement-starts-with-a-simple-step/#comment-804 Unfortunately, in many of today's businesses - what with closer scrutiny on dollars spent and the aspect of Sabannes Oxley audits and bigger divisions between departments and the segregation of duties, many "simple steps" can be more difficult than the first steps of a baby or a previously paralyzed person learning how to walk all over again.... There are many hurdles to overcome to just take that small, simple step forward.... At this time, I've been working with our own internal accounting department to go ahead with creating and putting out an 810 Invoice spec to make their lives that much easier.... But I've had to deal with their own internal hurdles and time schedules and trepidation about "advancing" to the 810 Invoice.... This project started early last year (as part of a larger EDI upgrade to TLi and Catalog) and was split off into a new project for 2008, as the only part of the 2007 EDI project that didn't complete.... I'd started working on it and have a basic map back in August 2007... So this is just an example of how sometimes, that simple step is a major issue... Unfortunately, in many of today’s businesses – what with closer scrutiny on dollars spent and the aspect of Sabannes Oxley audits and bigger divisions between departments and the segregation of duties, many “simple steps” can be more difficult than the first steps of a baby or a previously paralyzed person learning how to walk all over again…. There are many hurdles to overcome to just take that small, simple step forward….

At this time, I’ve been working with our own internal accounting department to go ahead with creating and putting out an 810 Invoice spec to make their lives that much easier…. But I’ve had to deal with their own internal hurdles and time schedules and trepidation about “advancing” to the 810 Invoice…. This project started early last year (as part of a larger EDI upgrade to TLi and Catalog) and was split off into a new project for 2008, as the only part of the 2007 EDI project that didn’t complete…. I’d started working on it and have a basic map back in August 2007… So this is just an example of how sometimes, that simple step is a major issue…

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