Comments on: Question of the Week http://blogs.inovis.com/2008/03/14/question-of-the-week-14/ Power Profitable Business Communities™ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:08:09 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Alphabet Soup… at EDI Talk - Vendor Compliance and Electronic Data Interchange http://blogs.inovis.com/2008/03/14/question-of-the-week-14/#comment-1094 Alphabet Soup… at EDI Talk - Vendor Compliance and Electronic Data Interchange Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:39:08 +0000 http://inovis.wordpress.com/?p=477#comment-1094 [...] there, I found blogs about SaaS (Software as a Service) and GDSN (Global Data Synchronization Network) and more and more… Then I was thinking about EDI and GTIN and UPC and SKU and all the other [...] [...] there, I found blogs about SaaS (Software as a Service) and GDSN (Global Data Synchronization Network) and more and more… Then I was thinking about EDI and GTIN and UPC and SKU and all the other [...]

]]> By: Craig Dunham http://blogs.inovis.com/2008/03/14/question-of-the-week-14/#comment-1063 Craig Dunham Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:21:18 +0000 http://inovis.wordpress.com/?p=477#comment-1063 So we'll have yet another source of information to possibly be wrong or incorrect...? What's the point? But, much like everything else in this world, we want all of our options... how many sizes and types and styles of coffee can you buy at your local Starbucks? Same kind of thing can happen in the data communications areas - in which we can choose the tall, grande or venti versions and add different flavors and ingredients to make our perfect cup of coffee.... But what about the next guy? Maybe he wants his to be iced.... Too many options and you get lost.... A few weeks back, I'd made mention of Chrysler's attempt in the 80s at the "America" program for a few car lines - and how it limited options available, cut costs and made it easier for Chrysler to build these car lines.... The same thing will hold true here, with GDSN... if you have too many options, the costs go up and the complexity goes through the roof.... What's the old adage? K I S S...? Keep it simple, stupid..... So we’ll have yet another source of information to possibly be wrong or incorrect…? What’s the point?

But, much like everything else in this world, we want all of our options… how many sizes and types and styles of coffee can you buy at your local Starbucks? Same kind of thing can happen in the data communications areas – in which we can choose the tall, grande or venti versions and add different flavors and ingredients to make our perfect cup of coffee….

But what about the next guy? Maybe he wants his to be iced….

Too many options and you get lost…. A few weeks back, I’d made mention of Chrysler’s attempt in the 80s at the “America” program for a few car lines – and how it limited options available, cut costs and made it easier for Chrysler to build these car lines…. The same thing will hold true here, with GDSN… if you have too many options, the costs go up and the complexity goes through the roof….

What’s the old adage? K I S S…? Keep it simple, stupid…..

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