Amazon Supply, the new site just launched by Jeff Bezos, has a pretty strong advantage in one thing that you'd probably not expect. 

Since it's likely that a relatively high percentage of our readers interface with SAP in their processes, I thought the Toolbox.com article "SAP EDI Mapping:

Your boss is asking you to do more with what you have. A big company project is kicking off that you need to support, but your ‘normal’ work isn’t going away. Or maybe there’s been a decision made to assign EDI team members to other IT work. Those are all valid reasons to consider outsourcing some or all of your EDI responsibilities. Are you ready to pull the trigger?

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