VCF (Vendor Compliance Federation) has published the findings of its recent survey of retailers and suppliers, and you can download it here. The 10 page document is the result of working with retailers including J.C. Penney, Kohl’s, Neiman Marcus, Family Dollar Stores, Stein Mart, Stage Stores, Hot Topic and Burlington Coat Factory, and sheds light on what you may have thought you knew about working with your trading partner. Read more...

Summer is upon us and the heat is rising, at least in the South and the East. We've been watching a couple trends in the EDI world that are not particularly new, but can be viewed as indicators. The question is though, indicators of what? Read more...

Last week we asked you (via a quick survey) about your experience with analytics, and analytics derived from EDI transaction data in particular. The topic of analytics in general has become a widely discussed area, and I thought I'd provide a little perspective both on the comments we received in our survey, and on just exactly what analytics are. Read more...