Are you dissatisfied with your outsource arrangement? Is the "partnership" with your supplier or service provider is more like a foundering ship? If so then it is time for a change in the way your outsourcing contracts are negotiated and managed.

The value and justification of EDI testing fees are weak at best and disproportional to the costs.   Over the last decade suppliers, EDI experts, and providers have ranted their experiences online but generally have complied since the service was put forward by a big retail account.  But that Mickey Mouse bad business practice is finally coming to an end.  There is a new sheriff in town.  He has heard the cries of tens of thousands of suppliers.  The convergence of new technology in community management and a talented group of EDI developers have put forward a no cost service called Infoborders CE, which industry leaders predict will end EDI testing fees in 2012.