New England Midrange Users
Group
Meeting Announcement
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Date:
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Wednesday,
November 16, 2011 |
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Time:
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Sign
In 5:15 p.m.; Speaker 6:00-7:00 p.m., Meal to Follow (Speaker, then Meal!) |
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Place:
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Ramada Inn, 940 Fall
River Avenue, Seekonk, MA |
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Topic: |
Thinking “Outside the Box” about EDI |
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Speaker:
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Faith Lamprey, Aurora Technologies/EDI
Support, Inc. |
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Dinner: |
Steak
Tip and Shrimp Combo with mashed potato and vegetable, Herbed and Lemon
Chicken with mashed potato and vegetable or Four Cheese Ravioli with Marinara
Sauce (Vegetarian Option) also included are soup, salad, rolls, dessert, and
coffee/tea. |
R.S.V.P. to
Include the information
listed below. We must receive your reply
no later than Friday, November 11, 2011.
** No shows will be billed,
unless cancellation is received by Tuesday, November 15, 2011. **
Thinking "Outside the
Box" about EDI
Those
of us who have worked with EDI for a long time know its strengths and
capabilities and have realized that we are not using our software tool to its
full potential. In most companies, the
EDI process handles 80%-90% of the order $ and does so reliably, behind the
scenes and is so tightly integrated into the ERP system, that folks tend to
forget it is there! So let's bring it
out from behind the curtain and explain how it can help solve today's data
issues in companies. Look around your
company to see how many people are receiving spreadsheets or files from others
(customers, suppliers, etc.) and spending hours manually manipulating them to get
the data they need. Often they turn
around and key that data into the ERP system!
Come to this session to learn how to think differently about your EDI
software and what it can do. Learn how
you can become a hero and expand your value to the company with a tool you use
every day!
Faith
Lamprey is the President of Aurora Technologies/EDI Support which she founded
in 1995. She has been working with EDI
since it became a necessity for businesses who deal with the “big guys”. She has watched as EDI software has become
more powerful and function rich. Come hear
her ideas on using this powerful tool to help solve other non-EDI business
issues.
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Steak/Shrimp
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Cost: NEMUG Members $30, Guests $40, Students $10. Make check payable to: NEMUG
Mail to Aurora Technologies,
c/o NEMUG, 5 Old Nasonville Road, Harrisville, RI 02830
or register on the NEMUG web
site, www.nemug.com
NEMUG Officers
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President |
Dick Ferrara, |
(401) 828-0300, ext. 442 |
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Vice President |
Brian Siwicke, |
(508) 880-1450 |
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Secretary |
Faith Lamprey, |
(401) 765-3721, (401) 766-4591 FAX |
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Treasurer |
Eileen Newell, |
(401) 719-2337 |
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IBM Liaison |
Rick Cowles, IBM |
(781) 895-4714 |
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Webmaster |
Jerry Perreault |
(401) 949-2613 |
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NE Conference Liaison |
Chip DiFolco, |
(774) 227-7373 |
cdifolco@callico.com |
Message from the President
At our
October meeting, Jim Mason presented a high level view on i applications and
tools from other developers. He
discussed discovering, implementing, extending, and supporting apps and tools,
and surprised us by querying the attendees for ideas and techniques used in
their environments and then awarding prizes to those who responded! Thanks Jim for a great meeting, with a new
perspective.
November
is our traditional EDI meeting, and we have our own Faith Lamprey as the
presenter. Faith holds B.A. in Computer
Science and Economics, from Elmira College and an MBA in Management Information
Systems from the University of Rhode Island.
She was a Vice President at Daly & Wolcott (now part of Infor) and
is now the President of Aurora Technologies/EDI Support which she founded in 1995. Aurora has been an Inovis (now GXS) business
partner since 1990 (before Inovis was Inovis) and a Liaison Technologies
(formerly Softshare) Channel Partner since 2005.
Having
been a force in the EDI arena since it became a necessity, Faith is uniquely
positioned to deliver this month’s presentation. She’s taking us “Outside the Box” from what’s
trending in the field, to where EDI might and will go. Learn what new technologies are coming, what
will the industry embrace, and why we should think differently about EDI.
Questions…problems…challenges….Let’s
find the answers, discuss the problems and face the challenges….Join with us…
May The
Force be with us!
Dick Ferrara
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Notification
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