Migration Services

Shared Skills have worked with a wide range of companies throughout the supply chain to provide a smooth migration from their legacy messaging systems to the new Internet technologies. In most, but not all cases, this has involved a transition from EDI to XML. XML brings considerable advantages to business to business E-commerce Our in depth knowledge of both traditional EDI and the latest XML technologies, enables us to assist you in making the difficult decisions required to migrate to XML.

• E-commerce audit:

Identify the components of your existing solution which would benefit from migration. Identify improvements which can be made to the existing processes.

• Development of your E-commerce strategy:

Develop a solid implementation strategy for your E-commerce solution so that your organisation gains the full benefit of the process.

• Design of XML Schemas / DTDs

The current state of XML is similar to the situation that existed with EDI in the early 90's - there are a plethora of initiatives. These initiatives may by from your customers, suppliers or other players within your value/supply chain. They may also be from industry bodies or from the ubiquitous "exchanges". Good XML schema design or selection from available options is crucial to enable the unambiguous and future-proof transport of information. It is also critical to reduce future rework as requirements change over time or between trading partners.

• Practical implementation

Shared Skills have experienced implementation consultants, with with a practical knowledge of all the main EDI and XML standards. Our consultants have provided efficient and robust interfaces to the majority of ERP systems including SAP, BAAN, EFACS, Oracle and MFG/PRO.