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Monthly Delivery Report for ECAT - New Vendors
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lorraine J. Rappaport)
Thu May 9 09:35:14 2002
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Project Name: ECAT - New Vendors
Submitted by: Lorraine Rappaport
Report Date: May 8, 2002
Project URL: http://web.mit.edu/is/delivery/ecat
Accomplishments Past Period:
GovConnection:
- Order processing continues to go well
- GovConnection resolved several of the data problems with invoices.
Dell:
- Dell agreed to capture and send us ship to information in the order
request. They expect to have this work completed this week.
- Tested connectivity for sending Orders. Looks good.
Grainger:
- Grainger added ship to information to their catalog.
- Continuing to test catalog and Order Request. Fields need tweaking on
our end.
PSB:
- Got access to the three prospective vendors' evaluation site. Some live
orders have been placed through these sites to help evaluate vendors'
customer service and product quality.
- Conducted usability testing on each of the three vendor sites to help
evaluate issues with the sites and user preferences for features.
- Issued formal RFP to the three vendors.
Herman Miller/Creative Office Pavilion:
- Herman Miller made most of our requested changes to the catalog.
- Held training session for Procurement and Facilities staff.
Goals for Next Period:
GovConnection:
- GovConnection should resolve remaining invoice data issues
- GovConnection and Apple will continue discussions and GovConnection
should put Apple products on catalog.
(Note: this will be a community milestone)
Dell:
- Test ship to information captured on and transmitted in Dell's Order Request.
- Get final script for completing Order transformation. Test.
Grainger:
- Tweak parser to accept Grainger's Order Request properly.
- Use and modify, as necessary, the Order transformation script that is
created for Dell.
PSB:
- Conclude testing of vendors' evaluation sites.
- Receive responses to RFP
- Compile responses and test results to evaluate vendors.
- Vendor selection may happen this month.
Herman Miller/COP:
- Herman Miller will make some additional minor changes to the catalog.
- Procurement will begin using the catalog for reference and order tracking.
-Note: The catalog will not be available for departmental use until Herman
Miller is able to accept MIT's digital certificates. They expect to begin
work on this in September.
