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Monthly Delivery Report for ECAT - New Vendors

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lorraine J. Rappaport)
Mon Jun 10 22:47:06 2002

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Project Name: ECAT - New Vendors
Submitted by: Lorraine Rappaport
Report Date: June 10, 2002
Project URL: http://web.mit.edu/is/delivery/ecat

Accomplishments Past Period:

GovConnection:
- GovConnection resolved several of the remaining invoicing issues

Dell:
- Dell added Ship-To fields to their catalog. Additional changes may be 
necessary to populate this information in the correct fields of the 
OrderRequest
- Sent test orders to Dell.  Dell responded with some requested changes, 
most of which have been made.
- Continued to test connectivity between our server and Dell's
- Contacted Dell sales rep. to make various changes to the catalog.

PSB:
- Received and reviewed responses to RFP.  Compiled responses and follow-up 
questions.
- Created vendor comparison chart.
- Continued placing real orders via vendors' prototype sites.  Goal is to 
evaluate quality of printed products.

Grainger:
- Requested modifications to Grainger's OrderRequest format

Herman Miller:
- Herman Miller made most of the changes requested during training session 
with Procurement and Facilities


Goals for Next Period:

GovConnection:
- GovConnection to get Apple products on catalog

Dell:
- Finalize XSLT for Orders
- Finalize formatting for OrderRequests

Grainger:
- Test Grainger's changes to OrderRequest formatting.

PSB:
- Answer all remaining questions from RFP
- Conclude live order testing from prototype site
- Work toward drafting recommendation, which will be presented to PSB Director

Next Community Milestone:
- Will be reached when we begin pilot testing vendor sites.


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