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QUIBIDS.COM
A VL CASE STUDY
THE BUSINESS SITUATION

There were several qualifiers that
QuiBids approached their search for a
new solution with:
QUIBIDS.COM
After several years of rapid growth, QuiBids.
com found themselves needing to re-assess their
Flexible Mapping: QuiBids.com’s transla-
tor was X-12 only, but their vendor base
ran a wide gamut of formats and commu-
nication styles, from very basic CSV to
ANSI X-12 to XML to custom flat file. In
order to accommodate this range of ven-
dor capabilities, they were forced to hand
craft a variety of custom solutions de-
pending on file type and run them in dif-
ferent environments. QuiBids was in need
of a unified development platform that
could accommodate the full spectrum of
file types, X-12 or not, and a unified pro-
duction environment flexible enough to
accommodate a wide variety of process-
ing scenarios. Their idea solution need-
ed to be more than just exchanging data
with trading partners, but also needed
to handle internal operational functions.
Event-Driven Processing & File Handling:
All of QuiBids’ process flows were strict-
ly timed, and dependencies were rath-
EDI environment. Their standalone EDI transla-
tor had been adequate, but as they geared up to
move an ever-expanding vendor base into active
electronic trading relationships, it was clear
they needed a scalable and flexible solution to
move their business to the next level.
er rigidly tied together in ways that
would inevitably make for single points
of failure in processing chains. They
needed a much more interactive rela-
tionship between their EDI environ-
ment, their proprietary order manage-
ment systems, and their vendor base.
Advanced Process Monitoring & Notifications:
A major pain point that QuiBids was ex-
periencing in their current system was
an absence of clear, straightforward er-
ror handling and notification. Their er-
ror notification was limited to a much
less granular scale, and wasn’t capable
of customizing error messages and rout-