EDI and CRM

I am looking for any information related to how EDI and CRM work together. We are planning to send EDI orders into CRM and get invoices out of CRM to send back to EDI customers. Is this the 'standard' way of doing things - or do orders typically go into the R3 system and get 'copied' over to CRM? I'm looking for anyone that has been through this process before. What are some of the obstacles, other than the absence of the EDI1 pricing condition? I'm having a difficult time finding any documentation on this so any suggestions will be appreciated.

Laurie,
If you already have an existing EDI setup from R/3, then I would recommend simply uploading orders into CRM. The question will become what is the purpose of the order data in CRM? Are you planning to use CRM billing for all your sales related activities?
A normal scenario when CRM is added to an existing landscape is that orders in the new channel are routed to CRM and existing order interfaces still exist to R/3. The orders if needed in CRM are setup to be uploaded from R/3 to CRM. You will need to setup the initial download of orders from R/3 to CRM. However the key part is based on the intent of usage of the R/3 order depends on how much sosphication you build into the linkage.
The other question to ask is what are you using CRM for? Is it simply for EDI orders or are using it for other channels? If you are simply using CRM for EDI orders, then it is probably a waste of effort to implement CRM. If you are using CRM for more than EDI order processing, then you have some benefit of establishing the EDI connection with CRM.
I am sorry if I can't provide any further details, but if you can explain your current order processing landscape in a little more detail, I can try to point you in the correct direction.
Good luck,
Stephen

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