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- FAST - A Computer Network Broker for Standard Electronic Parts
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- _A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
- The FAST Project - USC/ISI
- P.O. Box 10907
- Marina del Rey, CA 90295-8831
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- _E-_m_a_i_l: FAST@ISI.EDU
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- _P_h_o_n_e: (310) 822-1511
- FAX: (310) 823-1482
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- _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n
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- FAST is a prototype, automated broker for standard, off-
- the-shelf items. Electronic and optical parts and com-
- ponents and laboratory and test equipment are readily pur-
- chased through the FAST service.
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- FAST is ONEstop shopping. It is a complete value-added ser-
- vice that handles quoting, ordering, expediting and returns.
- One purchase order with FAST allows customers to acquire
- items easily and quickly from a very large vendor base.
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- The FAST broker currently serves more than 100 university,
- commercial and government customers. As of June 1992, it
- had acquired items from over 1,500 suppliers.
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- FAST's customers request quotes and place orders from FAST
- via EDI (Electronic Data Interchange - standard email or EDI
- X12). FAST sources (often in a fully automated fashion)
- incoming rfqs and redistributes them to vendors who carry
- the requested items.
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- FAST communicates with its vendors using EDI (standard email
- or EDI X12) or fax. All vendor responses are collected by
- FAST and sent back to the customers via EDI. The customers
- pick the best quote/item and place the order from FAST via
- EDI. FAST sends EDI orders for the items to the vendors.
- The vendors invoice FAST and customers reimburse FAST.
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- The information in this section is provided in accor-
- dance with the copyright notice appearing at the front
- of this guide.
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- July 17, 1992 NNSC Section M.7, Page 1
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- FAST also offers a one-step quote-and-order option, where
- the customer specifies what selection criteria FAST should
- use when evaluating incoming vendor quotes. The "best"
- quote is then automatically turned into an order by FAST.
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- Customers are charged an 8% service fee (8% of the cost of
- the merchandise acquired through FAST) for the service.
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- _N_e_t_w_o_r_k _A_c_c_e_s_s
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- FAST can be accessed via email over the Internet
- (FAST@ISI.EDU) or via EDI X12 over any commercial VAN (Value
- Added Network).
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- _W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _F_A_S_T
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- The service is open to anybody who can establish a blanket
- purchase order with FAST. Under certain circumstances FAST
- requires the blanket purchase order to be accompanied by
- prepayment. Please send a message to FAST@ISI.EDU contain-
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- REQUEST: INFORMATION
- TOPIC: INTRODUCTION
- REQUEST: END
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- for further information about how to use the service and on
- how to establish a FAST account.
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- _M_i_s_c_e_l_l_a_n_e_o_u_s
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- For further information about FAST, please contact:
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- Anna-Lena Neches or Robert Wormuth
- The FAST Project - USC/ISI
- P.O. Box 10907
- Marina del Rey, CA 90292-8831
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- Phone: (310) 822-1511
- Email: FAST@ISI.EDU, ALNeches@ISI.EDU, Wormuth@ISI.EDU
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- July 17, 1992 NNSC Section M.7, Page 2
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