• Provide guidance on standards adoption among the EDIFICE member companies and associated partners
• Foster B2B standards usage for partners of all sizes and capabilities
• Exchange best practices on B2B implementation with the goal of reducing the complexity, cost and speed of partner connections
• Create a forum to investigate and discuss new processes and technologies pertaining to B2B integration

Road Map

• Harmonise Terms and Definitions
• Education / Industry recommendations of business processes and Implementation guides
• Harmonisation of Data Structures
• Process Metric or KPI
• ROI models
• Provide space to act as Think Tank
• New industry developments
• Cross Task Group interests/communications

Deliverables

• EDIFICE Repository Upgrade
  • High Level B2B Standard cross reference
  • BPI (Business Process Integrators) for all EDIFICE Business Processes (csv based)
  • UML Models for EDIFICE Business Processes
  • Migrate UN/EDIFACT MIGs to Directory D.10A
• Education Material for Business Processes

Member companies

• Amkor Technology
• Avnet
• DHL
• Freescale Seiconductor
• GEFEG
• GXS
• Intel
• Motorola
• Murata
• NSN
• SAP
• STMicroelectronics
• Telcordia
• Texas Instruments
  

Liaisons

• AsiaB2B

• 1 hour conf call every other week
• 3 Face to Face meetings per year adjacent to Plenary

Dane Manes, Solution Consultant at GXS

Dane Manes is a Solutions Consultant at GXS responsible for the High Tech & Semiconductors industries. His career in the high-tech sector spans over 20 years with experience in engineering, validations, customer support, marketing and currently technical sales. Dane has been at GXS for 10 years supporting industry partners such as Panasonic, Philips, Nokia, Osram, Amphenol, NEC and Motorola as well as the German distribution channel. Before GXS, Dane held a technical marketing position at Fujitsu Siemens.

 T: +49 (0) 69 677 332 45 | M: +49 (0) 177 836 2501 Dane.Manes@gxs.com