112: B2B readiness in SME Markets

November 2010, Amsterdam,NL - Hosted by Cisco, co-sponsored by GXS and E2open

• Keynote by Paula Montgomery, Senior Director, Enterprise B2B at  Cisco
  
  

• The SME Dilemma. Building Customized Supply Chains while Serving SME Markets by Bobby Patrick, Senior VP and Chief Marketing Officer at GXS
  
  "In this session, Mr. Patrick will discuss the current state of trading partner collaboration with an emphasis on small-and-medium enterprises. The session will discuss how complexity – a major source of cost in the supply chain – must be mitigated through improved visibility enabled by new e-commerce solutions designed uniquely for SME markets. The session will highlight strategies and tools needed to accelerate B2B adoption for all participants which maintaining supply chain flexibility, enabling new sources of sustainable competitive advantage."

• Opportunities to Support Markets Through Webservices, AS4, and OAGI Standards by Pamela Webber, Manager, Enterprise B2B at Cisco
  
  "Cisco has accumulated a library of standard business messages that facilitate our current B2B exchanges with Partners and Customers. This presentation will show how Cisco uses emerging technologies and standards based messaging to deliver cost effective solutions across several markets, including the SME market."

• RosettaNet’s Message Control and Choreography Program: Engaging Business Partners in Simple B2B Processes by Hussam El-Leithy,  RosettaNet Senior Technical Specialist and Andreas Schönberger, Researcher at University of Bamberg, Germany.
  
  "The Message Control & Choreography (MCC) effort is RosettaNet's commitment to facilitate the adoption of open and low-cost standards for implementing single business document exchanges, using AS2, ebMS or Web Services as well as complex multi-document exchanges using BPMN/BCL, ebBP and WS-BPEL. The presentation will exemplify how MCC for single business document exchanges facilitates configurable and flexible business document exchanges using Web Services and the current approach for composing complex B2B collaborations from single business document exchanges using BPMN/BCL, ebXML Business Process Specification Schema (ebBP) and WS-BPEL in MCC complex multi-document exchanges."
  

• SAP Business ByDesign and Crossgate – An OnDemand Business Solution with B2B for SME's by Lutz Jaeger, Product Manager at Crossgate and Frank Ruland, Principal Business Development at SAP

  Combining SAP's on-demand Suite SAP Business ByDesign with the B2B Collaboration Service from Crossgate enables small and medium Enterprises to expand the reach of their business processes along their value chains and business networks - on the buy- and the sell-side. SAP and Crossgate will present:
  - the business Network Integration (BNI) approach with its intra- and inter-company integration scenarios
  -  how the solution scope for SME customers looks like from an application, technology and B2B side
  - what industries are covered and how customer examples look like

• Driving Business Value through the SME Market : A Holistic View by Tariq Choudry, VP Deployment at E2open
  
  

• ODETTE: Auto-Gration Project (SME in Automotive) by Joerg Walther of ODETTE
  
  "Whereas large companies can usually cope with the complexity and technical challenges of EDI implementation and the various flavours demanded by different customers, SMEs often struggle.

  The EC has, therefore, funded a 2 year project aimed at better integration of SMEs in the e-business processes of the automotive industry and beyond.

  The auto-gration (automotive integration) project was awarded at the end of 2009 to a consortium of major stakeholders in the automotive industry: Odette International, BOOST, CECRA, CLEPA, Inova+, COVISINT, FIGIEFA, GALIA, INESC Porto, Odette Sweden, SupplyOn, and TecCom and was started in January 2010

  Jörg will present the current status of the project and its reference architecture which is intended to enable the integration of SMEs into e-business networks at low cost and without the requirement of having their own EDI expertise. The architecture is built on existing collaboration frameworks and uses modern communication technologies to extend the established EDI infrastructure."

• Service Management Integration for SME - In the Cloud and On Demand by Martin Bittner of SolveDirect

  With so many options to outsource IT services, how can customers and providers achieve significant cost-savings and more flexibility?
  In this presentation on you will find affordable solutions for service management integration based on insights and over 10 years of experience gained from working with hundreds of providers and enterprise accounts including the SME.  Solve Direct will review different customer models for end-to-end service management.  Know the status of any service request anywhere in your supply chain, know your KPIs, and know about a service problem before it becomes a service problem.  Learn how you can have more control of service delivery cycles and SLAs, increased visibility about what’s working and what’s not and provide better, faster service to your customers.

  
  

• AsiaB2B Update by Eric Pannekeet of Fairchild Semiconductor
• OAGi Update by David Connelly of Open Applications Group
  
  
• B2B Process Adoption Update by Dane Manes of GXS
• BILL-eInvoicing Update by Tony Nisbett of IBM
• Distribution Channel Management Update by Juergen Linkens of Freescale

111: Value Chain collaboration in the Telco Industry

    June 2010, Reading UK, co-hosted by Oracle and E2open 

• Trends in the mobile industry by Roberta Cozza, Principal analyst at Gartner Research
  
  
• Value Chain collaboration in the Telco Industry by Jussi Pentillä, Collaboration Manager at Nokia
  
  
• The Operator's view of Value Chain collaboration by Fernando Valero Balbaneda of Vodafone
  
  
• Risk and Visibility in the Supply Chain by Dominic Regan, Sr Director Transportation Management at Oracle
  “Eyjafjallajokull; we might not be able to pronounce it but we have all felt its impact. But volcanic ash is just the most visible of recent risks that has impacted on the supply chain. This presentation will look to determine where risks to the supply chain come from, how their impact is felt, and how they can be mitigated. In seeking to prove why visibility is more than just ‘track & trace’, the presentation will use practical, case-study based examples to establish why communication and collaboration is vital for the success of the modern supply chain.”
  
  
• “Riding the Curve”. Getting and staying ahead of rapid growth by Jim Matthews, Senior Director Supply Chain at RIM
  
  
• Best practice Value Chain collaboration by Richard McCluney Global Telco Lead at E2open
  
  
• TM Forum’s Frameworx for Service-Oriented Enterprises within a Value Chain: by Mike Kelly, SME at TM Forum.
  TM Forum’s Frameworx for Service-Oriented Enterprises within a Value Chain: TM Forum provides an integrated architecture for realizing Service-Oriented Enterprises through Frameworx, which links the Business Process Framework and other Frameworks with an SOA approach for Business Services. This talk explains Frameworx, focusing on the Business Process Framework in particular, and how this links with a view of Business Services and platforms as elements in an end-end Value Chain
  
  
• Contract Manufacturer´s view on Supply Chain planning by Arpad Hevizi, VP IT at Celestica
  
  
• Connecting the Operator and Component Manufacturer OR What is special about B2B in Telecom? by Franziska Kraus, Motorola
  In the presentation we will look at complex supply chains, look at the peculiarities of the Telecom industry and attempt to draw some conclusions to improve process integration between businesses. A snapshot of another complex industry will be looked at as well for comparing purposes
  
• Gemalto joins as a member
  
• ODETTE Update by John Canvin of ODETTE
• RosettaNet Update by Hussam El-Leithy of RosettaNet
• Distribution Channel Management Update by Juergen Linkens of Freescale
• B2B Process Adoption Update by Dane Manes of GXS

110:Cloud Computing impact on B2B

March 2010, Munich, DE, hosted by Microsoft

• Cloud Computing key Note by Craig Rode, Industry Technology Strategist
  
  
  
• GXS on Azure - Cloud computing and the enterprise by Justin Duewel-Zahniser, Global Product Manager at GXS
  GXS—a global leader in B2B e-commerce and integration services—began a project to extend their Trading Grid platform for supply chain automation with value-add services built on third party cloud computing technologies.  Through their partnership with Microsoft, GXS is developing and enhancing a trading partnership analytics service called Trading Partner Analytics.  The solution serves a dual role of providing interesting new value to existing Trading Grid customers and allowing GXS to gain field experience with cloud technologies and business models in parallel.  Developed in conjunction with a Microsoft partner, the project also demonstrates the value of a robust partner community in providing scalable development resources on demand
  
• SieCloud: Cloud based Software Distribution Service by Andreas Essing, Director Microsoft Consulting, SIS Germany and Johannes Lenz, IC Consultant, SIS Germany
  SieCloud Software Distribution Service provides data transfer from a central location to any kind of devices (e.g. cars, medical devices, sensors, computers) in various world-wide locations with high performance in a secure, flexible, and cost effective way.
  The presentation will cover the Benefits of using a cloud computing platform for software distribution;  Business Scenarios & Benefits; Lessons learned
  
  
• Early B2B Integration Use Cases by Daniel B. Niemann VP of Sales and Business Development at Informatica Cloud
  While the market entry strategy for Informatica Cloud remains focused on integration with SaaS applications and Salesforce.com in specific, some early adopters are thinking about how it could provide value for more traditional B2B integration projects.  In this presentation, Mr. Niemann will review high level technical use cases and the business driver behind several of these implementations.  In addition, he will provide a demonstration of this revolutionary technology.
  
  
• Uncovering the hidden value within the SCOR Model by Douglas Kent European Chairman of the Supply Chain Council 
  Discover what makes the Supply Chain Council’s SCOR Model so valuable in diagnosing the health of an enterprise-wide supply chain and helping company’s re-engineer their basic business processes to ensure sustainability. Participants will gain insight to this industry standard reference model as well as practical insights on how to apply the elements of process, metrics, and best practices for step-change results.
  
  
• APICS’ key performance indicators for supply chain management by Peter Merke of Production Management Institute
  Today’s challenge is to synchronize demand with supply via the entire supply chain from raw material supplier to end consumer. Information Technology is the enabler for today’s Supply Chain Management. The presentation will show how APICS (The Association for Operations Management) relates IT to strategic, tactical, and operational decision-making processes and key performance indicators. Further how Supply Chain Financials can be improved through better material and information flows.
  
  
• Improving B2B Partnerships through better Supply Chain Visibility by Satya Samal, Head of Sales at Infosys
  Globalization and challenges in economy are pushing companies to re-engineer their supply chain. The need to have actionable information from across the company’s value network is increasing every day. Unfortunately the IT infrastructure supporting today’s supply network is a bottleneck, but companies are struggling re-haul this infrastructure given the investment needed. Microsoft Supply Chain Visibility  addresses this challenge effectively. Built using latest Microsoft technology, SCV solution is lean and easy to deploy. It enables B2B collaboration and visibility while obviating the need for major investment in the IT landscape.
  
  
• Cloud Computing - Architecture and Strategy  by Ulrich Biewer, Systems Architect at IBM
  The presentation will highlight the IT situation related to costs and new workloads. The Architecture and IBM Cloud offerings and products will be illustrated with some customer examples with an emphasis on the business aspect of Cloud Computing.
  
  
• Deployment flexibility while expanding business networks  by Elton Schwerzel of Crossgate and Frank Ruland of SAP
  Customers require deployment flexibility which can mean on premise, on demand and "cloud" deployment. This presentation will illustrate new deployment options for B2B inclusive SAP Information Interchange by Crossgate.
  

• RosettaNet Update by Donald Tsusaki
• OAGi Update by David Connelly
• ODETTE Update by John Canvin, Managing Director
• AsiaB2B Update by Boudewijn Janssen, EDIFICE ChairTask Group Updates
• Automatic Data Capture Update by Erich Guenter of IBM
• Billing - eInvoicing Update by Tony Nisbett of IBM
• B2B Process Adoption Update by Dane Manes of GXS
• Distribution Channel Management Update by Juergen Linkens of Freescale

109:B2B Past, Present, Future...

October 2009, Amsterdam, NL hosted by GXS

• B2B Past Present Future by Steve Keifer of GXS
  Keynote Presentation which will discuss the highlights of the past decade including the rise of the dot coms, marketplaces, XML and emerging markets. The presentation will continue with a brief look forward at the opportunities for the next decade including SaaS, cloud computing, mobile applications and web 2.0 and draw interesting parallels and conclusions
  
• Today’s Challenges in Managing ERP & B2B Integration by Mark Morley of GXS
  AMR Research and GXS has recently completed a study on the challenges facing companies in ERP & B2B integration. This presentation will highlight the key findings, the issues being encountered by high tech companies and why B2B integration should be a crucial consideration in ERP upgrades and implementations.
  
• How standards based partner solutions drive the objectives of growth, productivity and partner led experience by Arthur Van Staveren of Cisco
  This presentation will share how Cisco is using standards to reach its goals in growth, productivity and partner led experience. It will also address the evolution of standards, and how these relate to the (ever) changing business and IT landscape. It will conclude with lessons learned and future outlook.
  
• From BRICs to MEATSE by Mark Morley of GXS
  Lessons learned from the adoption of B2B by emerging markets such as China and India from 2000-2010. What will the next emerging markets be (Middle East, Africa, Thailand and SE Asia) and how can they avoid the mistakes others have made with B2B.  
  
  
  
• Value creation through e-collaboration by Bidur Dhaul, Director, Supplier Collaboration at Philips
  The presentation will be explaining how things worked in the past, the current collaboration maturity level with an impact on process/value creation and possible plans for the future
  
  
  
• How Cloud Computing and SaaS will affect B2B in 2010 and beyond by John Radko, Chief Technology Strategist, GXS
  
  
  
• Emerging B2B Technologies - SaaS at Motorola by Franziska Kraus
  
  
  
• The value of Operational Excellence today: how to get ready to what comes next the crisis?  by Pierfrancesco Manenti of IDC
  Global recession is forcing manufacturers to re-assess their business strategies, processes, and practices. It requires managers to balance the short term requirements to survive, with the need to position their business and take advantage of coming upturn.
  Operational Excellence is central to this business transformation and it takes many forms today: environmental excellence, maintenance excellence, collaboration excellence, etc.
  Three approaches are worthy of attention as a way to improve Operational Excellence:
  - Measure overall performance with Operating Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
  - Embrace green manufacturing the principles of “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”
  - Implement modern asset management to slash inefficiencies and costs
  
  
• OAGIS Strategic Update by David Connelly
• RosettaNet Update by Donald Tsusaki
• B2B Technology Update by Boudewijn Janssen of Amkor, EDIFICE Chair
• AsiaB2B Update by Franziska Kraus of Motorola, EDIFICE Vice-Chair
• Marketing Update by Luca Palermo of STMicroelectronics, MKT Chair

108:Re-defining B2B Communities through simplified and efficient operations

June 2009, London, GB hosted by IBM and Inovis

• Keynote by Steve Cochran of Inovis
• Keynote: Keep your customers close, but your suppliers closer still by Justin Suter Of IBM All organisations profess to be customer focused or customer centric, but in reality many organisation spend more time and effort focused on their suppliers. How can organisations strike the right balance when looking at their end-to-end supply chains? How should they structure their B2B strategies to drive simplicity and efficiency in their day to day operations? During this keynote presentation, Justin will highlight the key issues, raise some interesting cross-industry comparisons and pose some provocative challenges to stimulate our thinking for the rest of the plenary.
  
• Symplifying the supply chain through visibility and governance by Steve Cochran of Inovis
  Increasing complexity and use of original design manufacturers are changing the way High Tech leaders need to manage their supply chains.  Globalisation and reliance on third parties logistics providers requires real-time visibility and rapid enablement of new channel, such as retail.
  
• The smarter Supply Chain of the Future by Laurence Carpanini of IBM 
  IBM recently released the results of its Chief Supply Chain Officer's Study which included interviews with 400 senior supply chain executives from around the globe. The number one challenge facing supply chain executives today is overwhelming and fragmented data coupled with an inability to make sense out of the information. And as if the lack of visibility wasn’t enough to contend with, supply chain managers are finding themselves trying to simultaneously juggle a host of other added pressures and demands. In his presentation, Laurence will present on the wider findings of this study and the potential implication for the supply chain in the electronics and communications industries.
  Also on webcast recording - 28 Minutes - 10MB - download webex player here
  
• The smarter Supply Chain of the future - GLOBAL CHIEF SUPPLY CHAIN OFFICER STUDY
  
• Actionable visbility - the next evolution of Supply Chain performance by Jianglong Zhou of IBM
  Any supply chain director will tell you that supply chain visibility is high on their priority list; but fewer have successfully implemented visibility solutions. With increasing pressure for high performing supply chains and recent advances in technology, improved visibility is a must. It improves customer service and is the latest step in enhanced collaboration across the supply chain. Jianglong will discuss the factors that assure successful supply chain visibility programmes, of which the ability to act on acquired data is key.
  
  Also on webcast recording - 35 minutes - 13MB - download webex player here
  

• Outsourced service delivery: Opportunities, Benefits and Use Cases by Jacky Danon of IBM
  Emerging requirements from government, the marketplace and your trading partners is driving organisations to focus on their core business.  B2B execution and integration on a global scale is challenging organization to be more nimble than their internal resources can support and many have turned to outsourcing document exchange, eInvoicing and supplier management to provide incremental capabilities to improve their competitiveness.

  Also on webcast recording 41 minutes - 13.5 MB - download webex player here

• B2B Service Optimisation - DHL Dimensions by Rajanikanth Koodali of DHL
  DHL as an LSP, with a global presence, wider industry coverage  and a massive customer base  has major challenges on the B2B System Integration space. The presentation covers what Enterprise System Integration service (DHL Supply Chain internal regional integration service) has to offer, to overcome some of these challenges through  standardisation, agile internal processes and service consolidation
  
• Research Project: SCIM 2.0 - Effective Supply Chain Management in value networks using Enterprise 2.0 by Gerald Petz of University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria
  The idea of this project is to enable SMEs to participate in B2B communication using lean B2B-tools such as Web 2.0-technologies
  
  Also recorded - 45 minutes - Play on-line
  
  SCIM 2.0 Methodology Brochure
• eInvoicing session by Tony Nisbett of IBM and Olaf Schrader of Crossgate
  The European Commission is proposing radical changes to the current eInvoicing Directive. How will this affect EDIFICE members? A quick overview of eInvoicing methods and how you can be sure that you are going to pass a VAT audit
  
• RosettaNet Update by Donald Tsusaki
  The RosettaNet update for the 108^th Plenary focuses on the activities of the community at large. Beginning with an overview of the recently published Implementation Statistics, the presentation will then cover an activity of the Bay Area RosettaNet Deployment (BARD) group in the US, highlights from a few of the Affiliate countries in Asia, and a preview of what RosettaNet Taiwan is planning for the Global Partner Conference in Taipei. Of special note will be a report about the first meeting of several solution providers who formed the SP Forum in April
  Also on webcast recording 26 minutes - 10 MB - download webex player here
  
   RosettaNet Implementation Statistics Brochure
  
  

107:Simplifying Business Network enablement

February 2009, Walldorf DE hosted by SAP and Crossgate

Find the video recordings of several presentations here

• Keynote by Holger Fritzinger, SAP AG
  
  
• Keynote by Antonio Brissa (on behalf of Stefan Tittel) of Crossgate 
  
  
• Productisation of Business Network Transformation by Petra Frenzel of SAP AG
  
  
• How to turn global B2B Collaboration into business value? by Lutz Jaeger (on behalf of Oliver Bahner) of Crossgate
  This presentation will deal with the current requirements and efforts for B2B communication across various industries and how globalization changes the demand in connectivity. Especially the next step of standardization -focussing on semantics -  will be covered and showed, how Crossgate and SAP try to deliver answers. 
  
  
• Innovation proposal: Simplify B2B with the Hybrid Implementation Protocol (HIP) by Jan Fuchs of C&F Consulting
  Using Structured Electronic Messaging is the most efficient way for creating virtual networks to serve as Virtual Enterprise, Virtual Market Place or Virtual Organizations. The Structured Electronic Message (SEM) makes abstraction of the top layer allowing heterogeneous organizations and applications to interconnect seamlessly.
  Various protocols exist for creating structured electronic messages. The protocol one selects has an enormous influence on consistency, agility, reach, maintainability and cost of the virtual network.
  In today’s business climate, Business managers want more consistency and more agility at the same time. More reach for less money. Flexible maintenance at lower cost. More Control with less hands-on. This seems all a bit contradictory and very often it is. With the “Hybrid Implementation Protocol™”, Jan Fuchs succeeded in taking the best-in-breed characteristics of various message structuring protocols and has merged them into a single concept for SEM: HIP 
  
  
• The use of OAG within IBM by Bill Wise of IBM (remotely)
  This presentation will describe the process by which IBM has taken OAG as a foundation for the definition of all data required for integration either internally (A2A)  or externally (B2B)
  
  
• The importance of Open Standards and IBM's new ICT Standards Policy by Jochen Friedrich of IBM
  This presentation will give a brief outline of the new ICT standards policy which IBM announced in autumn 2008. It will introduce the key elements of IBM's standard's policy and set them into relation to IBM's role in the global standards ecosystem. A major aspect of IBM's policy is the strong committment to Open Standards. The importance of     open standards, in particular for software and business interoperability, will be outlined in the presentation, as well 
  
  
• IT evolution to support Business improvement - Service Orientation for the extended enterprise: The Olivetti experience by Antonio Brissa of Crossgate (on behalf of Alberto Ostorero of Telecom Italia)
  SOA is the buzzword of last three-four years; all in IT – vendors, analysts, managers - speak about SOA; but who has really delivered business services and achieved benefits for the business by embracing SOA ?
  When Olivetti – a Telecom Italia Group Company – was forced to change the EDI management system, SOA paradigm was chosen in order to minimize risks and meet requested SLA on a really simple – yet critical – business process. This case study tries to explain main drivers for SOA adoption and highlight true benefits the customer is experiencing 
  
  
• Foundation for Smart, Fast & Flexible Integrations by Franziska Kraus of Motorola
  Condensed business process life cycles require faster integration planning, building and implementation more than ever. Integration processes need to be agile supporting globalization but eventually also turning back to regionalization, outsourcing as well as in sourcing. Outside of individual integration projects a governed integration framework bridging the gap between business and IT, providing focus on company objectives and metrics acts as base for sustainable and agile integrations 
  
  
• Using Excel to Simplify Business Network Enablement by Bryan Larkin of GXS
  Excel is the world’s most often used tool in managing supply chain information.  Finding a way to securely and reliably allow SMB trading partners (both customers and suppliers) to leverage this well-known tool for sending, receiving and manipulating supply chain documents will mean providing an instantly usable, well-understood and simple application that can be used around the world to automate supply chain transactions.  We’ll see how this dream has become a reality as, using OAGI standards, Excel has been enabled to provide secure integration with trading partners from within the application itself – including secure logon, transmission and document tracking all from the ribbon bar.  The solution allows SMB companies to utilize Excel directly for all work as well as integrate it into back office systems 
  
  
• OAGIS role in simplifying your business network enablement by David Connelly CEO, Open Applications Group
  David Connelly will discuss OAGi’s most recent events and describe how the use of OAGIS can help an enterprise simplify their business network.  This will include release plans, Working Groups, and also some examples of OAGIS's role in your standards strategy for business networks 
  

New member applications:

• Crossgate by Lutz Jaeger

• Pipechain by Hans Berggren

• Telcordia

Updates:

• ODETTE Update & Activities by John Canvin of ODETTE

• RosettaNet Update by Donald Tsusaki of RosettaNet (remotely)
  RosettaNet & UN/CEFACT 

• EDIFICE ADC by Erich Guenter of IBM, ADC Chair

• EDIFICE BILL by Tony Nisbett of IBM, BILL Chair
  eInvoicing white paper
  Good Practice Guideline

• EDIFICE DCM by Eric Pannekeet of Fairchild

• EDIFICE FIM by Mario Mueller of Siltronic

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September 2008, Lund SE hosted by Sony Ericsson

• Welcome by Patrik Jansson,Head of Supply Chain Operations at SEMC

• WebSphere Business Events by Robert Madey VP of Strategy in the WebSphere team at IBM
  Event Processing is emerging as an innovative approach for businesses to sense and respond to opportunities and threats, amidst increasing amounts of information and activity.  IBM is leading the way with Business Event Processing by putting the power of Event Processing into the hands of the business user
   

• B2B - visibility, risk sharing and adaptive logistics by Mats Johnsson, Managing Director, NGIL, Next Generation Innovative Logistics, VINNEX Centre
  Short introduction about Lund University and industry driven research at the VINNEX centre NGIL, Next Generation Innovative Logistics.The presentation will then discuss the B2B research that is performed in the VINNEX centre NGIL from a visibility, risk and adaptive perspective.  The presentation will end with a discussion about the education structure in Sweden related to B2B?
   

• Supply Chain performance Management by Debra Hofman of AMR
  Use an ecosystem of metrics across the end-to-end supply chain rather than individual metrics in isolation. The Hierarchy of SC Metrics is a model that allows companies to highlight the inter-dependencies between metrics; identify root cause analysis; define corrective actions.Supply chain excellence is about balancing cost and service to deliver a profitable perfect order. Achieving excellence requires conscious management of tradeoffs
   

• The High Tech Perfect Order: Challenges and Successes in Defining a High Tech Model by Bryan Larkin Director of High Tech, Retail and Consumer Product industry marketing at GXS
  This presentation will explore the efforts of the Electronics Industry Data Exchange Association’s Perfect Order Workgroup in its attempt to define a Perfect Order model for the industry.   Industry specialists, academics and solution providers have come together to define a working model that will soon be able to be tested.  We will explore what the model looks like, what is included, what was excluded, differences and similarity to analyst suggestions, and – perhaps most importantly – how it aligns with day-to-day supply chain operations in use today
   

• SAP Community Definition Group (CDG) for Collaborative Fulfillment by Umesh Rustogi Solution Manager at SAP’s High-Tech Industry Solutions group
  The session presents the work of SAP Community Definition Group (CDG) for Collaborative Fulfillment. The CDG comprised of companies from the High-Tech Industry – Celestica, Dell, Fujitsu-Siemens Computers, HP, Intel, Lenovo, nVidia, NXP – and SAP. The CDG identified six different types of Collaboration Models prevalent in the high-tech industry and made an attempt to unambiguously describe them, their differentiating characteristics, usage guidelines, and typical operational Ts and Cs. These Collaboration Models represent the different ways in which a customer and a supplier interact with each other. One or more of the Collaboration Models can be implemented as deemed appropriate. Of the six models, Dynamic VMI model has not been published previously. In this model the buffer inventory for the customer is physically located at the supplier's site. This model introduces the concept of pooling the buffer to optimize inventory across the supply chain.
   

• Flow on Demand by Per Grettve, Founder of MA-systemAB and PipeChain AB
  How to realize a demand chain where all partners, even small, can collaborate and share information to improve visibility. Concepts that are easy to understand and implement gain widespread acceptance and are quick to be adopted. Shared goals, real time monitoring and KPI:s are the fundaments of collaboration. The focus shifts from follow up discussions, where partners often have different views, to mutually agreed actions for solving actual problems and making continuous improvements
   

• Supply Chain measurement and continuous improvement by Wayne Jones of Fairchild Semiconductor
  The presentation will focus on supply chain performance measurement standards and improvement strategies.  This will include Fairchild as a member of the Supply Chain Council and references to the SCOR® model of measurement standards.  Additional attention will be made to inventory, cycle time reduction, strategies for variability reduction and forecast accuracy
   

• Service and Self-Service by Arthur Larres and Brett Batson of TI
  This presentation  provides  some insight into TI's E-commerce  endeavors  as well as showing both, data-  and business process measurement points and their criteria for failure or success. Starting with an overview about TI's B2B portfolio,   this material moves on to define some ground rules for B2B message processing as well as to identify   the need for flexible ad hoc solutions, TI's EZconnect approaches are being cited as example.   The presentation follows on with automated alert reporting and an overview about measurement reporting. A view to yet missing measurement elements and a brief look into the future conclude this update.
   

• Empowering excellence in the High Tech and Electronics Industry by Sanjay Ravi Managing Director, High Tech and Electronics Industry and Craig Rode Industry Technology Strategist, High Tech and Electronics Industry at Microsoft
  The session will cover the key macro forces impacting the High Tech and Electronics Manufacturers, as well as the New world of Work within Manufacturing organizations of the future. Rapid changes in the global business climate as well as technology are changing the way people and businesses interact to drive business success. The session will cover some of the key changes that are happening in the industry, the impact of these changes to high tech and electronics manufacturers, and the evolving trends and opportunities they present in the B2B and supply chain domain
   

• SCM B2B by Christophe Begue of IBM
  Enterprise supply chains constantly need to change and innovate to keep up with the factors influencing the business environment. Creating effective B2B and supply chain solutions necessitates integrating trading partner relationships with dynamic business rules management. We will present on IBM integrated solution for trading partner relationships management, B2B exchange and dynamic business rule enforcement

• RosettaNet Update by Clement Erhardt III, RosettaNet President
  Clem Erhardt, President of RosettaNet, will provide a RosettaNet update to the EDIFICE Community.  He will share his observations after his first 100 days as president, describe his vision for its future, and outline some of the activities and steps toward achieving that vision. Clem will also touch on recent community-driven milestone programs and share what the RosettaNet community has been doing to chart a strategic course for the consortium
   

• AsiaB2B Initiative Update by Arthur Larres, TI, EDIFICE MKT Chair

• FIM Update by Stefan Harrstedt of SEMC

• ADC Update by Mikael Hjalmarson of Ericsson

• BILL Update by Tony Nisbett of IBM