Electronic Data Interchange

Hear the facts on how Baxter Healthcare put the power of Siebel Analytics in the hands of 300 executives, sales managers, sales representatives, and finance and operations users in just 120 days. During this Customer Success Web seminar replay, you will also learn how Baxter Healthcare is using Siebel Analytics to optimize existing infrastructure and data by integrating a historical data warehouse (DW) strategy with its new business intelligence (BI) strategy. tech news

Thanks to compliance initiatives by Wal-Mart, the Food and Drug Administration, the Department of Defense, and others, RFID has become one of the hottest topics in the integration industry today. Regardless of where you sit in the supply chain - manufacturing, logistics, distribution or retail -IT departments need to focus quickly on how to comply with mandates and take advantage of the new supply chain efficiencies possible through RFID. All of this comes on top of the need for traditional EDI and newer XML supply-chain integration solutions. Learn how the iBOLT Integration Suite can you help you achieve supply chain information efficiencies that will enhance revenues and reduce costs. tech news

The Port of Singapore (PSA) tracks many thousands of multi-ton cargo containers daily, and also manages arrivals and departures of up to 50 ships. The smallest error might send a container to the wrong destination in the shipyard, resulting in delayed departures or incomplete shipments. To avoid these problems, PSA spent close to $910 million in 1993 on development projects. Included in this upgrade effort, was to install thousands of RFID transponders into the asphalt to create a multi-dimensional grid. tech news

In order to comply with the timeframe, it was necessary to develop an entirely new bar code-based system that could ensure rapid forwarding. The Danish consultancy firm Industrial Bar Code Solutions (IBS) worked in close collaboration with DanTransport to produce a tailor-made advanced bar code solution for managing the Siemens order. IBS developed a wireless IT solution based on radio communications and portable terminals from Intermec that transmit data directly to a PC server on the network. As data is transferred online, the central database is updated at the very moment the load or individual consignment is scanned by the bar code gun. The gun can also display data on the consignment at the same time. tech news

This paper describes how the shift from proprietary Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) solutions to Internet-based or even Web-based infrastructures is inevitable. EDI will not disappear but will adapt and transform itself into a component of Web services. However, this will be more an evolution than a revolution and may take five to ten years to complete. Enterprises should already be planning for the evolution and begin to acquire the necessary expertise and technologies. Enterprises should also understand the indirect impact of the technological shift on the understanding of processes. tech news