The Potential of Visa's XML Standard

by A. Turner ... new Visa Global Invoice Specification uses Extensible Markup Language (XML) to exchange ... costs, as well as increase productivity by eliminating manual processes ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/eCommerce/2000/02/news_analysis/NA_EC_ADT_02_28_00_1.asp - 7k - 2000-02-28 Summary: Visa introduces a new global XML invoice specification.

EDI versus. XML--Working in Tandem Rather Than Competing?

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... In short, XML has initially not only promised to ease the technical ... throughput, improved trading partners' data quality, elimination of manual processes and ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/eCommerce/2004/03/research_notes/TU_EC_PJ_03_05_04_1.asp - 16k - 2004-03-05 Summary: Electronic data interchange (EDI), extensible markup language (XML) , and any other format are merely 'semantics' and input streams for expressing data, and whether a transaction is transmitted in EDI format or XML is largely secondary to the fact that electronic document and data exchange is growing rap

Microsoft Business Network (MBN)--Coming of Age? Part One: Event ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... to increase its customer service standards and minimize manual sales process ... gravitating in droves toward extensible markup language (XML), Internet-based EDI ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Scm/2004/09/research_notes/PN_SC_PJ_09_01_04_1.asp - 20k - 2004-09-01 Summary: While the Microsoft Business Network (MBN) product is worth considering for a number of compelling reasons, it will take some immense doing before it becomes a retailers' equivalent of what the Sabre reservation system means to airline agents.

Architecture Evolution: Service-oriented Architecture versus Web ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... purchase can be initiated from the back office after the XML transaction is ... services-based solutions can replace time-consuming and error-prone manual tasks ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2006/09/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_09_20_06_1.asp - 22k - 2006-09-20 Summary: Collaboration and interoperability are critical where multiple business units reside under one larger corporation, or where there is a requirement to integrate the system into a disparate system when a business-to-business or business-to-consumer extension is part of the business model.

Process-based Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... At the same time, computers can integrate manual or semi-manual approaches to ... XML (extensible markup language) may be likened to the nervous system that serves ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2007/03/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_03_14_07_1.asp - 14k - 2007-03-14 Summary: The right balance of automated processes with paper records and manual, human interaction is necessary to keep costs under control with a flexible yet controlled set of procedures. The strategic software category, governance, risk management, and compliance, is poised to help.

Microsoft Business Network (MBN)--Coming of Age? Part Three ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... In short, XML has initially not only promised to ease the technical ... throughput, improved trading partners' data quality, elimination of manual processes, and ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Scm/2004/09/research_notes/PN_SC_PJ_09_03_04_1.asp - 21k - 2004-09-03 Summary: While on the surface, there are few economic or strategic reasons for organizations to persist with electronic data interchange (EDI), many seem reluctant to adopt the alternative at this stage. In fact, there has been almost negligible growth in the number of organizations replacing their EDI-based sy

A Drop-ship Enablement Pioneer Leads the Way

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... markup language (XML) has also brought about the promise of electronic data interchange (EDI) connections (if not necessarily the complete demise of manual ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/SCM/2006/08/research_notes/VN_SC_PJ_08_28_06_1.asp - 28k - 2006-08-28 Summary: By providing a single plug-and-play connection to multiple trading partners, CommerceHub strives to enable basically any retailer to electronically integrate with its suppliers, regardless of the idiosyncratic systems and capabilities that might exist among them.

Pain and Gain of Integrated EDI Part Three: Other Industry Gains

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... In short, XML has initially not only promised to ease the technical pain of ... improved trading partners' data quality, the elimination of manual processes, and ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2005/03/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_03_23_05_1.asp - 22k - 2005-03-23 Summary: Many small and medium companies find themselves under pressure to deploy the same EDI system as a major customer, making it a basic cost of doing business with the market leaders.

Web-based Enterprise Resource Planning Solution Exhibits Lean ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Also, TROPOS Active can link to external systems, or use messaging protocols such as XML to automate processes that previously relied on manual inputs—and ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2006/07/research_notes/VN_ER_PJ_07_26_06_1.asp - 23k - 2006-07-26 Summary: SSI's approach appeals to process manufacturers, as well as some discrete manufacturers with short lead times and high volumes, where the traditional manufacturing resource planning (MRP) approach often shows many shortcomings (and can even be a recipe for disaster).

Understanding SOA, Web Services, BPM, and BPEL Part Two: BPEL and ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... business process modeling language (BPML) or XML processing description ... transformations, data translation, trading partner agreements, manual (human) processes ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/12/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_12_23_04_1.asp - 19k - 2004-12-23 Summary: In a somewhat simplified language, while Web services allow applications to easily exchange and reuse information, it is only when they are orchestrated (coordinated) into long-running business flows or processes that enterprises can realize their true value.