All About B2B http://www.gxsblogs.com Strength in Information. All Things B2B e-Commerce Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:23:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Trading Partner On-Boarding – The Project that Never Ends http://www.gxsblogs.com/keifers/2012/01/trading-partner-on-boarding-the-project-that-never-ends.html http://www.gxsblogs.com/keifers/2012/01/trading-partner-on-boarding-the-project-that-never-ends.html#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:23:14 +0000 Steve Keifer http://www.gxsblogs.com/?p=6702 In 1882, Spaniards in Barcelona began construction on the large Roman Catholic Church commonly known as the Sagrada Familia.  The church was designed by the architect Antoni Gaudi who took responsibility for the project in 1883. However, the construction project outlived its designer carrying on into the 20th century.  In the 1900s, financing challenges and [...]

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]]> http://www.gxsblogs.com/keifers/2012/01/trading-partner-on-boarding-the-project-that-never-ends.html/feed 1 2012′s Big Show delivers retail’s new rules with style http://www.gxsblogs.com/nucem/2012/01/2012s-big-show-delivers-retails-new-rules-with-style.html http://www.gxsblogs.com/nucem/2012/01/2012s-big-show-delivers-retails-new-rules-with-style.html#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:03:33 +0000 Melanie Nuce http://www.gxsblogs.com/?p=6693 Each January, I look forward to my pilgrimage to the Big Apple to attend the annual conference hosted by the National Retail Federation (NRF). It is a rare opportunity to hear from many of the industry’s best and brightest across a wide array of retail formats. The theme of this year BIG SHOW was “Retail’s [...]

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]]> http://www.gxsblogs.com/nucem/2012/01/2012s-big-show-delivers-retails-new-rules-with-style.html/feed 0 E-Invoicing Will See Increased Government Adoption in 2012 http://www.gxsblogs.com/nigeltaylor/2012/01/e-invoicing-will-see-increased-government-adoption-in-2012.html http://www.gxsblogs.com/nigeltaylor/2012/01/e-invoicing-will-see-increased-government-adoption-in-2012.html#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:49:30 +0000 Nigel Taylor http://www.gxsblogs.com/?p=6643 This past weekend I shared my thoughts on the likely changes to global trade instruments in 2012.  Whilst Bank Payment Obligations and Supply Chain Finance will be popular topics in 2012, I think the fastest growing area of the financial supply chain will continue to be e-invoicing.  However, the growth (on a percentage basis) in the commercial sector may [...]

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]]> http://www.gxsblogs.com/nigeltaylor/2012/01/e-invoicing-will-see-increased-government-adoption-in-2012.html/feed 0 A Change in Global Trade Dynamics Propels Adoption of SWIFT TSU http://www.gxsblogs.com/nigeltaylor/2012/01/a-change-in-global-trade-dynamics-propels-adoption-of-swift-tsu.html http://www.gxsblogs.com/nigeltaylor/2012/01/a-change-in-global-trade-dynamics-propels-adoption-of-swift-tsu.html#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:00:29 +0000 Nigel Taylor http://www.gxsblogs.com/?p=6639 As we start the new year one of the questions many are debating is what changes, if any, we will witness in the financial supply chain during 2012.  In recent years there has been much debate about whether Open Account (OA) provides the optimal model for global trade.  OA terms have dominated global trade for the last [...]

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]]> http://www.gxsblogs.com/nigeltaylor/2012/01/a-change-in-global-trade-dynamics-propels-adoption-of-swift-tsu.html/feed 3 OFTP2 Adoption Levels Will Significantly Increase in 2012 http://www.gxsblogs.com/morleym/2012/01/oftp2-adoption-levels-will-significantly-increase-in-2012.html http://www.gxsblogs.com/morleym/2012/01/oftp2-adoption-levels-will-significantly-increase-in-2012.html#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:39:24 +0000 Mark Morley http://www.gxsblogs.com/?p=6646 The OFTP2 implementation guidelines were introduced at the end of 2008, at a time when many companies were just starting to enter one of the most severe economic downturns of recent years.  During this time, automotive companies were restructuring, consolidating IT infrastructures and the last thing on their minds was to start investing in new [...]

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]]> http://www.gxsblogs.com/morleym/2012/01/oftp2-adoption-levels-will-significantly-increase-in-2012.html/feed 0 Supply Chains to ensure that the Next Best Offer is not the Last Ever Offer http://www.gxsblogs.com/sampathp/2012/01/supply-chains-to-ensure-that-the-next-best-offer-is-not-the-last-ever-offer.html http://www.gxsblogs.com/sampathp/2012/01/supply-chains-to-ensure-that-the-next-best-offer-is-not-the-last-ever-offer.html#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:00:52 +0000 Pradheep Sampath http://www.gxsblogs.com/?p=6626 You might think that the top Internet retailers ranging from Amazon, Staples and Apple to daily-deal purveyors like Ideeli or Groupon  have turned Orwellian  as they serve up shoes, watches, printer ink, HDMI cables and restaurant offers as if they can read your minds. Well it is likely that they are just executing  a meticulously orchestrated Next [...]

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]]> http://www.gxsblogs.com/sampathp/2012/01/supply-chains-to-ensure-that-the-next-best-offer-is-not-the-last-ever-offer.html/feed 0 So What Was Driving B2B in 2011?, Top 10 Blog Posts http://www.gxsblogs.com/morleym/2012/01/so-what-was-driving-b2b-in-2011-top-10-blog-posts.html http://www.gxsblogs.com/morleym/2012/01/so-what-was-driving-b2b-in-2011-top-10-blog-posts.html#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:50:21 +0000 Mark Morley http://www.gxsblogs.com/?p=6607 I have been a GXS blogger for four years now and during 2011 I posted nearly forty blog entries covering a range of B2B and manufacturing related topics. Over this time Google Analytics has provided me with some interesting feedback on which blog posts were being read the most, which key words were used to [...]

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]]> http://www.gxsblogs.com/morleym/2012/01/so-what-was-driving-b2b-in-2011-top-10-blog-posts.html/feed 0 2012 will be the year of the cross-channel purchase order for retail http://www.gxsblogs.com/nucem/2011/12/2012-will-be-the-year-of-the-cross-channel-purchase-order-for-retail.html http://www.gxsblogs.com/nucem/2011/12/2012-will-be-the-year-of-the-cross-channel-purchase-order-for-retail.html#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:08:43 +0000 Melanie Nuce http://www.gxsblogs.com/?p=6556 In an effort to provide consumers opportunities to engage with retailers anytime and anywhere, companies are turning to creative methods for managing purchase orders to maximize their product offerings and availability, while continuing to manage the risk associated with carrying too much inventory. Retailers offer products through their web sites and mobile applications that cannot [...]

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]]> http://www.gxsblogs.com/nucem/2011/12/2012-will-be-the-year-of-the-cross-channel-purchase-order-for-retail.html/feed 1 A community comes together to communicate about the conundrum of the cross-channel purchase order http://www.gxsblogs.com/nucem/2011/12/a-community-comes-together-to-communicate-about-the-conundrum-of-the-cross-channel-purchase-order.html http://www.gxsblogs.com/nucem/2011/12/a-community-comes-together-to-communicate-about-the-conundrum-of-the-cross-channel-purchase-order.html#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:58:40 +0000 Melanie Nuce http://www.gxsblogs.com/?p=6554 Over the past twenty-five years, the retail and consumer products industries have a proven track record of working well together to develop community-based standards to help improve business-to-business communications. From their broad adoption of EDI, data synchronization, carton labeling, and other best practices, I would argue that they serve as a terrific example of how [...]

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]]> http://www.gxsblogs.com/nucem/2011/12/a-community-comes-together-to-communicate-about-the-conundrum-of-the-cross-channel-purchase-order.html/feed 1 The 11 Most Popular EDInomics Posts of 2011 http://www.gxsblogs.com/keifers/2011/12/the-11-most-popular-edinomics-posts-of-2011.html http://www.gxsblogs.com/keifers/2011/12/the-11-most-popular-edinomics-posts-of-2011.html#comments Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:09:38 +0000 Steve Keifer http://www.gxsblogs.com/?p=6518 With the end of the year coming soon, I thought I would provide a recap of the top EDInomics posts from 2011.  The ranking is based upon information gathered from Google Analytics about end-user visits to new posts published in 2011.  11. Corporate Social Responsibility for the End-to-End Supply Chain - Increasingly the general public [...]

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]]> http://www.gxsblogs.com/keifers/2011/12/the-11-most-popular-edinomics-posts-of-2011.html/feed 0 Santa Claus, The Unsung B2B Hero of 2011 – Part2 http://www.gxsblogs.com/morleym/2011/12/santa-claus-the-unsung-b2b-hero-of-2011part2.html http://www.gxsblogs.com/morleym/2011/12/santa-claus-the-unsung-b2b-hero-of-2011part2.html#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:48:31 +0000 Mark Morley http://www.gxsblogs.com/?p=6421 In my previous blog entry I described how GXS had nominated Santa Claus to win a B2B Heroes in the Cloud Award for 2011.  I then went on to discuss how Santa had implemented his cloud based B2B environment over the last three years. You can find out more information about how Santa’s B2B platform [...]

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]]> http://www.gxsblogs.com/morleym/2011/12/santa-claus-the-unsung-b2b-hero-of-2011part2.html/feed 0 Santa Claus, The Unsung B2B Hero of 2011 – Part1 http://www.gxsblogs.com/morleym/2011/12/santa-claus-the-unsung-b2b-hero-of-2011-part1.html http://www.gxsblogs.com/morleym/2011/12/santa-claus-the-unsung-b2b-hero-of-2011-part1.html#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:31:01 +0000 Mark Morley http://www.gxsblogs.com/?p=6358 GXS recently announced the winners of its 2011 B2B Heroes in the Cloud Awards.  These awards were presented to 20 individuals who had made a significant impact on how B2B was used within their company.  Nearing the end of 2011, GXS felt that there was one other individual who should be recognised for his contributions to [...]

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]]> http://www.gxsblogs.com/morleym/2011/12/santa-claus-the-unsung-b2b-hero-of-2011-part1.html/feed 1 The 11 Best B2B e-Commerce Stories of 2011 http://www.gxsblogs.com/keifers/2011/12/the-11-best-b2b-e-commerce-stories-of-2011.html http://www.gxsblogs.com/keifers/2011/12/the-11-best-b2b-e-commerce-stories-of-2011.html#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:27:44 +0000 Steve Keifer http://www.gxsblogs.com/?p=6508 This morning, IBM announced that it would expand its Smarter Commerce initiative with the acquisition of leading spend management vendor Emptoris.  IBM-Emptoris will likely be the last major event in what has been another busy year for B2B e-commerce.  Not only have there been several mergers, IPOs and leveraged buyouts, considerable progress was made in [...]

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]]> http://www.gxsblogs.com/keifers/2011/12/the-11-best-b2b-e-commerce-stories-of-2011.html/feed 0 2011 – The Year Cloud Computing Went Mainstream http://www.gxsblogs.com/morleym/2011/12/2011-the-year-cloud-computing-went-mainstream.html http://www.gxsblogs.com/morleym/2011/12/2011-the-year-cloud-computing-went-mainstream.html#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:33:16 +0000 Mark Morley http://www.gxsblogs.com/?p=6312 2011 will certainly be remembered as the year when cloud computing went mainstream.  It has got onto the agenda of nearly every CIO around the world and you have not been able to visit an IT related website or read a business related journal without some sort of reference to cloud computing. When you look [...]

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]]> http://www.gxsblogs.com/morleym/2011/12/2011-the-year-cloud-computing-went-mainstream.html/feed 1 Considerations for Deploying a Cloud Integration Platform http://www.gxsblogs.com/morleym/2011/12/considerations-for-deploying-a-cloud-integration-platform.html http://www.gxsblogs.com/morleym/2011/12/considerations-for-deploying-a-cloud-integration-platform.html#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:18:29 +0000 Mark Morley http://www.gxsblogs.com/?p=6283 Over the past twelve months I have posted a number of blog entries relating to cloud based B2B integration and I will summarise these posts in a followup blog.  In the meantime I thought it might be useful to try and highlight some of the more general things that need to be taken into consideration [...]

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]]> http://www.gxsblogs.com/morleym/2011/12/considerations-for-deploying-a-cloud-integration-platform.html/feed 0 Top 5 Tips for Successfully Deploying ERP/B2B Integration Projects http://www.gxsblogs.com/morleym/2011/12/top-5-tips-for-successfully-deploying-erpb2b-integration-projects.html http://www.gxsblogs.com/morleym/2011/12/top-5-tips-for-successfully-deploying-erpb2b-integration-projects.html#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:41:55 +0000 Mark Morley http://www.gxsblogs.com/?p=6004 Today’s ERP environments are at the centre of many enterprise IT infrastructures, from managing employee or customer related information through to delivering information required to run complex production systems. Many people often regard an ERP system as being internally focused, however without reliable connections to outside trading partners, for example banks, suppliers or logistics partners, [...]

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]]> http://www.gxsblogs.com/morleym/2011/12/top-5-tips-for-successfully-deploying-erpb2b-integration-projects.html/feed 0 The Emergence of ‘Toyota 2.0′ in 2012 http://www.gxsblogs.com/morleym/2011/12/the-emergence-of-toyota-2-0-in-2012.html http://www.gxsblogs.com/morleym/2011/12/the-emergence-of-toyota-2-0-in-2012.html#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:50:18 +0000 Mark Morley http://www.gxsblogs.com/?p=6205 Toyota has suffered one of its toughest years in its history, the Japanese earthquake back in March severely affected Toyota’s global production capacity for many months and is only now starting to get back to some form of normality. Toyota was obviously not the only company to be impacted by the earthquake and they, like [...]

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]]> http://www.gxsblogs.com/morleym/2011/12/the-emergence-of-toyota-2-0-in-2012.html/feed 0 Cyber Monday – How EDI increasingly powers Online Shopping http://www.gxsblogs.com/keifers/2011/11/cyber-monday-how-edi-increasingly-powers-online-shopping.html http://www.gxsblogs.com/keifers/2011/11/cyber-monday-how-edi-increasingly-powers-online-shopping.html#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2011 22:53:16 +0000 Steve Keifer http://www.gxsblogs.com/?p=6198 Cyber Monday is here!  Although Monday is the official kickoff of the online holiday shopping season it certainly did not stop many consumers from getting a head start on web purchases this past weekend.  Last year Forrester Research found that almost 49% of all consumers said that they shopped less in stores on Thanksgiving weekend, [...]

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]]> http://www.gxsblogs.com/keifers/2011/11/cyber-monday-how-edi-increasingly-powers-online-shopping.html/feed 0 Upgrading Your Treasury Management System? Five Questions to Consider about Bank Connectivity http://www.gxsblogs.com/pattyhines/2011/11/upgrading-your-treasury-management-system-five-questions-to-consider-about-bank-connectivity.html http://www.gxsblogs.com/pattyhines/2011/11/upgrading-your-treasury-management-system-five-questions-to-consider-about-bank-connectivity.html#comments Sat, 26 Nov 2011 22:54:32 +0000 Patty Hines http://www.gxsblogs.com/?p=6182 Are you in the process of upgrading your Treasury Management System (TMS)? So are many other Global 1000 organizations. At GXS, we work with dozens of multi-national corporations each year embarking on treasury transformation projects. Some are seeking better information about offshore cash balances.  Others are focused on hedging currency and interest rates. But one [...]

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]]> http://www.gxsblogs.com/pattyhines/2011/11/upgrading-your-treasury-management-system-five-questions-to-consider-about-bank-connectivity.html/feed 0 Is it time for Apple to enter the Automotive Industry? http://www.gxsblogs.com/morleym/2011/11/is-it-time-for-apple-to-enter-the-automotive-industry.html http://www.gxsblogs.com/morleym/2011/11/is-it-time-for-apple-to-enter-the-automotive-industry.html#comments Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:09:12 +0000 Mark Morley http://www.gxsblogs.com/?p=6119 Earlier this year I posted a blog entry discussing why I thought Apple and Tesla Motors should try and form a partnership to exploit the growing interest in electric vehicles.  The blog was recently picked up by a student at the University of Florida who asked me to provide some more thoughts on this idea. [...]

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]]> http://www.gxsblogs.com/morleym/2011/11/is-it-time-for-apple-to-enter-the-automotive-industry.html/feed 1 Black Friday – Who Will Die This Year? http://www.gxsblogs.com/keifers/2011/11/black-friday-who-will-die-this-year.html http://www.gxsblogs.com/keifers/2011/11/black-friday-who-will-die-this-year.html#comments Thu, 24 Nov 2011 14:57:09 +0000 Steve Keifer http://www.gxsblogs.com/?p=6163 Tomorrow is the biggest shopping day of the year in the US – Black Friday.  However, a more appropriate description of the day might be “Dark Friday” or “Red Friday” given the wave of violence that has emerged in recent years.  In fact, the first references to “Black Friday” were not very positive.  In 1966 [...]

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]]> http://www.gxsblogs.com/keifers/2011/11/black-friday-who-will-die-this-year.html/feed 1 How do you go about expanding your B2B platform into a new market? – Part2 http://www.gxsblogs.com/morleym/2011/11/how-do-you-go-about-expanding-your-b2b-platform-into-a-new-market-%e2%80%93-part2.html http://www.gxsblogs.com/morleym/2011/11/how-do-you-go-about-expanding-your-b2b-platform-into-a-new-market-%e2%80%93-part2.html#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:00:15 +0000 Mark Morley http://www.gxsblogs.com/?p=6055 In my previous blog entry I discussed some of the more general considerations for extending a B2B platform into a new or emerging market. In this blog I would like to continue by discussing some of the more technical considerations that have to be taken into account. From understanding the technical capabilities of your trading [...]

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]]> http://www.gxsblogs.com/morleym/2011/11/how-do-you-go-about-expanding-your-b2b-platform-into-a-new-market-%e2%80%93-part2.html/feed 1 Bobby Patrick – A True B2B Hero http://www.gxsblogs.com/keifers/2011/11/bobby-patrick-a-true-b2b-hero.html http://www.gxsblogs.com/keifers/2011/11/bobby-patrick-a-true-b2b-hero.html#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 03:13:32 +0000 Steve Keifer http://www.gxsblogs.com/?p=6010 Yes, unfortunately, the rumors you may have heard are true.  Bobby Patrick, GXS’ Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer has decided to leave the company.  Bobby will be pursuing an executive role at a Big Data startup called Basho Technologies.  Bobby’s departure is a loss not only for GXS, but for the integration industry.  [...]

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]]> http://www.gxsblogs.com/keifers/2011/11/bobby-patrick-a-true-b2b-hero.html/feed 17 How do you go about expanding your B2B platform into a new market? – Part1 http://www.gxsblogs.com/morleym/2011/11/how-do-you-go-about-expanding-your-b2b-platform-into-a-new-market-%e2%80%93-part1.html http://www.gxsblogs.com/morleym/2011/11/how-do-you-go-about-expanding-your-b2b-platform-into-a-new-market-%e2%80%93-part1.html#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:08:35 +0000 Mark Morley http://www.gxsblogs.com/?p=5922 Many companies have globalised their operations and one of the key challenges  to successfully entering a new market such as China or India is being able to expand or scale your B2B platform so that remote trading partners can exchange business documents electronically with you. But where do you start in terms of trying to [...]

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]]> http://www.gxsblogs.com/morleym/2011/11/how-do-you-go-about-expanding-your-b2b-platform-into-a-new-market-%e2%80%93-part1.html/feed 2 2011 AFP Annual Conference: Optimizing Financial Data Integration for Treasury Transformation http://www.gxsblogs.com/pattyhines/2011/11/2011-afp-annual-conference-optimizing-financial-data-integration-for-treasury-transformation.html http://www.gxsblogs.com/pattyhines/2011/11/2011-afp-annual-conference-optimizing-financial-data-integration-for-treasury-transformation.html#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:26:07 +0000 Patty Hines http://www.gxsblogs.com/?p=5956 As in years’ past, GXS exhibited at the 2011 AFP (Association for Financial Professionals) Annual Conference, held in Boston, Massachusetts.  A central theme of the Global Treasury and Treasury Operations educational session tracks was treasury transformation, driven by shared service centers, aging technology, increasing demands on Treasury “to do more with less”, and the availability [...]

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