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Supply Chain Management Transformation: Technology Shifts the Focus from Process Efficiency to Adding Strategic Value
Cost shedding and process optimization are the typical drivers of supply chain technology purchases. No surprise there. However, according to…
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Marketplaces and The New Sell Side of Retail
Not every retailer is enjoying high levels of success with online sales. In fact, many are abandoning their storefronts altogether…
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How EDI ASNs Enable Warehouse Cross-Docking
The ASN is a useful document if you are looking to support cost-saving business processes like Cross-Docking. Cross-Docking is a…
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The Advance Ship Notice (ASN) — 20/20 Vision
While hindsight may be 20/20, when applied to an enterprise supply chain, it’s not as impactful as foresight. In order…
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NACHA Global Payments Forum 2013 – a GXS Waltz in Vienna
In a recent announcement GXS highlighted the reasons behind our new membership to the National Automated Clearing House Association’s Global…
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AS2 or Traditional EDI – Which is Better?
Companies of all sizes have found significant cost savings by automating high-volume or time-consuming processes—B2B commerce is no exception. Automating…
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Marketing automation tools and WEM
While reminiscing about a recent trip to London, England I was reminded of my travels on the Underground. With every…
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Why You Should Consider AS2
Electronic exchange of B2B commerce documents will help to eliminate errors, minimize processing time, and provide better visibility into your…
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Eight Ways to Mitigate Operational Risk in the Cloud for Financial Services
GXS recently sponsored a webinar titled “Compliance in the Cloud: Raising the Bar in Financial Services.” CEB TowerGroup Senior Research…
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How B2B Integration Automates the Procure-to-Pay Cycle for Manufacturing Companies
Large companies in the aerospace, automotive, high tech and industrial manufacturing sector purchase trillions of dollars of goods every year. …
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Banking & Web Services: The File is Dead, Long Live the API
Today most, if not all, financial transactions flowing between Banks, Financial Institutions, Corporates, Government agencies, Insurance companies and Securities counterparties…
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Benefits of using ASNs (Advanced Shipment Notices)
I continue to be surprised by at how many companies are still not requiring Advanced Shipment Notices (ASNs) from their…
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What Are The 4 Best B2B Models For Your Business?
When your company exchanges business documents electronically with your trading partners – your customers, suppliers, logistics providers and/or banks –…
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To Drop Ship or Not to Drop Ship? That is the Question (to ask Your Suppliers)
For retailers, meeting customer demand no longer relies on how much free space is in your back room. Online shopping…
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After Abandoning Commerce One, SAP Ends Up Acquiring Ariba
Yesterday, SAP announced its intention to acquire B2B e-commerce vendor, Ariba for $4.3 billion. In addition to its suite of…
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Why Pay Suppliers on Time?
It is not news that buying on credit (open-account) dominates global trade. The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) generally acknowledged…
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EDI Invoices are e-Invoices. Right..?
It probably goes without saying that electronic invoicing has been around for some time now, but for different reasons it…
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Top 5 Tips for Successfully Deploying ERP/B2B Integration Projects
Today’s ERP environments are at the centre of many enterprise IT infrastructures, from managing employee or customer related information through…
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5 Considerations When Choosing between AS2 and FTP
AS2 and FTP are the most popular Internet Protocols used for B2B communications, but which is better for your community…
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Do you want to win with the Advance Ship Notice (ASN)? Then follow these ten best practices!
The Advance Ship Notice (ASN) continues to get a bad rap within the B2B community. I agree that is a difficult…
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