Technologies
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. Most of the purchases consist…
• 4 minute read
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 are based on files. In…
• 6 minute read
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 suppliers. Advanced shipment notices provide…
• 3 minute read
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 – one of the decisions you…
• 5 minute read
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 has helped retailers open up…
• 3 minute read
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 spend management and procure-to-pay applications,…
• 5 minute read
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 that at least 80-85% of…
• 5 minute read
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 is only just beginning to…
• 6 minute read
Enable Interactivity in Your BIRT Viewer
BIRT Interactive Viewer(IV) is an end user tool that enables you to analyze and modify BIRT reports on the web using just your browser. It…
• 2 minute read
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 to delivering information required to…
• 6 minute read
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 of business partners? What are…
• 4 minute read
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 document to implement, but largely…
• 8 minute read
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