C h a p t e r   5:
Business-to-Business Strategies: From Electronic Data Interchange to Electronic Commerce

Chapter Case

• General Electric
• GE Lighting

Purchasing, Logistics, and Support Activities

Purchasing Activities

• W.W. Grainger
• Milacron
• Office Depot
• Staples
• Digi-Key
• Newark Electronics
• Global Computer Supplies

Support Activities

• Schneider Logistics
• Ryder System
• J.B. Hunt
• FedEx
• Online Benefits
• TheTrip.com
• CyLex Systems
• PayMaxx
  
  
• Atrieva
• HotOffice
• DigitalWork

E-Government

• Pay.gov
• TreasuryDirect
  
  
• Savings Bonds Direct
• SLGSafe
• My.ca.gov

Network Model of Economic Organization

• Network Economics

Electronic Data Interchange

Emergence of Broader Standards

• American National Standards Inst.
• Accredited Standards Committee X12
• Data Interchange Standards Assoc.
• EDI for Administration, Commerce, and Transport

Value-Added Networks

• Computer Associates
• General Electric Information Systems
• GPAS
• IBM Global Services
• Kleinschmidt
• Peregrine Systems
  
  

EDI on the Internet

• Commerce One
• B2B Commerce
  (formerly DynamicWeb Enterprises)
• ADX - Advance Data Exchange
  (formerly known as EC Company)
• IPNet
• VanTree Systems, Inc.
• AT&T IP Services
• Bottomline Technologies
• NetTransact
  (Bottomline is hosting NetTransact. No separate site.)

Supply Chain Management

Value Creation in the Supply Chain

• National Assoc. for Purchasing Mgt.
• Supply Chain Council

Using Internet Technologies in the Supply Chain

• Boeing Corporation or Boeing Corporation (main)
• Boeing PART
• Dell Computer Corporation
• PPG Industries
• BOC Gases

Electronic Marketplaces and Portals

Industry Marketplaces

• Ventro
• SciQuest
• VerticalNet
• CheMatch.com
• E-Steel

• Covisint
• Avendra

Exercises

Exercise 1

• Thomas Register of American Manufacturers

Exercise 2

• GE Global eXchange Services
• GPAS
• IBM Interchange Services
• Kleinschmidt
• Peregrine Systems

Exercise 3

• Open Buying on the Internet Consortium
• RosettaNet

Additional Resources

• American Vacuum Society's Buyer's Guide
• Archives of the EDI-L mailing list
• BioSupplyNet
• Broadband Guide
• Buyer's Guide for Chemicals
  
  
• Chemdex
• Clark, R. “Introduction to EDI”
• CIO Magazine Electronic Commerce Resource Center's EDI PPage
• EDI on the Internet
  
  
• Edifecs Commerce
• ElectricNet
• EXTOL EDI Resources on the Net
• Feed Industry Search Engine
• Get2Connect Inovis' e-Business center
  (formerly Harbinger Business-to-Business E-Commerce Resource Center)
  
  
• HRWorld
• IBM e-Business Services
• MariNet
• Medical Design Online
• MetalSales
  
  
• Ramon, D. “EDI as the Backbone of Electronic Commerce”
• Taiwan Packaging Buyer's Guide
• TIA Interactive Buyer's Guide
• Uniform Code Council
• U.S. AID Office of Procurement
• U.S. Federal Electronic Commerce Program Office