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You opened the doors to your store ten years ago, or maybe twenty. You've taken good care of your customers, and have built your business through the years to where it reliably grosses five million annually, or perhaps thirty million. You've dipped your toe in the Internet pool, contracted for a good-looking e-commerce site, and like the way that's already taking off for you. How do you make your e-tailing a success that expands your business to "the next level", not a distraction that harms your reputation and wastes your best managers' time?

OK, you’ve survived the latest challenge from your major customer, complying with their mandate to receive electronic purchase orders and send electronic invoices and ship notices. It wasn’t easy, but you made the smart move, at least in your mind, by utilizing their recommended 3rd party’s webform solution. It costs a little money each time you use it, and you need to re-enter a bunch of stuff you’ve already keyed into your ERP, but at least you’re in compliance. Is ‘good enough for them’ good enough for you?

You, my avid readers, may have been wondering what happened to my articles. My apologizes for Missing In Action over the last several months. I took some R & R during the summer but am now ready to share my observations and commentary again.

Scott Koegler, editor of ec-bp.com talks with Dennis Orthman of SMI at GS1 Connect 2012 about efforts within the healthcare industry to implement data standardization.