Is your company on this list? If so you are probably already feeling the effects of the disconnect GXS has caused between you and your trading partners. Were you prepared for this and had your contingency plans in place, or did you suddenly find your orders and other transactions missing in action - effectively shut out from communication. Read more...

In this earlier story we described a unique option available through ec-bp.com that allows trading partners to collaborate in creating and testing their EDI documents. The service is available at no charge through the EDI Specs link at the top of the page. We present this as a service that was spawned by one of the founding tenets of ec-bp - that EDI testing services should be available on demand, and at no charge. So here it is. Read more...

How many distinct systems make up the supply chain? OK, that’s probably an unfair question, so let’s just talk about the number of systems or software applications that make up the supply chain within a single company. The answer is likely to be more than 1 and could easily be as many as 20. If that’s the case how is it possible to actually achieve what we’ve been calling Visibility? Read more...