I've been writing articles for ec-bp for several years now and most if not all of the articles have been around the value to the buying organizations. Certainly over the years these Buying organizations have been the driver of the electronic trading initiatives; much of that involves achieving an ROI. However the other partners can or are already gaining value or ROI on their side as well.

It's been nearly a years since I wrote on the topic of XML as a form of EDI. Over the that time I've received quite a bit of feedback on that article, some of which was around what appeared to my biases on EDI standards. So I thought I'd address XML again.

As EDI continues to evolve, so does the thought of managing order changes electronically. In January I reported on managing PO changes through the E-Commerce Direct Ship/Drop Ship types of orders and for the last couple years I've commented on the status of communicating changes to a open order in general, so I thought it might be time for an update.