Boeing Selects GE Information Services' Enterprise System for Electronic Commerce Infrastructure

Boeing Commercial Airplane Group has chosen GE Information Services' Enterprise System as its electronic commerce infrastructure solution. This powerful message manager and corporate gateway will enable Boeing to exchange and track airplane design and parts information with its suppliers, design partners, and customers. GE Enterprise System will provide Boeing with the ability to transmit technical data interchange (TDI), including computer-aided design (CAD) drawings, as well as traditional electronic data interchange (EDI) documents. This solution will enable Boeing to link its legacy systems with those of its trading partners and features an audit log that automatically records all transactions.

Key Takeaways:

• Boeing Commercial Airplane Group has purchased GE Information Services' Enterprise System, a powerful message manager and corporate gateway solution.
• The Enterprise System will enable Boeing to exchange and track airplane design and parts information with its suppliers, design partners, and customers.
• GE Enterprise System provides Boeing with the ability to transmit technical data interchange (TDI), including computer-aided design (CAD) drawings, as well as traditional electronic data interchange (EDI) documents.
• The Enterprise System features an audit log that automatically records all transactions.
• The solution enables Boeing to link its legacy systems with those of its trading partners, increasing efficiency and reducing inventory levels.
• The Enterprise System is a software solution that provides an electronic link between a company's internal business applications and those of their trading partners.
• The EDI Application Integrator, a software solution embedded in Enterprise, translates multiple EDI standards, proprietary formats, print files, and spreadsheets among multiple trading partners.
• Boeing will benefit from reduced inventory levels, shortened payment cycles, and improved relationships with its suppliers.

Statistics:

• Boeing has over 145 countries as customers.
• The company has more than 60 countries as locations for its employees.
• Boeing has operations in 27 states.
• GE IS manages the world's largest electronic community of nearly 100,000 trading partners.
• GE IS is one of the eleven key businesses of the General Electric Company, USA.
• The company is headquartered in Rockville, MD, USA.

Sources:

• GE INFORMATION SERVICES: Boeing Commercial Airplane Group selects GE Information Services' Enterprise System to provide electronic commerce infrastructure support (M2 PRESSWIRE-30 September 1998)
• M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:290998