GE Information Services Enables Secure B2B Commerce through RosettaNet Partnership

Strategic Insights -

GE Information Services, a global leader in electronic commerce, has successfully enabled Arrow Electronics to send and receive purchase orders with Intel Corporation securely over the internet using the XML specification defined by RosettaNet. This achievement marks a significant milestone in the deployment of GE's Application Integrator as a standard means of exchanging business documents with trading partners using XML.

As part of the RosettaNet EConcert project, GE Information Services provided Arrow Electronics with a pilot version of GE's data transformation software, Application Integrator, enhanced to support both XML and the RosettaNet Partner Interface Process (PIP) specifications. The solution has not only enabled secure interoperability between Arrow and Intel but also integrated purchase order information into their back-end ERP and legacy systems.

Key Takeaways:

  • GE Information Services has enabled Arrow Electronics to send and receive purchase orders with Intel Corporation securely over the internet using the XML specification defined by RosettaNet.
  • The solution has achieved interoperability with another trading partner's RosettaNet implementation, marking a significant milestone in the deployment of GE's Application Integrator.
  • Arrow Electronics has integrated purchase order information into their back-end ERP and legacy systems, streamlining their extended supply chain.
  • GE Information Services' data transformation software, Application Integrator, has been enhanced to support both XML and the RosettaNet PIP specifications.
  • The RosettaNet PIP is an XML-based specification designed to align business processes between trading partners, providing a mechanism for creating, cancelling, and exchanging a purchase order.
  • GE Information Services has made significant progress in utilizing the RosettaNet specification to establish XML as a standard technology for B2B electronic commerce.
  • The company is committed to making Application Integrator's support for XML and the RosettaNet specification a commercial offering to benefit other businesses.
  • Application Integrator is a powerful one-pass data transformation and management system capable of electronically exchanging business documents with trading partners using standard or proprietary formats.
  • RosettaNet is an independent, self-funded, non-profit consortium dedicated to the development and deployment of standard electronic commerce interfaces to align IT supply chain partners globally.

Statistics:

  • GE Information Services manages the world's largest electronic community of over 100,000 trading partners.
  • Arrow Electronics had sales of $8.3 billion in 1998 and serves as a supply channel partner for more than 600 suppliers and 175,000 original equipment manufacturers and commercial customers.

Sources:

  • GE Information Services announced that it has enabled Arrow Electronics to send and receive purchase orders with Intel Corporation securely over the Internet using the XML specification defined by RosettaNet on September 2, 1999. (Source: Business Wire)
  • RosettaNet is an independent, self-funded, non-profit consortium dedicated to the development and deployment of standard electronic commerce interfaces to align IT supply chain partners globally. (Source: RosettaNet website)
  • Arrow Electronics, Inc. is the world's largest distributor of electronic components and computer products, with 1998 sales of $8.3 billion. (Source: Arrow Electronics website)
  • GE Information Services is part of the General Electric Company, USA, and is headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland. (Source: GE Information Services website)