irista Participates in Ford Motor Company's E2K Event, Showcasing Supply Chain Execution Solutions

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At Ford Motor Company's E2K Process Leadership Exposition, held in Detroit, irista demonstrated its capabilities in supply chain execution and event management, leveraging open standards and XML technologies to improve supply chain efficiency and competitiveness. The event showcased irista's iristaFulfill product, which enables clients to efficiently receive and transmit product information through the use of Business Object Documents (BOD) standards provided by the Open Applications Group (OAGI). irista's participation in the event, as a member of the OAGI Board of Directors, underscores its commitment to promoting vendor-neutral standards for B2B commerce.

Key Takeaways:

  • irista demonstrated its iristaFulfill product at Ford Motor Company's E2K Process Leadership Exposition, showcasing its capabilities in supply chain execution and event management.
  • The demonstration featured irista's Warehouse Management System (WMS) acting as a Third Party Logistics (3PL) provider to receive and transmit purchase order information via the internet through the use of XML and BOD technology.
  • irista's participation in the OAGI Vendor Challenge showcased a multi-vendor, multi-platform automotive maintenance repair operations (MRO) supply chain scenario, leveraging XML standards to implement complex and dynamic supply chains.
  • irista is the only complete supply chain execution solution provider to participate in the OAGI and Ford's E2K event.
  • The OAGI is a non-profit consortium focusing on dramatically easier business software interoperability for eBusiness and application interoperability, with 36 member companies, including Agile Software, AT&T Wireless, and Compaq.
  • irista's objective is to leverage its leadership position in the Supply Chain Execution (SCE) market to establish more effective and efficient standards for integrating the supply chain across an organization's entire enterprise.

Statistics:

  • 36 member companies of the Open Applications Group (OAGI).
  • 8 leading business-to-business (B2B) technology companies participating in the OAGI Vendor Challenge.
  • 1 complete supply chain execution solution provider participating in the OAGI and Ford's E2K event (irista).
  • 1 iristaFulfill product demonstration at Ford Motor Company's E2K Process Leadership Exposition.

Sources:

  • irista is a leading provider of supply chain execution and event management software.
  • Open Applications Group (OAGI) is a non-profit consortium focusing on dramatically easier business software interoperability for eBusiness and application interoperability.
  • Ford Motor Company's E2K Process Leadership Exposition is a showcase for the latest advances in technology, integration, and collaboration products.