Post on 23-Jan-2018
Think Cloud for Strategic B2B Integration
Source: Vanson Bourne, Synchronize the Value Chain, 2012
87% of IT decision-makers say business community is critical to success.
Yet 76% of value chain managers believe they collaborate effectively with their business community.
Source: Vanson Bourne, Synchronize the Value Chain, 2012
And only 30% of B2B organizations have full integration with their trading partners.
Source: Vanson Bourne, Synchronize the Value Chain, 2012
If B2B integration is critical, why are organizations still
disconnected?
Source: Vanson Bourne, B2B Integration and MFT Global Study for IBM, 2013
A recent survey shows that a typical organization has...
574 suppliers, partners and customers
5 disparate B2B/EDI systems
10 different data formats
11 specific protocols across partners
Diversity creates COMPLEXITY
Compounding this multiplicity are:
Regulatory requirementsVarying degrees of technical expertiseMultiple data standards and more...
Meanwhile... cost reduction is the top business pressure for more than 80% of value chain decision-makers.
need to reduce rising costs.
Source: Vanson Bourne, B2B Integration and MFT Global Study for IBM, 2013
82%
future is in the cloud.