Download - Data Standards: What Are They and Why Should I Be Involved? - Mary Shaw, IDEA

Setting the Standard

Embracing the Standard

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IDEA e-Commerce and Data Standards What are they and why should I be involved?

Presenter: Mary Shaw - IDEA

E-Biz Forum 2013

Orlando, Florida

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Standards Up Close and Personal

Presenter: Mary Shaw - IDEA

E-Biz Forum 2013

Orlando, Florida

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E-Commerce Change

“e-Commerce has altered the practice, timing, and

technology of B2B and B2C commerce.”

“Steady growth in B2B e-commerce has changed the

cost and profit picture for companies worldwide.”

“Survey Analysis: e-Commerce customers look to

Cloud, Mobile and Transformational Change.”

*Gartner E-Commerce Survey Analysis Report- July 2013 *Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals - Supply Chain Quarterly 2011


U.S. Retail e-Commerce Sales 2013 – Q1&2

* U.S. Census Bureau


E-Commerce Data

Successful e-Commerce Depends on Data Standards

• Robust quality data enables:

o Online Sales for B2B and B2C

o Transactions over the Web

o Web storefronts and shopping cart management

o Personalization

o Product visualization and recognition

o Continued development of trading partner relationships

*Gartner E-Commerce Survey Analysis Report- July 2013


Reduced cycle time (order to cash)

Better Inventory management

Increased productivity

Lower cost of doing business

Improved accuracy, fewer errors

Minimized paper use (Green)

e-Commerce and Data Standards Benefits

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IDEA Industry Standards Committee

Standards and Guidelines

for Data Format, Structure

and Appearance

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Standards for Data

Communication

and Exchange

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Standards and Guidelines

for Retail Data Format

and Structure


Electrical Industry Focused Standards

Built by the Industry

For the Industry

Shared Across the Industry



Who Are We?

• We are You

o We represent you, we are the voice of the industry

• We are the Standards Bearers (EW August 2013)

o A diverse group of passionate industry volunteers dedicated to helping the

industry as a whole

o We don’t believe “its someone else’s problem to solve”

• We are a Family, an Industry Family

o We want you to be part of the family too



Why do we do it?

• Improve communication

o Openly discuss issues with trading partners and competitors alike

• Learn

o See business circumstances and needs from “the other side”

• Improve business practices

o Cut costs

o Cut errors

o Increase sales

• Grow our circle of friends

o ‘Giving more of the electrical industry a stake in making product data easier

to handle for all involved’

Not Following Standards

http://youtu.be/5hkNmus8eH0



Conforming to Standards

http://youtu.be/m4YasAzGmfE




Get Involved

How?

• Register to participate on IDEA website:

o http://www.idea-esolutions.com/setting-industry-standards/

• Contact:

o Mary Shaw, IDEA Director eBusiness Standards

[email protected]

703-562-4610

http://www.idea-esolutions.com/setting-industry-standards/








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