EDI, XML and e-business frameworks: A survey

Abstract

Data formats and e-business frameworks are important standards for e-business. The ASC X12, EDIFACT and XML formats are utilized in e-business frameworks which are supported in information systems. The EDI formats have retained a position in cross-industry-document e-business frameworks, whereas the XML format dominates in cross-industry-process e-business frameworks and has gained a footing in industryspecific e-business frameworks. The use of XML-based e-business frameworks has increased more than the use of EDI-based e-business frameworks in 2004. XML-based e-business frameworks are more widely used in the new market economies and EDIbased e-business frameworks in the old market economies. XML-based e-business frameworks are more common in the industries for which there exists an XML-based but no EDI-based industry-specific e-business framework. In other industries, EDIbased e-business frameworks are more common. This paper also discusses a lock-in to the EDI formats and EDI-based e-business frameworks.

Rethinking XML-enabled agile supply chains

“…Supply chains for only functional and commodity products will enjoy long term and stable relationships with lean principles, having little incentive for taking the high risks of making huge investment in new technologies, and potentially harming existing relationships with their partners by introducing unnecessary flexibility. For this reason, it is observed that many companies that have been using EDI for a long time are not very willing to switch to XML, especially those with lean supply chains, having no immediate additional benefits (Nurmilaakso, 2008(Nurmilaakso, , 2009. In contrast, for sectors operating in volatile markets, e.g.…”

“…In spite of many advantages, the adoption of the major XMLbased integration initiatives so far has been quite limited to large companies and their partners in specific industry sectors, public sector organizations, or deployment of simple services that are far from being business process-level integration (Table 2) (Naujok & Huemer, 2008;Nurmilaakso, 2008Nurmilaakso, , 2009Rawlins, 2006;Yan & Klein, 2007). Although it might be too early to judge their success Table 3 Factors affecting the success of Internet-based B2B integration (Chatterjee et al, 2006;Dai & Kauffman, 2002 or failure for supply chain integration at this stage, this adoption pattern is very different from what has been expected of them.…”

Information Technology Support for Configuration Problem Solving

“…Standardization and usage of the open web based technologies are primary enablers of rapid integration in the face of supply chain configuration. For example, web services and XML based standards such as ebXML 4 and RosettaNet 5 are widely used (Nurmilaakso 2008;Ahn et al 2012). Timely data exchange is enabled by tracking technologies shown in Fig.…”

Model Innovation of Process Based on the Standard e-commerce International GS1

“…This is why the implementation of electronic commerce as a factor for innovation in management processes in these companies is postulated as one of the alternatives that can bring major benefits to this productive sector. [6] It is important to characterize the categories of electronic commerce ( Fig. 1.…”