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CIDX Overview

CIDX Overview. UN/CEFACT Forum 2006-03-14  Vancouver Canada Jim Wilson  CIDX Chief Architect. Brief Note from Our Hosts/Sponsors. A team of technical experts from all over the globe has been assembled here in Vancouver to address our Internet connectivity issue.

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CIDX Overview

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  1. CIDX Overview UN/CEFACT Forum 2006-03-14  Vancouver Canada Jim Wilson  CIDX Chief Architect

  2. Brief Note from Our Hosts/Sponsors • A team of technical experts from all over the globe has been assembled here in Vancouver to address our Internet connectivity issue. • The problem is getting bytes in and out of the hotel, NOT with the technical services provided by our hosts/sponsors.

  3. Agenda • Mission & Organization • Standards Development • Perspectives on the Standards Landscape • Perspectives on UN/CEFACT

  4. CIDX Mission CIDX is a global non-profit trade association whose mission is to improve the ease, speed and cost of securely conducting business electronically between chemical companies and with their trading partners.

  5. CIDX Membership • Membership is open to all companies that operate in the chemical sector • Three membership classes: • Principal – primary business is chemicals • Associate – support the chemical industry • Affiliate – not-for-profit industry associations

  6. Air Products and Chemicals ARKEMA Ashland BASF Bayer Borealis BP Chemicals Cabot corporation Celanese AG/Ticona ChemCentral Chevron Phillips Chemical Clariant International Ltd. Dow Corning E. I. DuPont de Nemours Eastman Chemical Company Elemica ExxonMobil Chemical FMC Corporation Kerr-McGee Chemical, LLC Lubrizol Corporation Lyondell Chemical Company Nova Chemicals Occidental Chemical Olin Chlor Alkali Products PPG Industries Rhodia Rohm & Haas Company Shell Chemical LP Solutia Stephan Company The Dow Chemical Company Univar Principal Members

  7. Aspen Technology Cisco CSC Diamond Technologies Global Logistic Technologies Hoyer GmBH IBM Infosys Technologies Inovis Intelligroup Oracle OSIsoft, Inc. Rex SAP SeeBeyond Technology Corp. Trade-Ranger WebMethods WERCS, Ltd. Associate Members

  8. Affilate Members • Japan Petrochemical Association (JPCA) • Petroleum Industry Data Exchange (PIDX) • RAPID (North American Crop-Input eBusiness Standards Organization)

  9. Board of Directors Ashland, Inc. Thomas Fannon Director, Distr. Strategy CIDX Board Chairman Cabot Corporation Randall Carter CIO Elemica Scott DuFour Sr. VP Integration Solutions The Dow Chemical Company Paula Tolliver Rohm & Haas Tony D’Alessandro Director, Global Systems & Information Services BASF AG Herbert Fisch Director, eCommerce Global Bayer Polymers Material Science Helmut Hegger VP, Process Enablement & Improvement Dow Corning Abbe Mulders CIO CIDX Board Vice Chairman Univar USA Mark Spranger Director, Application Development DuPont Company Ralph Paulus CIO DuPont Engineering

  10. Management Team • JoAnne Norton, Executive Director (on-loan executive from DuPont) • Ken Hutcheson, Standards Director • Jim Wilson, Chief Architect • Sarah Mayer, Operations Director

  11. Services • Marketing & Communications: The Champion Agency • Meeting Planning & Finance: SmithBucklin & Associates • Legal Council: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP • Website & Related Info. Services: KCX Inc.

  12. Agenda • Mission & Organization • Standards Development • Perspectives on the Standards Landscape • Perspectives on UN/CEFACT

  13. Guiding Principles • Global XML-based information-exchange standards • Open and platform independent • Unrestricted access (no licensing fees) • Leverages work from other industries

  14. Strategic Intent • Ensuring the Chem eStandards are the standardsfor enabling eBusiness in the chemical industry. • Leading convergence of the Chem eStandards with the eBusiness standards of key trading industries. • Serving as the voice of the industry representing the chemical industry in development of cross-industry standards • Serving as the center of excellence for continued development, support, and education to meet the chemical industry’s evolving eBusiness needs.

  15. Long-Term Objectives • CIDX will develop and maintain message standards and business process guidelines for common business processes • CIDX will investigate and implement new eBusiness technology as needed by the Chemical Sector • CIDX will facilitate adoption and implementation of Chem eStandards globally.

  16. Recent Accomplishments • RFID framing project (with white paper) • Technology Plan • Logistics business process guidelines development (phase 1) • Order-to-cash business process guidelines development (phase 2)

  17. 30-Second Demos • Business Process Standards • XML Schemas • XSD • HTML • Excel

  18. 2006 Activities • RFID project • Core component framing project • Web services framing project • Logistics business process guidelines project (phase 2) • Order-to-cash business process guidelines project (phase 3) • Supply chain collaboration business process guidelines project (phase 2)

  19. Agenda • Mission & Organization • Standards Development • Perspectives on the Standards Landscape • Perspectives on UN/CEFACT

  20. What CIDX Members Want • To enable eConnectivity with trading partners outside the chemical industry (consistent with mission) • To collaborate with other vertical industry standards organizations, harmonizing methodologies, where possible (e.g., CEFACT NDR) • To contribute to horizontal standards organizations

  21. Vertical Industry Collaboration • AIAG and their industry partners (automotive) • ACORD (insurance) • PIDX (petroleum) • GS1 (consumer packaged goods; GUSI) • JPCA (Japanese chemical industry) • RAPID (North American crop-input) • RosettaNet (electronics)

  22. Horizontal Standards Participation • UN/CEFACT: contributing (more on separate slide) • WS-I: CIDX just joined • OASIS: watching closely for WS-* standards and business process-related standards • OMG: supportive of TMG’s collaboration through the MRI initiative, but not participating • X12: monitoring • W3C: monitoring • OAGi: encouraged by their work with AIAG and commitment to core components

  23. Agenda • Mission & Organization • Standards Development • Perspectives on the Standards Landscape • Perspectives on UN/CEFACT

  24. Perspectives on UN/CEFACT I • Noted improvement over past two years • Very important work taking place • Business process • Core component standardization • XML Schema Naming & Design Rules • Core component harmonization • TBG business experts and vertical industry participation in harmonization is crucial to core component success

  25. Perspectives on UN/CEFACT II • Must resolve IPR issue very soon • The chemical industry needs its key vendors to commit themselves to CEFACT • A working registry is critical for the success of core components

  26. Thank You

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