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International Trade and Business Processes Group

International Trade and Business Processes Group. Report to the UN/CEFACT Plenary http://www.uncefactforum.org/TBG/TBG%20Home/tbg_home.htm Chair: Jean-Luc Champion Vice-Chair: Pat Toufar . TBG’s Mandate.

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International Trade and Business Processes Group

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  1. International Trade and Business Processes Group Report to the UN/CEFACT Plenary http://www.uncefactforum.org/TBG/TBG%20Home/tbg_home.htm Chair: Jean-Luc Champion Vice-Chair: Pat Toufar Geneva

  2. TBG’s Mandate • The purpose of the TBG is to be responsible for the simplification of international trade procedures, business and governmental process analysis, and best practices, using the UN/CEFACT Modeling Methodology, where appropriate, to support the development of trade facilitation & e-Business standards. Geneva

  3. TBG Summary • Typical Forum attendance - 150 experts within 16 Working Groups • Consistent, continuing participation however is less than 50% • Many participants are sponsored by companies, trade associations and national governments but in all cases are expected to contribute as individual subject matter experts • Since the last UN/CEFACT Plenary, International Trade and Business Processes Groups met during the 9th and 10th UN/CEFACT Forums • Also to progress work forward, TBG Work Groups conducted numerous face to face interim meetings and more than 100 internet conferences and conference calls • UN/CEFACT Forums facilitate collaborative meetings with Permanent Groups and Cross domain meetings with TBG Groups Geneva

  4. TBG Working Groups • TBG Working Groups can be categorized into three general areas: • Buy - Ship – Pay • Independent Domain • Cross Domain

  5. Buy – Ship - Pay • Working Groups • Develop the core work contributing to the deliverables of Trade Facilitation • Business Process Models cover Procurement through Payment • Contribute to the Core Components Libraries • From these libraries UN/CEFACT builds syntax neutral e-Business standards • Deliverables developed for UN/CEFACT Registry

  6. Independant Domains • Working Groups • Industry centric work content • Incorporates reusable Buy-Ship-Pay content • Contributes domain specific content to the Core Components Libraries • An example of the independent domain business area is Travel, Tourism and Leisure

  7. Cross Domains • Working Groups • Harmonisation of Business Process Models from Buy-Ship-Pay and Independent Domains • Harmonisation of syntax neutral Core Components from Domain Groups and External Liaisons

  8. TBG Working Groups • UN/EDIFACT Data Maintenance Requests reviewed by respective TBGs prior to approval and publishing in directory libraries • Most TBG Groups working in concert with industry and government organisations develop cross industry business process models and identify data requirements for their respective domains • Work Groups collaborate with each other on Cross Domain projects • Enable Trade Facilitation for Governments, Industries and Companies by providing consistent harmonised e-Business standards

  9. Buy – Ship - Pay • Working Groups within Buy-Ship-Pay • TBG1-Supply Chain • TBG2-UNeDocs and Digital Paper • TBG3-Transportation • TBG4-Customs • TBG5-Finance • TBG8-Insurance • TBG15-International Trade Procedures • TBG18-Agriculture • TBG19-eGovernment

  10. Independent Domains • Working Groups within Independent Domains • TBG6-Architecture, Engineering and Construction • TBG9-Travel, Tourism and Leisure • TBG12-Accounting and Audit • TBG13-Environmental

  11. Cross Domains • Working Groups within Cross Domains • TBG14-Business Process Analysis • TBG17-Core Component Harmonisation

  12. Buy – Ship - Pay • In the following slides are explanations of each groups purpose and programme of work • Working Groups within Buy – Ship - Pay • TBG1-Supply Chain • TBG2-UNeDocs and Digital Paper • TBG3-Transportation • TBG4-Customs • TBG5-Finance • TBG8-Insurance • TBG15-International Trade Facilitation • TBG18-Agriculture • TBG19-eGovernment

  13. TBG1-Supply Chain & eProcurement Purpose • Supply chain and e-Procurement covers the Purchasing, Material Management and Payment areas http://www.uncefactforum.org/TBG/TBG1/tbg1.htm Programme of Work • Cross Industry Invoice XML Schema Released • Material Safety Data Sheet • Cross Industry Remittance Advice • Cross Industry Scheduling Process • Cross Industry Delivery/Despatch and Receipt Advice • Cross Industry Supply and Order Status • Cross Industry Quotation • eCatalogue Product Data • Market Research/Information Process • http://www.uncefactforum.org/TBG/TBG1/tbg1.htm Geneva

  14. Cross Industry Invoice(CII) • Cross Industry Invoice development deliberately broad in design • Intended as an “in all contexts” Schema • Collected and harmonised many industry specific business requirements • Developed the “CII’ including the harmonised requirements of two or more industry specific data requirements • Intended to be used as the basis for a “sector specific context” invoice schema • Automotive Industry contextualization underway • Can be used in current form as validation mechanism for XML instances from any sector • Customization of the schema is at the discretion of the trading partners • Will be refined based on alignment work underway between Supply Chain and UBL • UN/CEFACT looking at defining format for “Implementation Guides” for schema to help in understanding Geneva

  15. TBG2-UNeDocs and Digital Paper Purpose • Develop standards and best practice for the migration from paper to paperless trade in international supply chains Programme of Work • UNeDocs • Contribution to Cross Border Reference Data Model (CBRDM) • Clickable Contracts • http://www.uncefactforum.org/TBG/TBG2/tbg2.htm Geneva

  16. TBG3-Transportation and Logistics Purpose • Develop the eBusiness standards for Logistics planning and Transport. This covers operational movements of goods, administrative and governmental requirements and safety and security of freight movements. • Programme of Work • Collaborate on UNeDocs harmonisation • Complete business requirements for IFTM International Forwarding Multimodal Transport • Priorities for next business requirements: Booking, WayBill, Transport Status, Manifest • http://www.uncefactforum.org/TBG/TBG3/tbg3.htm Geneva

  17. TBG4-Customs Purpose • Collaborate with World Customs Organisation (WCO) covering Business to Government (B2G), Government to Government (G2G) and Business to Business (B2B) requirements in cross border transactions. Programme of Work • Cross Border Reference Data Model (CBRDM) • http://www.uncefactforum.org/TBG/TBG4/tbg4.htm Geneva

  18. TBG5-Finance Purpose • Be responsible within the financial services area for the simplification of international trade procedures, business and governmental process analysis, and optimization of all information exchange standards. Programme of Work • Cross Domain Collaboration on Invoicing, Remittance Advice and Accounting Token • Continue development with SWIFT and ISO Technical Committee 68 • Convergence with the International Standard UNIFI, Business Process Catalogue & Data (ISO 20022) and UN/CEFACT methodologies • http://www.uncefactforum.org/TBG/TBG5/tbg5.htm Geneva

  19. TBG6-Architecture Architecture, Engineering and Construction • http://www.uncefactforum.org/TBG/TBG6/tbg6.htm Geneva

  20. TBG7 - Statistics http://www.uncefactforum.org/TBG/TBG7/tbg7.htm Geneva

  21. TBG8 - Insurance Purpose • Global and cross sector, within the functional area of insurance business which includes the complete cycle of policy production, placement, claims, risk management and accounts between customers of insurance companies, the insurance companies and their agents and insurance brokers. It includes domestic and international environments, insurance and reinsurance, single company policies and co-insurance. Programme of Work • Contribution of Data Dictionary • Development of Insurance specific Core Components • http://www.uncefactforum.org/TBG/TBG8/tbg8.htm Geneva

  22. TBG9 - Travel and Leisurehttp://www.uncefactforum.org/TBG/TBG9/tbg9.htm TBG10 – Healthcarehttp://www.uncefactforum.org/TBG/TBG10/tbg10.htm TBG11 - Social Security, Employment and Safetyhttp://www.uncefactforum.org/TBG/TBG11/tbg11.htm TBG12 - Accounting and Auditinghttp://www.uncefactforum.org/TBG/TBG12/tbg12.htm TBG13 – Environmenthttp://www.uncefactforum.org/TBG/TBG13/tbg13.htm TBG14 - Business Process Grouphttp://www.uncefactforum.org/TBG/TBG14/tbg14.htm Geneva

  23. TBG15-International Trade Procedures Purpose • Analyze, simplify, harmonize and align public and private sector practices, procedures and information flows relating to international trade transactions both in goods and related services. Programme of Work • Development of new UNCEFACT Recommendations Nos. 34 and 35 • Revision of existing UN CEFACT Recommendations Nos. 6, 11 and 12 • Exploring use of UNCEFACT standards for coding Single Transport Contract http://www.uncefactforum.org/TBG/TBG15/tbg15.htm Geneva

  24. TBG16 - Entry Point http://www.uncefactforum.org/TBG/TBG16/tbg16.htm TBG17 - Harmonization http://www.uncefactforum.org/TBG/TBG17/tbg17.htm Geneva

  25. TBG18-Agriculture Purpose • Develop and maintain Business Process Models, the Business Transaction Models, the semantics and the contents in a syntax neutral way that fulfil the requirements of the Agro – Food communities Programme of Work • E-Certification Project • eDAPLOS project • http://www.uncefactforum.org/TBG/TBG18/tbg18.htm Geneva

  26. TBG19-eGovernment Purpose • Develop and maintain business scenarios and business transactions to facilitate the electronic delivery of services to citizens, businesses and government organizations. Programme of Work • Common eGovernment data model development • Investigate interest in Greenhouse Gas emission and Carbon Trading transactions (GHGCT) processes and standards • eArchiving http://www.uncefactforum.org/TBG/TBG19/tbg19.htm Geneva

  27. Independent Domains • Working Groups within Independent Domains • TBG6-Architecture, Engineering and Construction • TBG9-Travel, Tourism and Leisure • TBG12-Accounting and Audit • TBG13-Environmental

  28. TBG6-Architecture, Engineering & Construction Purpose • Responsible to coordinate and propose new developments and maintenance in the area of Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industry (AEC). Programme of Work • eTendering for Construction Release Candidate Schema Released • // ODP step 6: the implementation verification for two different existing systems in Japan was successfully completed and another has been successfully completed by Korea. Further reviews by India, and European Countries (Germany, France and United Kingdom) will be made. • Project Schedule and Cost Performance Management to be released with CCL 07A in June. • Contract Financial Execution Management in progress • http://www.uncefactforum.org/TBG/TBG6/tbg6.htm Geneva

  29. TBG9-Travel, Tourism & Leisure Purpose • To support and promote international business activities related to the exchange of travel industry data. Programme of Work • Small Scaled Lodging House data requirements included in CCL 06B • Develop Core Components for documenting the business data in travel, tourism and leisure business functionality. http://www.uncefactforum.org/TBG/TBG9/tbg9.htm Geneva

  30. TBG12-Accounting & Audit Purpose • The accounting and auditing domains and financial reporting. The exchanges are between the accountants and certified accountants, the auditors, and the enterprises. Internal or external financial reporting towards the economic partners of the enterprises, the private and public collection bodies. Programme of Work • Development of Business Process Models to fulfill accounting requirements for • Accounting Entry • Accounting Ledger • Accounting Trial Balance • Accounting Reporting • Accounting Chart of Accounts http://www.uncefactforum.org/TBG/TBG12/tbg12.htm Geneva

  31. TBG13-Environmental Purpose • To support and promote both international and regional cooperation activities related to environmental data exchange. Programme of Work • To develop a suite of UN/EDIFACT compliant messages that will support a completely electronic process of notification and tracking under national and international law associated with ECS import/export, including all transactions among the competent environmental authorities, shippers (or exporters), consignees (or importers), and competent customs authorities. • Continued work on business requirements for Waste Movement from original UMM models. http://www.uncefactforum.org/TBG/TBG13/tbg13.htm Geneva

  32. Cross Domains • Working Groups within Cross Domains • TBG14-Business Process Analysis http://www.uncefactforum.org/TBG/TBG14/tbg14.htm • TBG17-Core Component Harmonization http://www.uncefactforum.org/TBG/TBG17/tbg17.htm

  33. TBG14-Business Process Analysis Purpose • Responsible for defining the International Supply Chain model to present the various processes and parties involved within the international supply chain in a simplified way. Programme of Work • Work with the buy-ship-pay and domain groups to harmonise business processes models • Build a cross domain catalog of common business processes within the International Supply Chain framework. • http://www.uncefactforum.org/TBG/TBG14/tbg14.htm Geneva

  34. TBG17-Core Component Harmonisation Purpose • Responsible for consistency and harmonisation of core components across business domains and sectors, contributing to a concise and well-defined glossary of business terms, business data semantic definitions, and structuring of data exchanges. Programme of Work • Harmonisation of TBG and External Liaison submissions • Results of Deliverables are content of Core Component Libraries http://www.uncefactforum.org/TBG/TBG17/tbg17.htm Geneva

  35. Overview • An Introduction to Core Components • Trade and Business Processes Group - Harmonization (TBG17) • Purpose • Membership • Submission & Acceptance Process • Harmonization Process • Publication & Syntax Solutions • Results • Commitment • Needs Geneva

  36. Core Components • Basic building block – a data element • No business context • Types • ACC = Aggregate Core Component • Like a segment in X12 or EDIFACT • BCC = Basic Core Component • Like a data element in X12 or EDIFACT • ASCC = Associate Core Component • Connects two ACCs • Like a Party to an Address Geneva

  37. Business Information Entities • Built from Core Components • Have Business Context (8 possible) • Like Trade, Purchasing, Switzerland • Types • ABIE = Aggregate Business Information Entity • Built from an ACC • Qualified with a meaningful term • BBIE = Basic Business Information Entity • Built from a BCC • ASBIE= Association Business Information Entity Connects two ABIEs • Built from an ASCC Geneva

  38. Data Types • All BCCs and BBIEs have a data type • Such as date, code, measure • BBIEs can have a qualified data type • Can point to codes lists maintained by UN or ISO or an industry group • Such as certain codes from Recommendation 20 – Units of Measure, or ISO Country Codes Geneva

  39. Naming • Each dictionary entry name has three parts • Object Class – like Address or Person • Property Term – like Street or Name • Representation Term – like Code or Text • Based on ISO 11179 • Put together like this • Object Class. Property. Representation • Address. Street. Text Geneva

  40. Once approved, we assign a globally unique ID We use the Oxford English Dictionary Example Geneva

  41. Example of an ABIE • ABIE: Store_ Address. Details • BBIE: Store_ Address. Street Name. Text • BBIE: Store_ Address. City Name. Text • BBIE: Store_ Address. Country. Identifier • qDT for Country. Identifier • List of countries from ISO 3166 where the organization has stores • Context • Retail Geneva

  42. Purpose Core Component Harmonization Goal: to provide a consistent and harmonized set of core components across business domains and sectors, contributing to a concise and well-defined glossary of business terms, business data semantic definitions, and structuring of data exchanges. Geneva

  43. Who we are • Unlike other UN/CEFACT TBGs, TBG17 members can represent groups • Members represent • Other TBGs • eg Insurance (TBG8) • Liaisons • ECOM • EDIFICE • GS1 • JAI • OAGi • SWIFT • UBL • USG Geneva

  44. Submission &Acceptance Process • Submission from TBG or liaison member • BRS and/or RSM and/or Class Diagram • Spreadsheet or file • Core Components • Business Information Entities • Maybe Qualified Data Types • An editor performs technical QA • When submission is technically correct, added to work program • The submitter describes the process and reviews the diagrams Geneva

  45. Harmonization Based on priorities (CEFACT Plenary/FMG/Submission Date) • TBG17 reviews submitted Core Components • Across submissions when similar business meaning • Review each CC for completeness, good definition and name • May make changes, with agreement from submitter • If any changes made • Return submission • Submitter (or team) updates BIEs based on TBG17 changes • BIEs and qDTs harmonized by TBG17 Geneva

  46. Publication andSyntax Solutions • When whole submission is harmonized and approved • TBG17 sends to ICG • For audit • For inclusion in next UN/CEFACT Core Component Library • If the submitter requests a UN/CEFACT syntax solution, the TBG Project Manager sends the appropriate documents to ATG1 and/or ATG2 for message development. Geneva

  47. Results • Published in CCL 06B • eTendering • Cross Industry Invoice • Small Scale Lodging House • Ready to send for CCL 07A • Project Scheduling and Cost Performance Management • Harmonized for CCL 07B • Product Registration • Material Safety Date Sheet • Cross Border Transport (in process) Geneva

  48. Harmonization Meetings and Calls In one year (13 December 2005 to 5 December 2006) 37 three-hour virtual meetings 4 five-day face-to-face meetings Not included: Submission specific conference calls Library Development Travel Commitment Geneva

  49. CC Harmonization Needs • Current Members • More time allocated by management • Ability to attend all face-to-face meetings • Additional Resources • Expertise in: • Documentation • Specific Domains • Core Components Geneva

  50. Resources skill set • Subject matter experts • Domain • Modelling • Technical developers • Project Management skills • Funding • Tools • Registry development Geneva

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