Creating a Nimble Supply Chain Through eCommerce.Vendor and Customer Panels at U-Connect Conference Highlight How a Business Process Network Model Meets Changing Business Needs Sterling Commerce:
Panel One: A panel of representatives from a number of companies
including Best Buy Co., Inc., New Balance Athletic Shoe,
Inc., and Sterling Commerce will discuss how Value Added
Networks (VANs) are continuing to evolve in a session on
June 7 from 10 - 11:15 a.m. Eastern.
The panel will discuss how VANs are continuing to evolve
into business process networks and adapt to support future
needs of nimble supply chains. The networks play an
integral role in accelerating the overall execution of
global supply chains. The discussion will include how a
retailer is leveraging the new capabilities of today's
VANs to do more than just move data, but to manage and
improve business processes. The panel will cover the state
of the business, what customers are demanding, and new
services and opportunities.
More than 18,000 customers rely on the Sterling
Collaboration Network as a mission-critical
business-to-business (B2B) communications service that
delivers more than two billion transactions per month.
Panel Two: A panel of executives from IBM, Oracle, Sterling Commerce
and Verisign will discuss what's new in trading partner
collaboration and the benefits of Collaborative Commerce
in a session on June 7 from 8:30 - 9:45 a.m. Eastern.
The panel will define the Collaborative Commerce model and
discuss the benefits it can bring. The session will cover
the roadmap to implementing Collaborative Commerce and
discuss the basic standards, the sequence of steps, and
the interrelationships between the steps needed for
implementation. Attendees will leave with the information
needed to evaluate where they are on the path to
Collaborative Commerce and to plot their course to the
future.
Sterling Commerce enables community collaboration among 73
percent of the FORTUNE(R) 100; 68 percent of the
FORTUNE(R) 50; and 38 percent of the Forbes 2000.
Where: U Connect 07
Gaylord Palms Resort
6000 W. Osceola Parkway
Kissimmee, FL 34746
407-586-0000
http://www.gaylordhotels.com/gaylordpalms/
Interviews: Sterling Commerce executives John Stelzer and Phil Smith
are available at booth number 508 or contact Emily Hall,
Sterling Commerce, at (614) 790-8607 to schedule a
phone interview.
Contact: For more information, contact Emily Hall or Jamie Leicht,
Fleishman-Hillard, at (619) 237-7711 or
jamiemarie.leitch@fleishmanhillard.com.
About Sterling Commerce Sterling Commerce, a subsidiary of AT&T Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :T), helps 80 percent of the FORTUNE[R] 500 thrive in a global economy by solving complex process integration challenges. The company's innovative software and services integrate customers' systems -- inside and outside the four walls of the enterprise -- so companies can conduct business without borders A number of NGOs have adopted the "Without Borders" tag, inspired by Doctors without Borders.
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