GE Global eXchange Services Enables Transplace to Connect to Trading Partners Using AS2 Internet Protocol.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers GAITHERSBURG, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 14, 2002 Centralized Transportation and Logistics Resources Provider Transplace Uses GXS's Enterprise System(TM) 7.5 Integration Broker With AS2 Module to Transact Securely Over the Internet GE Global eXchange Services (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : GE), a leader in business-to-business Internet commerce, today announced that it has enabled logistics management services provider Transplace to connect to key trading partners over the Internet using the Applicability Statement 2 (AS2) transaction protocol. The AS2 protocol allows businesses to save costs and enhance customer service by establishing secure point-to-point connections as needed as needed prn. See prn order. for transacting over the public Internet. Transplace has implemented Global eXchange Services' (GXS GXS Global Exchange Services (GE) GXS Gun X Sword (anime) ) Enterprise System 7.5 integration broker software with a newly released AS2 module. The implementation is helping Transplace connect to new trading partners and address new business opportunities using the Internet as a communications platform. "GXS helped us embrace AS2 and connect to mission-critical trading partners over the Internet using GXS's Enterprise System software," said Jim Schlaefer, Transplace's director of information exchange. "It is also significant to us that Enterprise System has plenty of capacity to handle our future Internet B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business communication needs as Transplace continues to grow." "Transplace offers a unique and innovative approach to meeting customers' logistics and transportation requirements," said Jim Rogers, GXS's general manager of integration solutions. "We are pleased that Transplace has chosen GXS to deliver leading Internet B2B integration capabilities that will help enhance the value of its services." GXS's Enterprise System 7.5 provides companies with intelligent document routing, data transformation, business activity monitoring See BAM. , multiple connection support, real-time back office integration and business process integration (BPI) capabilities. Using GXS's Enterprise System, companies can map supply chain processes to specific business objectives, measure purchasing patterns, view specified supply chain metrics and proactively escalate issues to the correct decision-makers. More than 600 instances of GXS's Enterprise System are installed around the world. In addition, GXS uses Enterprise System as the integration broker for its own business-to-business transaction network, currently serving 100,000 trading partners globally. Additional information about Enterprise System 7.5 can be found at www.gxs.com/integration. About Transplace Transplace (www.transplace.com) offers an industry-leading menu of logistics and transportation management services, ranging from complete outsourcing, as a third-party logistics provider, to single shipment transportation assistance. Using its industry leading Dense Network Efficiency(SM) (DNE DNE Does Not Exist DNE Dune Energy, Inc (stock symbol) DNE Do Not Enter DNE Deterministic Network Enhancer DNE Division of Narcotics Enforcement (Iowa State Police) DNE Does Not Equal DNE Do Not Erase ) platform of services, Transplace assembles the critical mass of freight and asset networks and applies the optimization algorithms to search for the best matching of freight with carrier assets to increase load ration, while minimizing empty miles and detention hours. Transplace was formed in July 2000 through merger of the six logistics business units of the nation's largest publicly held truckload carriers: Covenant Transport, Inc. (Nasdaq:CVTI CVTI Cvt Intelligent ), J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (Nasdaq:JBHT JBHT J.B. Hunt Transport Services (stock symbol) ), M.S. Carriers, Inc. (since merged with Swift Transportation Co., Inc.), Swift Transportation Co., Inc. (Nasdaq:SWFT SWFT Secure Web Fingerprint Transmission ), U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq:XPRSA) and Werner Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq:WERN). About GE Global eXchange Services GE Global eXchange Services (GXS) operates one of the largest B2B e-commerce (Business to Business Electronic-COMMERCE) Refers to one business selling to another business via the Web. See e-commerce. networks in the world, with more than 100,000 trading partners. The network's 1 billion annual transactions account for $1 trillion in goods and services In economics, economic output is divided into physical goods and intangible services. Consumption of goods and services is assumed to produce utility (unless the "good" is a "bad"). It is often used when referring to a Goods and Services Tax. . With more than 35 years experience, GXS provides supply chain services and software to 60% of Fortune 500 companies. GXS is headquartered in Gaithersburg, Md. Call (800) 560-4347 or visit our Web site at www.gxs.com. |
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