Transcript FEB 1998 ASC X12 TRIMESTER MEETING

ASC X12 CHAIR REPORT
Kendra L. Martin, ASC X12 Chair
February 8, 1999
X12 Membership
1000
842
800
838
848
787
782
728
600
FY 93
FY 94
FY 95
FY 96
FY 97
FY 98
ASC X12 Members by State
White = States with 0-5 Members
Light Turquoise = States with 6-15 Members
Turquoise = States with 16-25 Members
Sky Blue = States with 26-35 Members
Blue = States with 36-50 Members
Dark Blue = States with 51+ Members
General Industry Types
Comprising X12 Membership
Transportation
7%
Banking & Financial
8%
Computer
7%
Insurance
12%
Healthcare
13%
Service Industry
7%
Government
7%
Consulting
11%
Software
14%
Other
7%
Manufacturing
7%
X12 Publications Net Revenue Grows
$700,000
$600,000
$500,000
$578,500
$564,000
$474,000
$607,300 $635,000
$464,000
$424,800
$400,000
$300,000
$200,000
$100,000
$0
FY 93
FY 94
FY 95
FY 96
FY 97
FY 98
FY 99
Projected
Net Surplus
X12 Meeting Attendance
1200
1000
1036
934
831
930
899
828
901
800
800
792
790
714
680
750
600
400
200
0
Feb-95 Jun-95
Oct-95 Feb-96 Jun-96
Oct-96 Feb-97 Jun-97
Oct-97 Feb-98 Jun-98
Oct-98 Feb-99
Projected
X12 Draft Standards for Trial Use
Published in Annual Release
350
300
250
200
232
256
273
295
304
1997
1998
195
150
100
50
0
1993
1994
1995
1996
UN/EDIFACT Messages
11
Accounting, Auditing, Reg. & Financial Info Serv.
Arch., Eng. & Construct.
13
Customs
10
Directory Support Services
9
Finance
45
22
Healthcare
Insurance
53
Material Management
13
Product Quality Data
9
Purchasing
27
44
Social Security, Employment & Education
Statistics
16
Transportation
57
Travel, Tourism & Leisure
29
Other
6
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
X12 Data Maintenance
Requests Processed
800
747
700
639
589
600
501
500
400
339
320
1998
1999
300
200
100
0
1994
1995
1996
1997
Projected
KEY 1999 CHALLENGES
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Six-Month Publication Cycle
and Revised Procedures
Next Generation EC Standards
6-Month Publication Cycle
Proposed Schedule Changes
• 4 meetings each year: Feb, May, Aug, Nov
• 2 publication updates: following May & Nov meetings
• 4 maintenance cycles each year
• No interim TAS meetings
Proposed Process Changes
• Re-designate DSTU’s as X12 Standards
• Treat new Transaction Sets as maintenance to X12.1
• 4 ballot periods each year: 30 days vs. 45 days
• Eliminate rebuttal ballots in favor of Open Forums
Benefits of Adopting this Proposal
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Improves quality of the standard
Reduces cycle time for simple changes
Retains consensus process
Provides flexible meeting options
Allows better process alignment with EDIFACT
Reduces publication updates (3 to 2)
Reduces TAS meetings (6 to 4)
Drawbacks of Adopting this Proposal
 Makes meeting attendance difficult to plan
 Potentially requires Subcommittees and
PRB to meet 4 times/year
 Requires some X12 process change
 Puts heavy reliance on DISA staff processes
Membership Reaction to Proposal
 60 members responded to survey
(out of 761 surveyed)
 30 responders included suggestions
for change
 Broad agreement with process
changes but resistance to schedule
changes
Proposed Path Forward
Feb 99
StC* conducts straw poll on balloting of schedule changes
Feb/Jun 99
X12 member review/comment on OPM/SD2 changes
Jun 99
StC authorizes 2 ballots on Schedule & OPM/SD2 changes
Jun/Oct 99
X12 member ballots on Schedule & OPM/SD2 changes
Oct 99
StC decides whether/when to implement schedule changes
StC confirmation of OPM/SD2 ballot
Feb 00
Earliest potential start-up of new schedule and/or process
* Steering Committee
1/99 Steering Committee
SITG Decisions
 Continue
the active leadership role in
UN/CEFACT in defining the next generation of
EDI standards
 Pursue the concept of OO-edi development as
the next generation of EDI standards
 Begin defining an organization to support the
next generation of EDI standards development
process within X12
 Proceed with the SITG Demonstration Project
SITG Day of Presentations
8:30-10 am
Introduction to SITG and Status Report
10-11 am
Open edi, UML Modeling & Object
Technology
11 am-noon
Repository
1-2 pm
SITG Demonstration Project
2-2:30 pm
Towards the New Millennium (UN/ECE)
2:30-3 pm
UML to XML Mappings
3-4:30 pm
X12 Impact, Open Issues & General
Discussion
THIS WEEK’S AGENDA:
Discussion
of Six-Month Publication
Cycle Proposal
– Schedule Changes
– Process Changes
Education
on Strategic
Implementation Task Group activities