Transcript FEBRUARY 1997 ASC X12 TRIMESTER MEETING

ASC X12 CHAIR REPORT
1995-1999
Kendra L. Martin, ASC X12 Chair
June 7, 1999
1995 CAMPAIGN GOALS
1)
Become more responsive to
implementor needs
2)
Leverage our national interests
in global Electronic Commerce
3)
Foster greater industry and
user involvement
WHERE WERE WE?
Policy in place, implementation to be
undertaken:
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New Standing Document 2 (Development
& Maintenance Procedures)
X12/EDIFACT Alignment Plan
ANSI ASC X12 Version 4 Plan
WHERE WERE WE?
Researching and investigating:
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modeling tools and techniques
open-edi concepts
future vision for ASC X12
Celebrating The Olympics!
Devoted to recognizing the
special combination of
teamwork and cooperation,
hard work, and individual stamina
to ensure we all reach our goals
and work together as a
World-Class Committee!
Health Insurance Portability
& Accountability Act
 1996
Health Care Administrative
Simplification legislation mandates the
use of X12 EDI transactions
 Proposed regulations currently
under review, with active
participation from X12-N
 Savings to the industry:
projected $4-10 billion annually
Industry Activities Moving EDI
Standards Forward
Consumer Billing User Guides
 Interactive EDI Directories
 New business areas, including
temporary services, equipment leasing,
and motor vehicle registration
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Relationship with DISA
Formalizing & Strengthening
Improved budgeting and management
processes
 Writing SD4: Duties of the Secretariat
 Formalizing arrangement with our
Secretariat
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Year 2000 Solution
 Integrated
single Y2K solution
throughout all standards in
Version 4010
 Defines standard date in an eightcharacter format, which includes
two characters for first two digits
of calendar year
FUTURE EDI TIMELINE
Strategic Implementation TG formed
1996
LRP / BIM / C-TG3 / SC30 convenes
Alignment Plan approved
AC.1 begins re-engineering EDIFACT
BIM formed in X12 and EDIFACT
X12 Future Vision
completed
Future EDI TG formed
Alignment Task Group formed
SC30 Open-edi Reference Model started
Product Data introduces Modeling Concept
1990X12 StC brainstorms areas for improvement
Strategic Implementation Task Group
SITG -- the Consolidation of Future
Directions, Strategies and Tools
Validate Future Direction
Develop an Action plan for the Next
Generation of EDI
U.S. Leadership Challenge in
the International Arena
Participate:
 in
the development of procedures for
CEFACT and the newly empowered JRT
 as a U.S. delegate to ensure U.S. interests
are addressed
 and encourage corporate support of
international efforts
WHAT HAVE WE ACCOMPLISHED?
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Version 4
Preparation for CEFACT and expanded
role in international environment
Relationship between X12 and DISA
Formed Strategic Implementation TG
Expanded X12 and EDIFACT Help Desks
Tools for Members Program
STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION
TASK GROUP
 Next-Generation
EDI started in 1997
 Objective -- make EDI widely available,
cost effective, and non-obtrusive to the
business process
 Vision -- a business-modeled approach,
technology independent ...
the “shrink wrap” solution
INTERNATIONAL
ACTIVITIES
 Shift
in Focus from EDIFACT Integration to
CEFACT Implementation
 DLTG and P&P Enhancing Procedures
(i.e. OPM and SD6)
 Possible X12 restructuring to bring together
all international coordination activities
EXTENSIBLE MARK-UP
LANGUAGE & EDI
X12
formalized a joint work effort
between X12 (C&J), CommerceNet
and the XML/edi Group
Exercise will facilitate the use of XML
technology for standards-based Web
EDI
“Voyage to A New World”
BANKING INDUSTRY
& THE OFX/GOLD STANDARD
 Financial
on-line consumer standards -OFX and Integrion Gold -- merging
 Banking Industry Technology Secretariat seeking
administrator;
X12-F and DISA have taken an
active role in the development
and maintenance of
this new protocol
OKLAHOMA ELECTRONIC
SIGNATURE LEGISLATION
 H.B.
3287 Electronic Signature Legislation passed
in May 1998
 Encourages the use of EDI and EC
 Not “solution specific”, allows for X12 control and
security structures
 Governor’s task force
included X12-K’s chair
and a PIDX member
UN/EDIFACT WORKING GROUP
 Inaugural
Empowered EWG Meeting Held
April 1998 in the U.S.
 Three X12 members elected to the
Management Committee, with a total of 7 on
the Steering Group
 Move begins to a Single International
Technical Assessment Group
SOME OTHER INITIATIVES
Exploring
areas of Common Interest with
OMG (Object Management Group)
Joint efforts on-going between Product
Data & ISO TC 154 STEP
New ISO TC 215 Health Care Informatics
“Clearly, e-commerce isn't a new
business -- companies like Boeing
have been conducting business
electronically for decades through
EDI ...”
-- PC WEEK ON-LINE, 4/29/98
“Reports of the death of EDI have been
greatly exaggerated and the system
has not disappeared as quickly as
was once expected.”
-- REUTERS, 4/2/98
TACTICAL REFINING
 Quality
& Process Issues
Opportunities being explored by TAS, PRB and P&P
in Six-Month Publication Proposal
 EDIFACT Alignment
International Vision accomplished with ATG
Leadership, now in the hands of subcommittees and
task groups to manage day-to-day
 Strategic
Vision
In the hands of the SITG to define structure and
forward implementation
IMPLEMENTATION
SUCCESS STORIES
We’ve got plenty of
Standards …
How are they working in
the real world?!
PURCHASING CARDS
“EDI Saves Florida $190M Annually”
-- EDI News
 Florida
Dept. of Banking & Finance implemented
Vendor EDI and Purchasing Card programs
 4 million invoices per year @
$108 per for manpower & paper
 Once fully implemented, the new system will cut
costs by at least 40%
AUTOMOTIVE INSURANCE
New Large-Scale Implementations in
Property & Casualty, including:
 Auto Liability Insurance Reporting
 Rental Management
 Collision Estimating
X12 Membership Stabilizes as
Technological Opportunities Boom
1000
838
848
800
787
792
FY 98
FY 99
600
FY 96
FY 97
X12 Draft Standards for Trial Use
350
300
250
200
256
273
295
1995
1996
1997
304
307
1998
1999
(To Date)
Version 4 Approval
 Received
ANSI
stamp of approval
for Version 4 as
American National
Standard
 Developed
new
procedures that
accelerates X12approval process
Publication Cycle Evaluation
Proposed Schedule Changes -- DISCONTINUED
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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 -- MOVING FORWARD
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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
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
NOTABLE EDI FACTS
 90%
of Fortune
1,000 companies
are EDI capable
 57% of Fortune 500
companies are
integrating Internet
EDI into their work
environments
 Only
2% of small-to
medium-sized
companies are EDI
capable, primarily
due to the high
costs associated
with Value Added
Networks
Source: David C. Darnell, President, SysTrends, Inc.
X12 aligns its standards with proliferating
network of EC technologies, creating:
New business opportunities for SMEs
Standards that are accessible to nontechnical users and easy to integrate
into plug-and-play software
Expanded trading partner base
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