MEDIA RELEASE PR36529
First Standard-Independent B2B User Community Formed in Asia Pacific
SINGAPORE, Oct. 14 /PRNewswire-Asia-AsiaNet/ --
A key initiative to encourage collaboration amongst B2B users and to drive supply chain efficiency by adopting
the best practices of B2B standards in the region
AsiaB2B, the first Standard-Independent B2B user community in Asia Pacific, today announced its launch at
the AsiaB2B Inauguration Conference on 14 October 2009 in Taipei.
EDIFICE, a European forum for companies in the electronics industry formed in 1986, supported the set up
of AsiaB2B in response to the need of having a member-driven and standard-independent B2B user
community in Asia Pacific.
Registered in Singapore, the group's founding members include companies such as Cisco, CrimsonLogic,
Fairchild Semiconductor, Freescale Semiconductor, GXS, Inovis, Intel, Microsoft, SAP, Seeburger Business
Integration and Siltronic.
"Companies need a standard-independent B2B user community that enables them to create an active
knowledge sharing network for B2B and business experts in the Asia Pacific region," said Boudewijn Janssen,
Chairman of EDIFICE.
AsiaB2B aims to drive and facilitate adoption of global best practices in B2B communications, by offering
networking opportunities for member companies with interests in computing, electronics and
telecommunications in Asia Pacific. Additionally, member companies are expected to promote and benefit
from the applicability of global business process standards in B2B electronic transactions.
Other objectives of the group include defining the rules for sharing research and experience on B2B
challenges and trends; creating opportunities to influence business application development by leading ERP
vendors; and establishing active working groups in various business process areas.
Apart from the opportunity to network and be informed on B2B technologies, members can also have the
opportunity to influence standards to accommodate their regional requirements.
To date, AsiaB2B has created specific working groups in the areas of Business Process Best Practice
Modeling, Small Medium Business (SME) enablement, B2B technology and ROI calculation tools. B2B
implementations deliver significant business value in the areas of productivity, partner experience and growth.
The Inauguration Conference in Taipei brought together trading partners from the high technology,
telecommunication, as well as other industry sectors, and will provide a platform for information exchange and
networking opportunities.
Membership is open to organisations with legitimate interest in promoting best practices and sharing of B2B
About EDIFICE
EDIFICE, the European User Group for companies with interests in computing, electronics and
telecommunications, drives and enables global standardised B2B adoption in Europe through best practice,
information sharing and influencing of standards development. EDIFICE was formed in 1986. The European
Electronics industry adopted UN/EDIFACT as the global standard for traditional EDI applications and
RosettaNet for XML-based B2B implementations.
About AsiaB2B
AsiaB2B, the first standard-independent B2B user community in Asia Pacific, is founded in August 2009.
The objective is to facilitate the need for a standard-independent B2B user community that's allows companies
to create an active knowledge sharing network for B2B and business experts in the Asia Pacific region.
AsiaB2B aims to establish active working groups in various business process areas, offering opportunities
for learning about and influencing of B2B and business process standards.
Media Contact:
Jane Cheng
Tel: +852-2884-6029
Email: jane.cheng@gxs.com
SOURCE AsiaB2B
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