E-commerce - Data Exchange Standards and Applications (with CD-ROM)

Author: Cheng Mingguang
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Publish Date: 2006-11-01
Features: This book systematically elaborates on the concepts, principles, application processes, scope of application, and information structures of various e-commerce data exchange standards used internationally. Based on existing EDI materials, it provides a comprehensive introduction to both EDI-based standards and XML-based standards, considering their usage in domestic and international contexts. The EDI-based standards include the American ANSI X.12, the European EDIFACT, the German Automotive Industry Association's VDA, the European Telecommunications Transport Data Exchange Organization (ODETTE), and the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT). The XML-based standards include RosettaNet, ebXML, cnXML, BizTalk, cXML, and xCBL, among others.
After detailing various standards, this book takes Chinae-AutoHub, a third-party e-commerce data exchange operation platform for the automotive industry in China, as an example of a "supply chain collaboration" and "make-to-order" platform in modern manufacturing. It introduces the working principles, supported standards, and main business functions of e-commerce data exchange operation platforms based on modern manufacturing industry applications.
..The book's key feature is its explanation of widely used e-commerce data exchange standards based on an actual operating automotive industry e-commerce data exchange platform. It proposes an e-commerce application that integrates "logistics," "cash flow," and "information flow," and explores the relationship between data exchange standards and the "communication protocols" between "systems." The primary readers of this book include:
- Managers, consultants, and technical personnel from IT companies;
- Managers and technical personnel from large state-owned enterprises responsible for e-commerce applications;
- Implementation technicians from small and medium-sized enterprises that supply to and distribute for large enterprises;
- Students majoring in e-commerce from universities and vocational and technical schools;
- And all individuals with research interests in this field.