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 international electronic commerce data exchange standards that have been used globally. Building upon existing EDI materials and considering the usage of both domestic and international EDI and XML standards, it provides a comprehensive introduction to various EDI-based standards and XML-based standards. The EDI-based standards include the U.S. 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) standard. The XML-based standards include RosettaNet, ebXML, cnXML, BizTalk, cXML, and xCBL, among others. After detailing these standards, the 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, introducing the working principles, supported standards, and main business functions of e-commerce data exchange operation platforms applied in modern manufacturing industries.
The book's key feature is its explanation of currently widely used e-commerce data exchange standards based on a practically operating automotive industry e-commerce data exchange platform. It proposes e-commerce applications that integrate "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 enterprises;
- Managers and technical personnel responsible for e-commerce applications in large state-owned enterprises;
- Implementation technical personnel from small and medium-sized enterprises that supply to and distribute channels for large enterprises in e-commerce applications and services;
- Students majoring in e-commerce from universities and vocational and technical schools;
- And all individuals with research interests in this field.