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What was your highlight of the Conference:
- 6 – Magna: shows user experience and complexity
- 4 – The ROI Survey results by IDC
- 3 – e-Invoicing by HP: highlights complexity, all e-Invoicing topics discussed in this conference: I was sent out by my Finance Group in Europe to understand what exists, challenges,…
- 2 – Meilenwerk: Socializing & Networking is essential to the success of the conference
- 2 – All of the “open discussions” because they often reveal info that you don’t see in presentations
- ODETTE: good to see what’s going on there and how it may affect us (e.g. labeling)Lots of current topics that are raised within our own enterprise
- HP Demo Centre Tour and seeing a real Aston Martin at Meilenwerk
- Understanding the B2B trends and what is going on within the EDIFICE member community
- Hosting the conference!
Interested to participate in the EDIFICE Activities:
- Automatic Data Capture (IBM, Siltronic, Itella
- Forecasting & Inventory Management (Gemalto, Freescale, Siltronic
- e-Invoicing: Gemalto, Freescale, NXP, TrustWeaver, Siltronic, HP
- Intensify collaboration with other orgs: ODETTE, VDA (Magna
- Portals & Market Places: IBM
- SME enablement and enliteB2B: Freescale, Easylink
New Activities EDIFICE should engage in:
- Public Policy: GXS, HP
- Business Applications in the Cloud: Xilinx
- Industry 4.0: Bosch
- Communication in all flavours
- B2B Developments as continuous topic: HP
- Cloud services/mass customized processes:
- B2B Yellow Pages: HP
- Integration of EDIFICE with other Industry initiatives
What Theme for a future conference is of interest to you and would you have a case to present:
- Linked Data as new concept of Master Data Management
- e-Invoicing (HP)
- B2B Trends continued (HP)
- Customs (ATLAS,MCTS, …) in various countries, geographies
- Migrations (easylink)
- Data Quality (Bosch)
- European Commission / Future Standards
- Order & Forecast Management: business models, service programs offering
What actions can EDIFICE undertake to promote the organisation and attract new members?
- Public Policy: speak with European Commission, influence legislation (custom e-Invocing)
- Bundle forces wit other orgs to “push” EC and local govenments into the right direction (technology, standards, processes)
- Members should use s ‘hint/link’in their email signature
- Provide concrete output/deliverables
- Selectively invite companies with interest in the subject of the conferences
- Advertizing in IT magazines
- Send EDIFICE representatives to other Industry conferences e.g. EXPP
- More collaboration with other industries