think cloud for strategic b2b integration
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Think Cloud for Strategic B2B Integration
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Source: Vanson Bourne, Synchronize the Value Chain, 2012
87% of IT decision-makers say business community is critical to success.
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Yet 76% of value chain managers believe they collaborate effectively with their business community.
Source: Vanson Bourne, Synchronize the Value Chain, 2012
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And only 30% of B2B organizations have full integration with their trading partners.
Source: Vanson Bourne, Synchronize the Value Chain, 2012
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If B2B integration is critical, why are organizations still
disconnected?
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Source: Vanson Bourne, B2B Integration and MFT Global Study for IBM, 2013
A recent survey shows that a typical organization has...
574 suppliers, partners and customers
5 disparate B2B/EDI systems
10 different data formats
11 specific protocols across partners
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Diversity creates COMPLEXITY
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Compounding this multiplicity are:
Regulatory requirementsVarying degrees of technical expertiseMultiple data standards and more...
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Meanwhile... cost reduction is the top business pressure for more than 80% of value chain decision-makers.
need to reduce rising costs.
Source: Vanson Bourne, B2B Integration and MFT Global Study for IBM, 2013
82%
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future is in the cloud.
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