Your own take on this subject matter,in my opinion, makes a lot of sense.
I just attended the Spring 2001 Internet World Seminar and Exhibits here in
Los Angeles last week and one of the speakers is Jerry Greenberg, CEO of
Sapient. He talked about the bursting of the bubble of the dot.com
businesses. One of the things he mentioned is that companies now are going
back to the traditional values such as how to increase profits and retain
customers. But he also stressed out that the times have changed. With the
new tools and technologies available to everyone, we, should use them the
best way we can. http://www.internetworld.com
Another observation of my web architect daughter, Donna Delfin, is that the
exhibitors were more from the traditional companies wearing traditional
attire- white shirts and tie (young and old)as opposed to last year's
Internet World conference where you can see the younger generation wearing
more yuppie attire.
I will make sure I read WSJ as you have mentioned. Thanks for sharing your
opinion.
Benita Delfin
Program Manager
http://www.ceridian.com
------Original Message------
From: Mike Rawlins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: March 19, 2001 7:30:35 PM GMT
Subject: The web exchange bubble has burst!
For those of you who have been dubious about the hype around on-line
exchanges and marketplaces, it seems that even the mainstream business
press has finally started to gain some perspective on the topic.
Column 1, front page of the March 16 Wall Street Journal has a story
about a produce distributor that even went so far as to stress test an
on-line produce marketplace. They still found that their current system
based on a 20 year old program running on a midrange system, faxes, and
phone calls supports their business much better than even best of the
marketplaces. In a related story on the front page of the second
section, they pretty much say that the public on-line marketplaces that
folks were buzzing about last year are dead. Private marketplaces
hosted by a single (or a few) companies linking with their supply chain
are the next big thing. A quote from the CEO of Viacore - "the days of
thinking everyone will come together in these big marketplaces and sing
'Kum-ba-ya' are gone."
Seems that common sense, in the end, usually wins out. My own take on
the future is:
o Private web sites (private exchanges) to link with supply chain
partners who aren't able to integrate their systems with yours, or for
types of information sharing that are not practical to integrate.
o EDI for established relationships and higher volumes where partner
systems are integrated
o XML (perhaps) for new applications where appropriate EDI messages
don't exist. Perhaps eventual migration to XML for all integration as
XML matures.
Cheers,
--
Michael C. Rawlins, Rawlins EC Consulting
http://www.metronet.com/~rawlins/
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