Because of the disconnection between the Logistics services trading platform and the EDI customs clearance system, the logistics clearance data needed to be gathered manually, and the efficiency of customs clearance was rather low. In view of this problem, a logistics data exchange method based on the XML technology was proposed, which firstly achieved the batch extraction and conversion of the...

This study explores how rationales for information technology use relate to the extent of its assimilation in organizations and considers whether and how rationales associated with the technology-in-practice are transformed as the organization makes use of the technology. A multiple-case study of electronic data interchange (EDI) adoption and assimilation was analyzed, looking at both instituti...

As XML becomes the standard for electronic data interchange, it is necessary to design benchmarks to provide for the comparative performance analysis of XML management systems (XMLMS). In this work, we propose XOO7, a benchmark for XMLMS. The XOO7 benchmark is an XML version of the OO7 benchmark [11] enriched with relational, document and navigational queries that are specific and critical for ...

Alignment of organisational strategy with Information Systems Strategy (ISS) has become critical as adoption of Information Systems (IS ) over the last 50 years has escalated. IS capabilities have evolved from central, internally controlled and strictly restricted data processing and automation architectures, to less structured, globally distributed and largely unregulated, Internet-linked IS. ...

The United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and eBusiness (UN/CEFACT) standardizes business documents for electronic data interchange. Their approaches towards UN/EDIFACT and XML have later been followed by a conceptual modeling approach called Core Components (CC). Having used this approach for four years in practice, it became evident that the support for managing business document model...

This thesis concerns the electronic data interchange (EDI) which is being used for transferring information between organisations in the supply chain. The benefits and barriers of using EDI are highlighted throughout the introduction stage of our research work. In spite of the evident advantages of the EDI system, it has been emphasised by many researches and practitioners that the implementati...

Given the fact that relational and object-relational databases are the most widely used technology for storing data and that XML is the standard format used in electronic data interchange, the process of converting relational data to XML documents is one that occurs frequently. The problem that we address in this paper is an important one related to this process. If we convert a relation to an ...

National innovation systems are influencing the path of innovation diffusion like e-business. Important enablers of e-business diffusion are IT mature and innovation friendly enterprises. An indicator of IT maturity is the diffusion of former innovations like electronic data interchange (EDI). The innovation adoption behavior can be described as the adopting date after occurrence of an innovati...

Dear readers of Electronic Markets, The last issue of Electronic Markets included a longitudinal review of research from contributions published at the Bled eConference since 1988. This paper observed an evolution of topics regarding the application of information technology (IT) to interorganizational processes. While the first phase from the mid-1980s until the mid-1990s focused on applying e...