GXS Product Portfolio Overview On-Demand Supply Chain Management for Your Extended Enterprise

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1 GXS Product Portfolio Overview On-Demand Supply Chain Management for Your Extended Enterprise

2 GXS CREDENTIALS: 35+ years of experience in implementing and managing global communities Over 40,000 customers worldwide exchanging more than 4 billion electronic transactions per year Recognized as a leader in Gartner s Integration Service Provider Magic Quadrant GXS is a leader in On-Demand Supply Chain Management solutions that simplify and enhance business process integration and collaboration. GXS has the capabilities, solutions and global reach to effectively build and manage your extended enterprise and automate your entire supply chain. Organizations worldwide integrate with their trading partner communities using GXS Trading Grid SM to achieve balance between supply and demand. As a secure, scalable and high-performance business-to-business (B2B) integration platform, GXS Trading Grid can solve your critical supply chain management challenges. With its unmatched global reach and award-winning applications, GXS Trading Grid shields your business from unnecessary standards complexity, eliminates manual and duplicative efforts, and improves organizational agility through advanced process integration and business intelligence. GXS products utilize the Grid to provide you with a complete suite of On-Demand Supply Chain Management solutions. GXS Trading Grid On-Demand Supply Chain Management Outsourcing Outsourcing Synchronization Visibility Global Messaging Gateways Gateways Accelerators Accelerators Extend Supply Networks Optimize Product Launches Automate Warehouse Receiving Gain Supply Chain Visibility Manage Payments and Cash Flow Outsourcing 2 GXS PRODUCT PORTFOLIO OVERVIEW

3 Complete Suite of On-Demand Solutions GXS Trading Grid enables the real-time flow of information between businesses regardless of technical capability, standards preferences, spoken language or geographic location. The Grid simplifies and accelerates B2B e-commerce by providing comprehensive products and services for your business including: Global Messaging services to enable the seamless exchange of B2B documents and data without disrupting existing business processes; Gateways software that creates a single integration platform to connect you to trading partners around the world and provides complete transaction visibility; Accelerators easy-to-use e-commerce services designed for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs); Synchronization services to manage and share product marketing, packaging and pricing data internally and with your trading partners; Visibility applications to drive greater supply chain efficiency by providing order visibility, tracking international shipments, and managing inventory; and Outsourcing solutions that offer B2B program management services to reach and connect with your entire trading community. Global Messaging Global Messaging enables companies to accelerate the electronic exchange of real-time business information with their supply chain partners worldwide. Using Global Messaging services, you can independently select your communications method, utilize your preferred document format, and define business process rules. Global Messaging mediates the protocol and document format differences between trading partners, so you can maintain existing systems and processes without disrupting your current IT infrastructure. Global Messaging allows you to quickly and easily monitor, administer and manage your messaging environment using Trading Grid Online, the web-based interface to the Trading Grid. Global Messaging leverages industry-leading, best-of-breed technology and provides you with access to the redundant, highly-available infrastructure of the Grid. As a result, you can ensure dependable, real-time delivery and accuracy of information across your entire global supply chain. Benefits of Global Messaging include: Use Any Popular Protocol or Standard Global Messaging supports all popular communications methods (FTP or AS2) and standards (EDI or XML) used by your trading partners. As a result, you can exchange critical business information with any trading partner in nearly any format. Automate Process Management Global Messaging offers rules-based services, such as Exception Alerts, Acknowledgement Services, and Automated Document Routing. These services enable you to automate the exchange of critical B2B documents and information. PROTOCOLS SUPPORTED BY GLOBAL MESSAGING INCLUDE: AS2 Bisync Dial PPP Frame Relay FTP Push OFTP Secure FTP Web Browser VPN Zengin STANDARDS SUPPORTED BY GLOBAL MESSAGING INCLUDE: ANSI X12 ERP Formats (SAP, Oracle) eaij EDIFACT TRADACOMS XML (RosettaNet, ebxml & more) GXS PRODUCT PORTFOLIO OVERVIEW 3

4 Gateways GXS Gateway products are behind-the-firewall software applications that connect systems so they can exchange information without human intervention. Designed to extract data from ERP, CRM and other enterprise applications, Gateways gather internal information and share it with your external business partners. As a result, data from manufacturing, transportation, warehouse, accounting and operations systems can be aggregated and easily exchanged with your customers, suppliers, financial institutions or logistics providers. THE GLOBAL GATEWAY GXS has a strong global presence that will become increasingly important as multinational firms attempt to increase the effectiveness of their application and process-based interactions. FORRESTER RESEARCH, FORRESTER WAVE : INTEGRATION SUITES, Q BY KEN VOLLMER AND HENRY PEYRET, JULY 28, 2005 Gateways provide seamless integration with enterprise applications from Oracle, SAP and Microsoft. Featuring a high-performance translator, Gateways allow you to rapidly map data from any source to any destination and perform high-speed EDI/XML translations. By connecting diverse back-office applications with your supply chain, Gateways manage global trading partner relationships without the intervention of IT resources. Once processes are automated, they can be optimized by utilizing Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) to establish business rules, track key performance metrics, manage exceptions, and proactively identify and remove performance bottlenecks. Built upon best-of-breed technology from GXS and other integration software leaders, Gateways provide a powerful combination of features to support maintenance of traditional EDI mailbox needs and development of a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). Benefits of Gateways include: Enhance Productivity Gateways reduce time and errors by automating processes between systems and trading partners. By eliminating manual processes, your organization witnesses data quality enhancements and higher productivity levels. Improve Responsiveness Many companies have critical information spread throughout multiple systems and across their supply chains. Gateways aggregate this disparate data and provide up-to-the-minute business information, so you can better respond to customer needs and market changes. Accelerators Accelerators are easy-to-use tools designed for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that simplify and streamline automation capabilities through GXS Trading Grid. Accelerators offer numerous ways for you to electronically exchange critical business information and meet trading partner requirements without requiring extensive in-house EDI or e-commerce knowledge or systems. As affordable solutions, Accelerators enable you to reap the rewards of e-commerce previously unattainable without a big IT budget. 4 GXS PRODUCT PORTFOLIO OVERVIEW

5 Designed to scale with your organization, Accelerators support B2B e-commerce needs from entry-level services for small businesses to more robust products designed for fast-growing, medium-sized businesses. Products created for smaller organizations include easy-to-use web forms that allow you to create and manage electronic documents; shipping and labeling solutions to create Advanced Ship Notices (ASNs) and barcode labels; and services that convert electronic documents to fax. More robust products include accounting package integration that automatically integrates EDI documents into popular accounting systems from Sage, Epicor, Intuit or Microsoft. Benefits of Accelerators include: Meet Trading Partner Requirements Many large enterprises expect trading partners to participate in their EDI and other B2B e-commerce programs. With Accelerators, you can quickly and easily comply with the requirements of your customers and other large enterprises. Over 40,000 SMBs rely on Trading Grid Accelerators to meet the demands of larger trading partners, reduce transaction costs and improve business efficiency Maintain Existing Processes Accelerators enable your company to continue using preferred business processes and methods (paper, web and accounting packages) to exchange information with larger trading partners. As a result, you can reap the benefits of e-commerce without re-designing existing processes or implementing complicated new IT systems. Synchronization GXS Synchronization products enable companies to manage and exchange product data. With Synchronization products, retailers and their manufacturers can accurately share information related to marketing, packaging, promotion, pricing, trade, taxation or regulations. GXS offers Product Information Management (PIM) applications that manage product data within an individual enterprise and feature a database repository to store hundreds of product attributes. Attributes can be published to internal merchandising, operations, warehousing or transportation systems. GXS offers enterprise and entry-level PIM applications for both retailers and manufacturers. Through partnerships with over 20 GS1 organizations across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, GXS offers Global Data Synchronization services which enable the exchange of product data between supply chain partners. GXS data synchronization suite features a broad range of options designed to support all sizes of companies from large multi-nationals to small home offices. Retailers and manufacturers can synchronize product data using a web-based portal or a variety of document formats including Microsoft Excel, EDI and XML. Benefits of Synchronization products include: Improve Data Quality Industry studies suggest that 30 percent of all product data in the retail supply chain is incorrect. Synchronizing product data reduces mistakes in merchandising, transportation, and operations processes. GXS powers data pools for over 20 GS1 organizations, more than any other provider, reaffirming GXS s worldwide leadership in Global Data Synchronization enablement. GXS POWERS DATA POOLS ON BEHALF OF: Australia Canada Hong Kong Korea Middle East, Mediterranean, and Adriatic region (MEMA) New Zealand Russia Spain Taiwan United Kingdom GXS PRODUCT PORTFOLIO OVERVIEW 5

6 Speed New Product Introductions Introducing new products is a complicated and time-consuming process. Synchronization services provide advanced notification of new product introductions, reducing time-to-market by an average of two to four weeks. Visibility Visibility products enable you to monitor order, logistics, inventory, and payment activities in your value chain. GXS Visibility products detect critical supply signals such as shipment or manufacturing delays, and demand signals such as a sudden increase in sales or a shortage of in-store inventory. Track and trace capabilities enable you to determine whether an order has been acknowledged, shipped, received, invoiced or paid. Inventory monitoring services detect out-of-stocks situations then provide updated details on goods in-transit or on-order. Monitoring for critical events enables you to proactively respond to changes in your supply chain avoiding costly out-of-stocks and order delays. Visibility products create a central repository for order information and deliver powerful business process automation and event monitoring tools that automate routine transactions. As a result, you can consistently deliver your products on time, avoid stock outages and maximize inventory turns. Benefits of Visibility products include: Optimize Inventory Levels Poor supply chain transparency results in inventory holding costs and lost sales due to out-of-stocks. Visibility products aggregate all demand and supply data into a centralized data repository so you can make critical stocking decisions based on real-time information. Receive Real-time Status Information Lack of visibility on in-bound shipments complicates merchandising planning and manufacturing scheduling processes. With Visibility products, you can receive up-to-the-minute status of in-transit orders. Outsourcing Outsourcing consists of GXS Managed Services and GXS Community Link services that provide a comprehensive set of B2B program management services to reach and connect with your entire trading community. GXS Managed Services allow you to outsource all or selected aspects of your global B2B program. In one of our three global data centers, GXS will host your B2B infrastructure and connect you to GXS Trading Grid. With GXS Managed Services, our staff will perform the day-to-day management of your B2B program including technical operations, data mapping, program management and customer support. Managed Services not only enables secure, high-performance messaging to business partners around the globe, but also can install and run other On-Demand Supply Chain solutions such as Gateways and Synchronization applications on your behalf. 6 GXS PRODUCT PORTFOLIO OVERVIEW

7 GXS Community Link provides global trading partner enablement and management. GXS will proactively contact trading partners, educate them on the benefits of e-commerce, and develop customized communications to ensure maximum participation in your B2B programs. With over 20 different ways to connect to the Trading Grid, GXS can ensure that every trading partner from the smallest home office to multi-national enterprises can easily connect to your supply chain. Community Link services include implementation, testing and other technical support for each trading partner. Additionally, GXS can provide on-going change management to help you introduce new programs or technologies to your trading community. With operations in over 30 countries and technical support in 19 languages, GXS can ensure that No Trading Partner is Left Behind. GXS has been providing B2B Outsourcing services for nearly two decades and we have the B2B infrastructure, operations, and support to give you a competitive advantage in the market. Benefits of GXS Outsourcing services include: Improve Organizational Agility B2B Outsourcing enables you to focus on your core business and competitive differentiators instead of your B2B e-commerce program. As a result, you can respond more quickly and effectively to business and market opportunities. Easily Expand Globally Today s global supply chains require the ability to connect with trading partners in every corner of the globe. GXS enables you to integrate with trading partners no matter their size, location, language or technical capability. Why Choose GXS GXS s flexible on-demand model allows you to choose the right solution for your business. Product suites including Global Messaging, Gateways, Accelerators, Synchronization, Visibility, and Outsourcing fully enable the extended enterprise and provide 100 percent trading partner integration. Backed by over 35 years of experience, the Trading Grid, and a broad portfolio of B2B e-commerce products and services, GXS can help you unlock the potential of your supply chain. No matter your On-Demand Supply Chain Management need, GXS delivers. About GXS GXS is a leading provider of B2B e-commerce solutions that simplify and enhance business process integration and collaboration. Organizations worldwide, including 75 percent of the Fortune 500, leverage GXS GS1 certified global interoperability and supply chain execution solutions. Active in the global standards arena, GXS offers solutions, powered by the Trading Grid SM, that enable customers both large and small, to connect with global partners, synchronize product information and optimize the execution of supply chains. Headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD., GXS provides sales and support to businesses and their partners worldwide. For more information about GXS visit GXS PRODUCT PORTFOLIO OVERVIEW 7

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