{"id":3086,"date":"2001-04-11T17:36:31","date_gmt":"2001-04-11T22:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smperformance.wordpress.com\/?p=3086"},"modified":"2001-04-11T17:36:31","modified_gmt":"2001-04-11T22:36:31","slug":"stratvantage-consulting-llc-mikes-take-on-the-news-041101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stratvantage.com\/index.php\/2001\/04\/11\/stratvantage-consulting-llc-mikes-take-on-the-news-041101\/","title":{"rendered":"StratVantage Consulting, LLC — Mike’s Take on the News 04\/11\/01"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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StratVantage Consulting, LLC — Mike’s Take on the News 04\/11\/01<\/h1>\n

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T<\/strong>he News \u2013 04\/11\/01<\/h1>\n

Confidence in B2B Exchanges Flows<\/h2>\n

Well if you\u2019re not confused about the B2B exchange marketplace, you\u2019re not paying attention.<\/strong> The March issue of manufacturing-oriented magazine, Start, quotes Jupiter Research as saying independent-sponsored marketplaces (ISMs) are gaining speed.<\/strong> ISMs, which I call Captive Exchanges, are business-to-business groups created by industry leaders.<\/strong> Jupiter says they are moving online faster, and enabling business operations sooner than expected.<\/strong> \u201cMore than 41% of 58 ISMs already have the ability to conduct business online, and another 33% were speculated to have launched by the end of 2000,\u201d the magazine said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the last edition of StratVantage News Summary, I reported Ariba\u2019s gloomy prediction that all public exchanges were doomed.<\/strong> This was a particularly interesting statement, considering that Ariba\u2019s stock is floundering, and statements of doom and gloom won\u2019t do anything to enhance its price.<\/strong><\/p>\n

So I guess, when you look at it, Jupiter\u2019s statement really says nothing about the viability of the online exchange, just that they\u2019re really good at spending venture capital getting to market.<\/strong> And also good at getting industry analysts to write favorable analyses, it would appear.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the same issue, Start quotes AMR Research regarding consortium trading exchanges (CTEs).<\/strong> CTEs face ten trouble spots:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u00b7 premature promises of functionality<\/td>\n\n
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  • long delays in the delivery of collaborative commerce applications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00b7 lack of consensus about where functionality should reside<\/td>\n\n
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  • cost to integrate back-end systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00b7 need to budget for the total cost of the exchange<\/td>\n\n
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  • supplier recruitment, participation and integration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00b7 competition among the best-of-breed vendors<\/td>\n\n
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  • immaturity of standards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00b7 marketplace-to-marketplace integration<\/td>\n\n