AECPI Corporate Members
Career Central joins AECPI as corporate member
If you're an MBA, software developer, marketing, sales or financial
professional, Career Central will e-mail you career opportunities that match
your skills and interests. Using an on-line form, simply tell Career
Central about your background, interests and the type of position you're
looking for. It's completely confidential. There's no stress, no wasted
time, and best of all -- it's free!
Check out the independent study by Refer-it!, which ranked Career Central
among the TOP TEN LIST for November 1999.
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United Airlines
United Airlines is both the largest air carrier in the world and the largest majority employee-owned company.
United offers nearly 2,300 flights a day to 135 destinations in 28 countries and one U.S. territory. Our five U.S. hubs -- Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington Dulles -- are strategically positioned across the United States, providing easy access to United's global network. As a member of Star Alliance, the airline network for Earth, United passengers enjoy access to more than 600 destinations around the world, 180 airport lounges, and the ability to accrue and redeem miles on any partner airline.
Success in our business starts with big ears. You have to listen carefully to your customers. Once they've spoken, you create new solutions and bring them to reality.
Look at what we're doing. This year in response to our research findings, United Airlines will continue to invest in new technology, innovative products, and employee training.
The airline is already developing new airport products such as "The Word," a gate-area message display board that will give customers continuous updated information on flight and seat status. We've already implemented our mobile "Chariots," supplementary wireless-linked service desks on wheels that can be deployed quickly to areas where additional resources are needed-taking service to the customer where they want it. In recognizing the importance of on-time operations, United also recently invested some $51 million in additional airport ground equipment and $10 million in baggage handling system improvements.
In 1999 United will introduce 30 new aircraft into its fleet including 10 Airbus A320/A319 aircraft, seven Boeing 747-400s and six Boeing 777s, while withdrawing 14 old 747s and DC-10s.
E-Business Takes Things Further, Faster.
United's initiatives in E-Business will attempt to leverage technologies to the maximum benefit of the traveling public. We want to create services and product features that incorporate wireless, internet, distributed computing, and other emerging communications interfaces. Make sure you pack your imagination, because you'll need it.
Consumers Energy, the principal subsidiary of CMS Energy Corporation, has been generating and distributing electrical power in Michigan for over 100 years. It is Michigan's largest natural gas and electric utility, serving more than six million of the states nine and one-half million residents in all 68 Lower Peninsula counties. And it is the forth-largest combined gas and electric utility in the United States.
About the Electronics Commerce Department of Consumers Energy:
When Consumers Energy started working with Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) in the mid-1980s, it was considered a competitive advantage. Now it has become necessary for doing business. Currently, we are working toward the goal of making Electronic Commerce (EC) the rule rather than the exception in our business transactions.
In any given day we exchange hundreds of electronic transactions with over 700 Preferred Trading Partners. We are continuing to grow those numbers as fast as equipment and software allow. Our ultimate goal is to let computers handle routine and costly procedures so that we all have more time to manage other parts of the operation.
We are currently exchanging a wide range of transaction sets with our Trading Partners, Including:
410, Rail Carrier Invoice
810, Invoice (outgoing energy bills & incoming vendor invoices)
811, Telephone Invoice
820, Payment Order/remittance advice
840, Request for quote
843, Response to Quote
846, Invoice Inquiry/advice
850, purchase Order
852, Product Activity Data
855, Purchase Order Response
860, Purchase Order Change
862, Shipping Schedule
863, Test Results
865, Purchase Order Change Acknowledgement
997, Functional Acknowledgement
Consumers Energy supports several versions of these transaction sets and is currently implementing version 4010 in order to be year 2000 compliant.
For more information about the Electronic Commerce Department of Consumers Energy, please contact one of the following team members:
Ronald B. Kerver, EC Director
Email: rbkerver@cmsenergy.com
Phone: 517-788-7050
Fax: 517-788-2057
Anne L. Raczkowski, EC Business Consultant
Email: alraczko@cmsenergy.com
Phone: 517-788-0074
Fax: 517-788-2057
Marjorie D. Hauger, EC Administrative Specialist
Email: mdhauger@cmsenergy.com
Phone: 517-788-0324
Fax: 517-788-2057
ZD Journals
ZD Journals, a division of Ziff-Davis Inc, is the leading source for software-specific journals and technology information. ZD Journals provides computer users with timely, accurate information and proven techniques to help them apply technology for increased individual performance and organizational productivity.
A Tradition of Innovation and Excellence
From the company's inception as The Cobb Group in the early 80s, publishing best-selling software-support books has evolved into its comprehensive line of journals, CDs, and on-line media resources. It continues to provide readers with the highest quality content through the best mediums available.
Every month, ZD Journals reach more than one million computer users through 50 print and digital products; covering everything from business and desktop publishing applications, programming tools and languages to operating systems. There is also a growing list of Internet-focused products that spans new applications as well as the impact on our professional and personal lives. These products include eCommerce Alert, Internet Business Advantage, Inside the Internet, Internet Search Advantage, Online Investing Adviser, and The Hi-Tech Traveler. Discounted prices are currently available for eCommerce Alert, a journal for eCommerce analysis strategy and interaction in the exploding electronic commerce arena and Internet Business Advantage, a journal dedicated to helping marketers implement successful interactive marketing and advertising strategies to build traffic. Click here for more information. (goes to special rates and discounts page).
The Best Medium Available
ZD Journals delivers useful techniques directly to readers via E-mail through its automated software tip service - www.zdtips.com. With ZDTips, readers receive, at no cost, weekly alerts and updates covering an extensive list of Internet, developer, and desktop applications.
For more information on ZD Journals, go to www.zdjournals.com
FORESIGHT
FORESIGHT’S products are used by over 120,000 companies as a cost-effective approach to streamlining operational efficiency; FORESIGHT Corporation products are the world’s most popular EDI productivity tools. Providing innovative, reliable EDI software products since 1990, FORESIGHT=s mission is to deliver customer-focused products and to meet the changing needs of the EDI professional. FORESIGHTS=s tools automate recurring EDI tasks such as implementation guideline development and distribution, generation of application and EDI test data, transaction analysis, migration of guidelines, and trading partner setup. Documentation packages include versions of a wide array of industry standards including ASCX12, VICS, UCS/WINS, EDIFACT, EANCOM, TRADACOMS, ODETTE, and TDCC.
FORESIGHT’S products include EDISIM, AppSim, EDISIM Ambassador and TradeSite. The EDISIM Professional Product Suite includes six modules: Standards Editor, Document Builder, Test Data Generator, Analyzer, Standards Reference and Comparator. These modules are also packaged in a variety of functional suites reflecting the specialized EDI tasks of documentation, implementation and testing. Customized options are also available for site licenses, add-on stations and special testing workbench packaging.
AppSim, the Application Data Simulator, provides the ability to automatically prototype application data without the need to develop customized data extraction programs. TradeSite is the premier web-based EDI solution for enabling small and medium sized trading partners. A product extension, Analyzer Plus, provides users with a production environment tool that can validate EDI data before translation. A command-line Windows application, it can be run from the DOS operating system under Windows 95 or NT as part of a batch script. It can also be executed from other programs via a user-defined routine.
FORESIGHT is headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, and has offices throughout the U.S. and Europe. A large strategic alliance and reseller network provides immediate product access, training and support around the globe. EDISIM is a registered trademark and AppSim and TradeSite are trademarks of the FORESIGHT Corporation.
EC World (formerly EDI World)
Electronic Commerce World, a monthly magazine of electronic commerce
management and technology integration, features editorial and
advertising content designed to educate readers on topics including
Electronic Data Interchange, Imaging, Automatic Identification and Data
Capture, Value-Added Network Services, Workflow and Financial EDI. This
cross-industry, international publication provides a common ground for
business executives, managers and administrators to increase their
understanding of electronic commerce.
Electronic Commerce World also sponsors Electronic Commerce World 97, a
cross-industry conference and exhibit that promotes technology
integration, and a series of business solution seminars. For more
information on subscriptions, advertising, editorial, conferences or
seminars, please contact Electronic Commerce World at 954/925-5900, or
E-mail EC World at ecworld@ix.netcom.com or visit EC World web site at
http://www.ediworld.com. Please see Member Discounts and Special
Offers.
SAN ANTONIO ELECTRONIC COMMERCE RESOURCE CENTER (ECRC)
In our first years of operation, we at ECRC explored the emerging world
of Electronic Commerce, learning what tools could serve our business
clients needs. This solid grounding in the real world and the recent
maturing of the EC world has let us begin exploiting technology to serve
our clients and provide our government customers with a good value for
their investment. We have developed a number of tools that have
dramatically increased our productivity. For example, as little as a
year and a half ago, our consultants needed nearly two hours to help a
business person determine if selling to the government through EC made
sense and select a Value-Added Network for conducting EDI with the
federal government. Using our on-line tool suite, that same
consultation event now takes about 15 minutes. Here are some of our
accomplishments made possible by our abilities to exploit market
technologies:
- Developed "A Guide to EDI", an interactive tutorial diskette
explaining the basics of EDI.
- Launched the first interactive service on the Internet's World Wide
Web for identifying federal procurement solicitations from the
government's Federal Acquisition Computer Network (FACNET)
(http://www.saecrc.org).
- Developed the seminar "Business Opportunities with the DoD through
EDI", a highly regarded and comprehensive explanation of selling to the
government in today's changing environment. It mixes live
demonstrations of Internet-based EC, software demonstrations, and
electronic presentations to take the seminar audience beyond the "Death
By Viewgraph" norm.
- Published "Internet Help File", a Windows-based tool for
understanding and using the Internet.
- Expanded this Internet Help File to a fully interactive Web-based
prototype training program whose testing scenarios provide feedback to
the user as guide for further learning.
- Delivered information and assistance to clients using the Internet in
26,338 discrete sessions comprised of 460,114 individual hits during the
1996 Fiscal Year alone.
For more information, contact Butch McGehee at ECRC (210/732-1141) or
butch@saecrc.org
EDIFECS (EDI & Electronic Commerce Systems)
Of Issaquah, WA has joined AECPI. In keeping with it's corporate motto
"Simplify EDI", EDIFECS has launched SpecBuilder, geared to facilitate
the building and printing of implemen- tation guides. In addition to
having a user interface that has been acclaimed for its intuitiveness,
ease of use and power features, SpecBuilder is also a tool that allows
the user to reference and browse EDI standards (X12 and EDIFACT).
Please see Member Discounts and Special Offers for more.
Jupiter Communications, (www.jup.com) a leading market research company
covering the consumer online industry, has joined AECPI. The company
publishes "Online Marketplace", a monthly newsletter focused on digital
commerce and the "Internet Payments Report". Please see Jupiter
Communications under Member Discounts.
Akces MEDIA (pronounced access), is an Electronic Commerce consulting
and development company servicing small to medium sized businesses. The
company provides analysis, planning, and development of WEB sites,
Intranets, EDI Databases, hardware and software. The principals of the
company have been assisting other companies in implementing "state of
the art" network computing systems for more than 10 years. Akces MEDIA
is currently involved in a large project with a Miami based company that
is implementing a secure Internet based automobile financing system.
Says Drew Henderson, President, Akces MEDIA is a lot more than just WEB
development. The company specializes in network computing, security and
complete corporate Electronic Commerce Enablement. The Intranet and
Internet provide a universal communications platform that enables
companies to interact in ways unheard of before, internally and
globally.
Another important aspect of the work of Akces MEDIA is in Internet
security. Akces MEDIA evaluates, recommends and implements firewalls
and encryption technologies. The company firmly believes that the
current crop of secure transaction technology will make possible new
opportunities that most companies will have to employ in order to remain
competitive. Mr. Henderson believes that the broad acceptance of the
Internet and the WEB is more profound and will have a greater impact
than the development of the personal computer.
For further information contact Drew Henderson at 800-582-7009 or visit
the Akces WEB site at www.akcesmedia.com.
Research Triangle Consultants, Inc. - Raleigh, North Carolina was the
first corporate member of AECPII. RTCI joined with 10 individual
members. RTCI was recently recognized by the Triangle Business Journal
as the 7th fastest growing technology company in North Carolina having
grown by 1,003% during the period 1991 through 1995. The consulting
firm specializes in all aspects of electronic commerce. Asked to
comment on the direction of EC, Mr. Jeff LeRose, RTCI Founder and
President, said he sees a continuing focus on the Internet for EDI, and
he sees first and second tier EDI users now refocusing to take
advantage of client server environments and integration of client server
applications. Mr. LeRose foresees an ever increasing push to bring third
tier trading partners on board. Asked why he enrolled his company and
employees in the AECPII, Mr. LeRose stated he feels that such an
organization is important as a source of support and guidance for
individuals and companies which may provide a valuable contribution in
their ability to keep pace and grow with the industry. To learn more
see RTCI's WEB page at www.rtci.com
GPU Service Corporation - Reading, Pennsylvania has joined as a
corporate member. GPU is the service organization of a corporate
structure which includes three regional utility companies in
Pennsylvania and New Jersey. They are committed to Electronic Commerce
and are a very active EDI user with initiatives in billing, accounts
receivable, accounts payable and industry related applications such as
smoke stack emissions, contractor time sheets and more. Financial EDI
transactions include the 820 and a consumer bill pay pilot with Check
Free Corp. See next letter for Consumer Bill Pay Article.
The Charles Machine Works, Inc. - Perry, Oklahoma has joined the
association as a corporate member. Makers of Ditch Witch, TCMWI focuses
its efforts on developing and producing high quality equipment for
underground construction. The company offers the most complete line of
underground construction equipment in the industry. According to Harve
Callicoat, EDI Manager, the company is also committed to doing business
electronically. They have over 80 domestic trading partners and are
currently working to bring on the first international trading partner in
Australia.
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