Adapt to Survive Supply

Chain Disruptions – Part 3

Mark Morley, Industry Marketing Director

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Provides Information

Management &

Communications

Offers

End-to-End

Visibility

Provides

Scalability &

Flexibility

How Can B2B Help to Minimise Supply Chain Risk?

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Using Community Management Tools to Increase Organisational Resilience

Information

Management & Communication

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Community Management – Strengthens Information Management

How do you currently manage the

contact information across your

trading partner community?, is

your business ready to respond to

the disruption or change?Key Requirements:-

• Centralised B2B Contact Directory

• Self Service Access

• Predefined Registration Process

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Community Management – Improves Command and Control

How long would it take to assess

the condition of your supply chain

following a crisis / natural

disaster?, How quickly could you

identify an alternative supplier?Key Requirements:-

• Mass Broadcast Communication

• Secure Surveys & Web Forms

• Real-Time Visibility & Follow Up

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Community Management – Minimises Supply Chain Risk

Do you have the IT infrastructure

in place to assess, manage and

mitigate supply chain risk?Key Requirements:-

• Risk Surveys & Assessments

• Risk Scoring & Weighting

• Mitigation & Corrective Action Workflow

• Establish Trading Partner Risk Database

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B2B Operations Automation Validation Visibility & Control

Line of Business Sourcing & Procurement Supply Chain Compliance Corporate Partner Mgmt.

YourPeople

CommunityInformationManagement

On-boarding &Self-service Registration

Workflow

CollaborativeDispute & IssueManagement

UnifiedCommunications

Compliance, CSR & Risk

Relationship & Performance

YourEnterpriseSystems

CONTRACTMANUFACTURERS

SUPPLIERS

DISTRIBUTORSCUSTOMERS CARRIERS

& 3PLS

INSURERS

FINANCIALINSTITUTIONS

GXS Trading Grid® Improves Human Interaction and Results

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On-boarding and Compliance – North America

Multiple acquisitions in recent years had

led to a need to automate interactions with

their vendor community. Implemented a

community management tool to:

• Improve the way in which contact

information was managed across

100,000 trading partners held within

Oracle

• Automate the registration process for

up to 100 vendors per day

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Is Your Supply Chain Prepared?

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