The Benefits of Participation in X12

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X12 Participation…

• Accelerates the your organization’s mission/vision/strategy– All organizations that participate in X12 has some type of

community that leverages/consumes X12 transactions. 

– Serving that community effectively, efficiently, fairly, and consistently is typically an aspect of the organization’s mission/vision/strategy

– X12 participation supports the organization’s overall vision

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X12 Participation

• Provides forward visibility into changes that could positively or negatively impact a participant’s organization– Active participation ensures that that the participant’s organization

has a long term, advance knowledge of changes that could positively or negatively impact their operations or community

– The X12 process ensures that the participant’s organization has an actual voice and vote in changes that could negatively impact their organization

– The X12 process ensures that the participant’s organization can adopt positive changes in a significantly faster manner than the competitors in their marketplace, thus realizing substantial business benefit

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X12 Participation…

• Provides unparalleled access to industry best practices– The trimester meeting system ensures that participants and their

organizations have superior access to industry best practices.  The ‘deep dive’ nature of each trimester and as well as intra-trimester meetings ensures that best practices can be explored at very deep levels of detail so that they can be practically applied.

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X12 Participation….

• Allows individuals to enhance and grow not only their technical skills, but leadership and collaboration skills as well.  These skills can be actively applied in their day to day jobs to benefit their organizations