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Think Cloud for Strategic B2B Integration

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Think Cloud for Strategic B2B Integration

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Source: Vanson Bourne, Synchronize the Value Chain, 2012

87% of IT decision-makers say business community is critical to success.

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Yet 76% of value chain managers believe they collaborate effectively with their business community.

Source: Vanson Bourne, Synchronize the Value Chain, 2012

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And only 30% of B2B organizations have full integration with their trading partners.

Source: Vanson Bourne, Synchronize the Value Chain, 2012

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If B2B integration is critical, why are organizations still

disconnected?

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Source: Vanson Bourne, B2B Integration and MFT Global Study for IBM, 2013

A recent survey shows that a typical organization has...

574 suppliers, partners and customers

5 disparate B2B/EDI systems

10 different data formats

11 specific protocols across partners

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Diversity creates COMPLEXITY

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Compounding this multiplicity are:

Regulatory requirementsVarying degrees of technical expertiseMultiple data standards and more...

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Meanwhile... cost reduction is the top business pressure for more than 80% of value chain decision-makers.

need to reduce rising costs.

Source: Vanson Bourne, B2B Integration and MFT Global Study for IBM, 2013

82%

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future is in the cloud.

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