Manufacturing Industry
Hosted PIM smoothes trading-partner relationships at International Paper.(CASE-IN-POINT)
Manufacturing Business Technology, October, 2005
While the practice of exchanging documents and other information with trading partners electronically is becoming more common, it isn't necessarily getting easier. In fact, many companies find it is getting more difficult as they look to trade information with multiple partners using various communications technologies.
The Commercial Printing & Imaging Papers unit of Stamford, Conn.-based International Paper found the task of sharing product information with outside partners so taxing that it opted to outsource the function. The decision was made easier because International already had a working relationship with its outsourcing partner, Liaison Technologies. Liaison's long history in the paper industry was key to its relationship with...
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