Electronic Commerce Council of Canada

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Electronic CommerceCouncil of Canada

• Presented To

March 29th, 2004 Presented by Eileen Mac Donald,
SVP Electronic Commerce Council of Canada
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Who is ECCC?
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1. Who is ECCC?

• The Electronic Commerce Council of Canada (ECCC)
  is a not-for-profit industry-led association
  established to promote and maintain global
  standards for the identification of goods,
  services, locations and related e-Commerce
  communication such as bar code issuance and
  maintenance.
• ECCC represents Canada in global e-Commerce
  standards.
• ECCC has more than 8500 members with the majority
  being SMEs.

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Why

• CANARIE had the resources and talents to identify
  and understand what the ECCnet initiative meant
  for Canada on all levels and the risk of
  non-implementation.

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What is ECCnet?
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What is ECCnet?
PRIOR SUPPLY CHAIN - 1997
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Canada A Dynamic Trading Nation Commercialized
by ECCnet
Retailers/ Distributors
EDI
Suppliers
EDI
ECCnet
EDI / XML
EDI / XML
ECCnet Enabling Tools
ECCnet Enabling Tools
Product Catalogue 250,000 Products
Product Catalogue Management Software
Product Catalogue Management Software
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Benefits to Supply Chain

• Data integrity and accuracy between vendor and
  retailer
• Fewer purchase order and invoicing issues for
  finance
• Less time spent with vendors
• Faster product introductions
• Elimination and support of in-house product
  listing software

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Benefits of Data Synchronization
Benefits range from 700,000 to 1 million EBIT
for every 1 billion in sales (in relevant
categories)
See AT Kearney Case Study (Appendix)
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The Future of ECCnet?

• Hardlines
• Home Depot, Rona/Reno Depot, etc.
• General Merchandise
• Hbc, Wal-Mart, Sears, etc.
• Leader on global e-Commerce initiatives
• Can-Trace
• (National Supply Chain Tracking Tracing
  Initiative)
• EPCglobal Canada (RFID technology)

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RFID Bridges a Technology Gap

• Bar Code
• Individual item scanning line of sight required
• Exposed labels may become unreadable
• Product-level identification only
• Static Information
• Bar code must have minimum size and be visible

• RFID
• Simultaneous multiple detection
  multi-directional, line of sight not required
• Embedded tags less susceptible to damage
• Individual unit identification
• Potential for read/write capabilities
• In the long-term, the identification will be
  invisible

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ECCnet

• Technology Demonstration