HR-XML meets ebXML openXchange pilot in electronic staffing Frank van den Eijnden ECP.NL HR-XML Heidelberg Meeting July 17-18
Agenda Electronic Purchasing in the Netherlands ebXML - HR-XML Pilot temporary staffing (openXchange) Status developments
EP-NL Electronic Purchasing - Netherlands Started in 1998 Initiative of ECP.NL, NEVI, Berenschot and a few large companies (KLM,AkzoNobel, Shell) Goal: - exchange of experiences concerning electronic procurement - defining standards
Why EP-NL ? Using ICT in the procurement process has many (cost) advantages Problems: - lack of connectivity - lack of standard products and services - no transparent ICT market EP-NL helps by: - developping standards - letting buyers help each other with navigating on the ICT market
How does EP-NL work ? Standards development in working groups Buyers help buyers - round tables - pilots - exchange of information Via sectoral unions Projects
Survey productgroups electronic procurement (2000) Temporary staffing 254 ICT-products 245 Office supplies 211 Cleaning services 49 Maintenance 43 Logistics 42 Carlease/-hire 39 Telecom & energy 33 Business services 25 Tools 23 Catering 22
Obtaining temporary employment HR-XML Consortium around XML messages for Human Resource Management SIDES (Staffing Industry Data Exchange Standards) Internationally accepted messageset for obtaining and invoicing temporary employment
XML Over 1000 initiatives OBI IATA OTA GCI AIAG UBL HL7 EHD HR-XML agXML Boeing cXML Togaf OBI IATA OTA GCI AIAG Rosettanet CIDX xCBL UBL SMDG Bolero HL7 EHD VICS Odette E-construct Opentrans SWIFT HR-XML Ford Acord xBRL Wal-mart xCat Over 1000 initiatives
ebXML ebXML UN/CEFACT
What is ebXML ? A total solution to be able to exchange structured business information: - Application systems - Browsers - E-mail systems from different organizations
Goal ebXML Interoperability between: Sectors (trade, transport, banks…) Countries Trade processes (contracting, ordering, invoicing..)
ebXML - Proces Profile International standardisation working groups Registry Harmonization of filed process models and data components Development of process models and data Sectoral organizations Individual companies &organisations and software companies Implementation of process models Profile
Profile matching ebXML Profile 1 ebXML Profile 2 Automatic matching App.1 App.2 ebXML agreement Runtime communication
OpenXchange
OpenXchange Research and implementation project Partly financed by EU (IST-program) Duration: 2 1/2 years Goal: implementation of ebXML in different sectors: - procurement via catalogues - construction - temporary staffing
Pilots Defining business processes and messages between organizations which hire temporary staff and organizations which detach temporary staff. Using SIDES and EP-NL procedures Implementation at 2/3 inleners and 3/4 employment agencies Supply input of ebXML specifications to the ebXML registry
Process Contracting Selecting Register Invoicing Register: Via electronic forms as well as time registration system Invoicing: Invoicing and credit notes
Roles TNO and Berenschot (consultants): Specifying and development ECP-NL (eBusiness Platform) and Nevi (Purchasing Platform): Communication and dissemination Organisations which hire and detach temporary staff (user community): Impementation ABU, HR-XML and ebXML (standardisation organisations): Standards
Status pilot