EDI Y2K Readiness Survey Results Survey conducted at the ECR Technology Seminar Halifax June 24, 1998 Sponsored by the Electronic Commerce Council of Canada

Survey Questions Are you a distributor, manufacturer, broker, or other? If other, please specify. Does your organization have a Year 2000 Plan in place? Is your organization currently EDI enabled? Has your organization provided/received direction to/from trading partners relative to Y2K plans? What timelines have been provided?

Questions (cont.) Does your organization plan to implement the standard 4010? If yes, 1998 or 1999? What software, network or testing service would be helpful to facilitate this migration? Are you planning to use another method to address Y2K for EDI? Please explain. When will you be ready to test Y2K Compliant Documents?

Results Methodology 54 responses in total. Results grouped by Manufacturers (32 responses) Distributors (15 responses) Brokers (6 responses) One response submitted as Other (“consultant”) not tabulated.

Manufacturers Does your organization have a Year 2000 Plan in place?

Manufacturers Is your organization currently EDI enabled?

Manufacturers Has your organization provided/received direction to/from trading partners relative to Y2K plans?

Manufacturers What timelines have been provided? (For “Yes” responses to previous question)

Manufacturers Does your organization plan to implement the standard 4010? If yes, 1998 or 1999?

Manufacturers What software, network or testing service would be helpful to facilitate this migration? Multiple answers

Manufacturers Are you planning to use another method to address Y2K for EDI? Please explain.

Manufacturers Sample written answers to previous question: “Compliant translation software”

Manufacturers When will you be ready to test Y2K Compliant Documents?

Distributors Does your organization have a Year 2000 Plan in place?

Distributors Is your organization currently EDI enabled?

Distributors Has your organization provided/received direction to/from trading partners relative to Y2K plans?

Distributors What timelines have been provided? (For “Yes” responses to previous question)

Distributors Does your organization plan to implement the standard 4010? If yes, 1998 or 1999?

Distributors What software, network or testing service would be helpful to facilitate this migration?

Distributors Are you planning to use another method to address Y2K for EDI?

Distributors Sample written answers to previous question: “calculated fields to get century information” “EDI to fax”

Distributors When will you be ready to test Y2K Compliant Documents?

Brokers Does your organization have a Year 2000 Plan in place?

Brokers Is your organization currently EDI enabled?

Brokers Has your organization provided/received direction to/from trading partners relative to Y2K plans?

Brokers What timelines have been provided? (For “Yes” responses to previous question)

Brokers Does your organization plan to implement the standard 4010? If yes, 1998 or 1999?

Brokers What software, network or testing service would be helpful to facilitate this migration?

Brokers Are you planning to use another method to address Y2K for EDI?

Brokers When will you be ready to test Y2K Compliant Documents?