EDI Y2K Readiness Survey Results Survey conducted at the ECR Technology Seminar Calgary June 16, 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 62 responses in total. Results grouped by Manufacturers (30 responses) Distributors (16 responses) Brokers (10 responses) and Others (6 responses). Two responses unidentified w.r.t. industry sector, and therefore discarded.

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?

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

Manufacturers Sample written answers to previous question: VAN translation software, 4010

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: –“standards portability”

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 Sample written answers to previous question: –“in house” –“all of the above”

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

Others Category included: –Importers –Warehousers –Consultants

Others Does your organization have a Year 2000 plan in place?

Others Is your organization currently EDI enabled?

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

Others What timelines have been provided? (For “Yes” responses to previous question) One “Yes” -- 4th Quarter, 1998

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

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

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

Others Sample written answers to previous question: –“VAN”

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