1. ASC X12 CHAIR REPORT Kendra L. Martin, ASC X12 Chair February 8, 1999

2. X12 Membership 728 782 842 838 848 787 600 800 1000 FY 93FY 94FY 95FY 96FY 97FY 98

3. White = States with 0-5 Members Light Turquoise = States with 6-15 Members Turquoise = States with 16-25 Members Sky Blue = States with 26-35 Members Blue = States with 36-50 Members Dark Blue = States with 51+ Members ASC X12 Members by State

4. General Industry Types Comprising X12 Membership Consulting 11% Other 7% Software 14% Transportation 7% Computer 7% Banking & Financial 8% Government 7% Service Industry 7% Healthcare 13% Insurance 12% Manufacturing 7%

5. X12 Publications Net Revenue Grows $424,800 $474,000 $564,000 $464,000 $578,500 $607,300 $635,000 $0 $100,000 $200,000 $300,000 $400,000 $500,000 $600,000 $700,000 FY 93FY 94FY 95FY 96FY 97FY 98FY 99 Projected Net Surplus

6. X12 Meeting Attendance

7. X12 Draft Standards for Trial Use Published in Annual Release 195 232 256 273 295 304 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 199319941995199619971998

8. UN/EDIFACT Messages 6 29 16 44 27 9 13 53 22 45 9 10 13 11 57 102030405060 Travel, Tourism & Leisure Transportation Social Security, Employment & Education Product Quality Data Material Management Directory Support Services 0 Other Statistics Purchasing Insurance Healthcare Finance Customs Arch., Eng. & Construct. Accounting, Auditing, Reg. & Financial Info Serv.

9. X12 Data Maintenance Requests Processed 639 501 589 339 320 747 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 199419951996199719981999 Projected

10. KEY 1999 CHALLENGES u Six-Month Publication Cycle and Revised Procedures u Next Generation EC Standards

11. 6-Month Publication Cycle Proposed Schedule Changes 4 meetings each year: Feb, May, Aug, Nov 2 publication updates: following May & Nov meetings 4 maintenance cycles each year No interim TAS meetings Proposed Process Changes Re-designate DSTU’s as X12 Standards Treat new Transaction Sets as maintenance to X12.1 4 ballot periods each year: 30 days vs. 45 days Eliminate rebuttal ballots in favor of Open Forums

12. Benefits of Adopting this Proposal  Improves quality of the standard  Reduces cycle time for simple changes  Retains consensus process  Provides flexible meeting options  Allows better process alignment with EDIFACT  Reduces publication updates (3 to 2)  Reduces TAS meetings (6 to 4)

13. Drawbacks of Adopting this Proposal  Makes meeting attendance difficult to plan  Potentially requires Subcommittees and PRB to meet 4 times/year  Requires some X12 process change  Puts heavy reliance on DISA staff processes

14. Membership Reaction to Proposal  60 members responded to survey (out of 761 surveyed)  30 responders included suggestions for change  Broad agreement with process changes but resistance to schedule changes

15. Proposed Path Forward Feb 99StC* conducts straw poll on balloting of schedule changes Feb/Jun 99X12 member review/comment on OPM/SD2 changes Jun 99 StC authorizes 2 ballots on Schedule & OPM/SD2 changes Jun/Oct 99X12 member ballots on Schedule & OPM/SD2 changes Oct 99StC decides whether/when to implement schedule changes StC confirmation of OPM/SD2 ballot Feb 00Earliest potential start-up of new schedule and/or process * Steering Committee

16. 1/99 Steering Committee SITG Decisions u Continue the active leadership role in UN/CEFACT in defining the next generation of EDI standards u Pursue the concept of OO-edi development as the next generation of EDI standards u Begin defining an organization to support the next generation of EDI standards development process within X12 u Proceed with the SITG Demonstration Project

17. SITG Day of Presentations 8:30-10 amIntroduction to SITG and Status Report 10-11 amOpen edi, UML Modeling & Object Technology 11 am-noonRepository 1-2 pmSITG Demonstration Project 2-2:30 pmTowards the New Millennium (UN/ECE) 2:30-3 pmUML to XML Mappings 3-4:30 pmX12 Impact, Open Issues & General Discussion

18. THIS WEEK’S AGENDA: u Discussion of Six-Month Publication Cycle Proposal – Schedule Changes – Process Changes u Education on Strategic Implementation Task Group activities