Formerly the CALS/CE Report, the E-x Report is the oldest and most respected newsletter on electronic business practices for Industry.  These practices include: Electronic Commerce (E-Commerce), Electronic Business (E-Business), Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Technical Data Interchange (TDI), Supply Chain Management, DoD's Continuous Acquisition and Life-Cycle Support (CALS) initiative, and Collaborative Engineering (CE). 

United Nations, D&B Introduce UN/SPSC Product and Services Coding System

They describe UN/SPSC as, "the first global commodity code standard."
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API CIMIS Database Exceeds 1,000,000 Record Mark

CIMIS (Common Industry Material Identification Standards) database provides participating companies with highly structured material data for commodity components.
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Standards News

AIChE Process Data Exchange Institute (pdXi) requests membership in STEP TAG.

UK review of Draft ISO 10303-231 "Application protocol - Process engineering data: Process design and process specifications of major equipment" (AP231)

PSM/RMP Report Sponsors OO99

The PSM/RMP Report will be sponsoring OO99, the Owner/Operator Automation Summit '99, A High-Level Workshop, May 25, at A/E/C SYSTEMS '99, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA (Conference: May 24-27, 1999 | Exhibit: May 25-27, 1999).

KBI Opens Publications Division

Knowledge Base International has opened a Publications Division with offerings in Health & Safety. Our Publications Division offers hard to find books on selected topical areas.  We also provide training and technical articles on a variety of topics.

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