papiNet from Top to Bottom An introduction to papiNet

2 Agenda What is papiNet? -Charter -Organization -papiNet Goals Implementation Status -Current and Planned Implementations -What Messages are Being Implemented? papiNet Standard -Business Process Overview -What the Standard Contains -papiNet XML Benefits -Under the Covers Interoperability -ISO (ebXML) If we have time… -Documentation

3 What is papiNet? papiNet Is… An international paper and forest products industry e-business initiative. A set of standard electronic documents that facilitates the flow of information among parties engaged in the buying, selling, and distribution of paper and forest products. Enabler for collaborative electronic business using the internet.

4 Label Stock What is papiNet? papiNet Organization papiNet Executive Committee papiNet NA Membership Board papiNet Euro Membership Board Wood Products Segment Implementation Groups Packaging Central Work Group Publication Papers

5 What is papiNet? papiNet Goals To increase efficiencies in transaction and marketplace activities through -documented business processes, with -Supporting standard XML messages, and -consistent data definitions, common terminology and formats -“real-time” exchange of information through the internet To ensure that the standards are interoperable -Between trading partners in the paper and forest products industry. -Between trading partners in other industries -ebXML envelope -Engage other standards initiatives To provide standards that are open and freely available

6 Implementation Status Current and Planned Implementations Trading partner linkages in production and scheduled to be in production in the upcoming six months. A link is defined as a from-to trading partner relationship for a given continent. -Companies who report using papiNet for internal communication are not included in this analysis, only their external linkage. Besides the outstanding growth in production use this chart also illustrates the high degree conversion of planned implementation to actual use. -Our target for 2005 is 230 linkages. Production Short-Term

7 Implementation Status Current and Planned Implementations by Message Basic messages are used most frequently including Delivery Message, Purchase Order, Invoice, Order Confirmation, and Goods Receipt There is still a long way to go on Basic messages before other messages will be implemented Production Short-Term

8 Implementation Status Production Use of Each Message The most prevalently implemented message remains the Delivery Message followed by the Purchase Order, Order Confirmation, and Invoice.

9 papiNet Standard Just what is the papiNet Standard? Set of common electronic formats and terminology for the paper and forest products industry -Designed to facilitate application-to-application information exchange Interoperability guidelines based on the ebXML message service specification (ISO 15000) -Designed to facilitate system-to-system information exchange Stylesheets, currently through version Designed to facilitate human understanding of message content Implementation Guidelines -Designed to facilitate rapid use Case Studies (Business Scenarios) -Answers to common situations Sample XML -What the XML would look like papiNet is not an eCommerce portal and there is no charge to use papiNet!

10 papiNet Standard Business Process Overview Paper Producer Printer/ Converter Publisher/ Cataloger Agreement Planning (Forecast) Planning (Production Plan) Inventory Status (reel) Inventory Status (summary) Delivery Goods Receipt Usage Invoice The goal is to remove cost from the supply chain

11 papiNet Standard Collaboration Benefits Simpler, cost effective and efficient business transactions using agreed-upon language Increased data accuracy through less human intervention Increased supply chain visibility Less paper work

12 papiNet Standard papiNet and XML Benefits International XML message standard -Common language for the industry -Easy to understand messages -Less errors due to schema and data-typing -Comprehensive messages for today’s and future processes XML tools support -Generic XML tools provide support for more than just papiNet

13 papiNet Standard Timing Your Migration to XML

14 papiNet Standard papiNet Versions Complete the Set V2.0 August 2002 Release Usage Order Status Inventory Status Inventory Change Information Request Product Attributes June 2001 Release Purchase Order Order Confirmation Call Off Delivery Message Invoice V1.0 Feb 2002 Release RFQ RFQ Response Goods Receipt Credit Debit Note Business Ack V1.1 Schema V2.1 April 2003 Release Availability Planning Product Performance Product Quality Complaint Complaint Response

15 papiNet Standard Brief Review of our Structure Message Common Definitions Messages have a very uniform structure with the common definitions contained in file that is shared amongst all the message schema files. You can depend on a consistent definition regardless of where the element is used. Common definitions are shared amongst all the messages providing a consistent, universal approach and easy implementation.

16 papiNet Standard A Bit More Detail

17 papiNet Standard A Look at the XML Output XML allows you to predefine and restrict choices for the content. In this case we’ve restricted the content to a predefined list of values. You can also: Impose a constant format for dates Define patterns to be applied

18 Interoperability A Standard Approach ebXML is a UN/CEFACT and OASIS standard that has achieved ISO standard status (ISO 15000) -There are several distinct parts to the standard, papiNet has only formally accepted the Message Service and Collaboration (CPPA) aspects. -The ebXML Message Service Specification includes the definition of the envelope as well as how the Message Service should behave -The ebXML envelope acts as a common interface between systems Your internal integration information will be used to determine how the ebXML envelope is used (when received) and how you will create the ebXML envelope (when sending). Integration Information papiNet Document ERP Any Messenger ebXML envelope papiNet Document Integration Information papiNet Document Any Messenger ebXML envelope papiNet Document SenderReceiver

19 Interoperability The papiNet Scope papiNet Interoperability Guidelines are designed to assure that regardless of the messaging service used any trading partner can open a message (payload) sent to them. The Net Communications Protocol Envelope SOAP with Attachments MIME envelope Firewall Payload SOAP-ebXML Envelope SOAP-ebXML Body SOAP-ebXML Header Firewall Message Service Middleware Message Service Middleware

20 If we have time… Message Documentation

21 If we have time… Business Scenarios

22 If we have time… Data Dictionary

23 If we have time… Data Dictionary