RosettaNet Press Release
RosettaNet Aligns With EAN Australia to Promote E-Business Standardization For Advancement of Supply Chain Optimization

For Release March 29, 2004

SANTA ANA, CA

RosettaNet, the global leader in e-business standards, today announced that the consortium has entered into an affiliate agreement with EAN Australia to promote the adoption and implementation of RosettaNet standards within Australia’s high technology sector and beyond.  EAN Australia, a not-for-profit industry organization focused on supply chain management improvement, will act as the host organization for the new RosettaNet Australia affiliate, scheduled to formally launch later this year.

This strategic alliance will bring RosettaNet’s supply chain benefits, including improved operational efficiencies and lower transaction costs, to Australian-based enterprises and their trading partners. The partnership also signifies EAN Australia’s support in advancing e-business processes, such as RosettaNet’s proven industry standards for global supply chain management.

“RosettaNet’s longevity and critical success is largely attributed to the consortium’s continued focus on industry outreach and collaboration around standards development and adoption, as well as targeted growth in new markets and geographies,” said Jennifer Hamilton, RosettaNet President and Chief Executive Officer. “We are pleased with the further expansion of RosettaNet into the APAC region and excited about the opportunities that will come about as a result of our new affiliation with EAN Australia.”

“The deployment of RosettaNet is expected to fuel the continued growth of electronic trading in Australia, thereby enhancing the way companies transact business while also increasing e-commerce opportunities between technology companies in the Asia-Pacific Region,” remarked Maria Palazzolo, chief executive officer, EAN Australia. "Coupled with the EAN.UCC System, RosettaNet XML standards offer Australian businesses a full set of complementary business tools for best practice supply chain management.”
 
About RosettaNet
RosettaNet is a non-profit consortium dedicated to the collaborative development and rapid deployment of open, Internet-based business standards that align processes within the global trading network. More than 500 multinational and regional companies in the information technology, electronic components, semiconductor manufacturing and telecommunications industries participate in RosettaNet’s strategic standards and services development. Fortune 1000 companies worldwide have implemented RosettaNet standards, conducting B2B operations that value billions in annual revenues.
 
RosettaNet is one of the industry's most ambitious standards implementation efforts, reaching the Americas, Asia and Europe. To date, the consortium has established several regional affiliate organizations — in the Americas, China, Europe, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Taiwan — giving a voice to various business economies seeking to adopt and influence RosettaNet's global standards. Information on RosettaNet’s worldwide activities, including a complete list of member companies and participating organizations, is available at www.rosettanet.org . RosettaNet is a subsidiary of the Uniform Code Council, Inc. (UCC).
 
About EAN Australia
EAN Australia administers the global, multi-industry system of identification and communication for products, services, assets and locations – the EAN•UCC System. EAN Australian is focused on improving efficiency of integrated logistics, while contributing added value to partners and customers through the adoption of worlds' best practice supply chain management techniques.  For more information, visit www.ean.com.au .