iHub, meaning information hub, is a multi-PIP scenario developed by the iHub Focus Process Team (FPT). Comprised of representatives from several RosettaNet Partner companies, the iHub FPT is identifying a set of PIPs for a hub to enable real-time exchange of common information used in day-to-day supply chain management.

Program Participants
Led by Cisco Systems, the iHub program involves numerous IT and EC industry leaders including Arrow Electronics, Avnet, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Motorola, Philips Semiconductors, STMicroelectronics and Tyco Electronics.  Among the solution providers supporting this milestone are Manugistics, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Viacore, webMethods and Xoriant. A second wave of commitments to implement these processes, including a significant number of partner companies, is expected following a successful implementation of this first phase.  Public exchanges such as e2open are also leveraging RosettaNet supply and demand management processes to facilitate supply visibility across their trading community.

2001 Program Achievements
The iHub program developed 17 published PIPs for trading partner implementation.  Four PIPs were fully validated and in production with at least 10 trading partners.  Companies reported 80 iHub PIP engagements worldwide.  The program also defined a framework to enable the configuration of multi-PIP scenarios and established alignment of existing RosettaNet standards with requirements from Partner companies.  The program team validated standards through implementations and analyzed and proposed enhancements to support real-world implementations.