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February 2, 2015
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Appterra is the only Collaborative Commerce Platform designed for the cloud.
Varying Standards Among Trading Counterparts
Supply chain management has changed over the years. At
one time, companies only had to worry about trading
partners in their country. Now, the marketplace is global, and
so is the supply chain. As you move into the global
marketplace, you will notice that standards vary among
trading partners. This can cause a variety of problems, from
subpar products to injuries, or a lack of compliance with
regulations. This can harm your business. The question is,
then, how do you deal with these varying standards?
Compliance within the System
You can easily ensure that all trading partners are compliant
by adding regulations into the supply chain management
system. For instance, you can include document archiving
into your system. The standard is six months online and
seven years offsite. By adding this into your system, it will be
easy to make sure everyone complies.
You can also add HTTPS to your system so everyone uses
a secure protocol. All trading partners will have to log into
the HTTPS to access the supply chain management
platform. That will ensure that your information is protected,
even if your trading partners do not protect their systems.
The information will be on the cloud instead of their
individual systems so it will be safe.
You can also choose a system that encrypts data for you.
This will give you some extra protection when you and your
trading partners send information. Again, this will protect the
information, even if your trading partners do not have secure
systems.
Legal date and time stamping is another way to ensure that
everyone is using the same standards. You can have the
system do this for you automatically so you do not have to
worry about your trading partners failing to comply. Even if
they are not interested in provided the necessary stamps, all
of their documents will be stamped by the system.
You cannot stand over your trading partners’ shoulders,
forcing them to do the right thing. You can, however, use a
supply chain management platform that makes everyone
abide by a certain set of standards. That way, you can
protect your information and your supply chain. That means
you will protect your profits. When everyone is on the same
page regarding standards, you do not have to worry about
your trading partners causing you to lose money. Instead,
they will help you make more money with your business.
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