RosettaNet: The Organization and the System
Nina Malakooty · eScholarship (California Digital Library) · 2005
I -IntroductionThe process of taking a product from design to sale often requires that a company secure the cooperation of outside entities.The entities that are part of this network of product development and distribution comprise what is known as a "supply chain" (White et al., 2004).In June 2004, the National Institute of Standards and Technology released a report on various industries' supply chains.Among other industries, the report examined the electronics industry -companies that produce personal computers (PCs), components, telecommunications equipment, and consumer electronics.It found that the electronics industry loses $3.9 billion per year as a result of inadequacies in the supply chain (White et al., 2004).The electronics industry recognized this issue six years ago and created an organization, RosettaNet, to help develop a more efficient supply chain. II -BackgroundRosettaNet is a nonprofit organization dedicated to establishing standards for business-tobusiness (B2B) interactions in the electronics industry.The organization was created in 1998 by Fadi Chehade, with 40 companies involved in the original effort.Now, RosettaNet has over 500 member companies, which theoretically have committed to using and promoting the standard