ASC X12 CHAIR REPORT

Kendra L. Martin, ASC X12 Chair

February 8, 1999

X12 Membership

728

782

842 838 848

787

600

800

1000

FY 93 FY 94 FY 95 FY 96 FY 97 FY 98

White = States with 0-5 MembersLight Turquoise = States with 6-15 MembersTurquoise = States with 16-25 MembersSky Blue = States with 26-35 MembersBlue = States with 36-50 MembersDark Blue = States with 51+ Members

ASC X12 Members by State

General Industry TypesComprising X12 Membership

Consulting11%

Other7%

Software14%

Transportation7%

Computer7%

Banking & Financial8%

Government7%

Service Industry7%

Healthcare13%

Insurance12%

Manufacturing 7%

X12 Publications Net Revenue Grows

$424,800$474,000

$564,000

$464,000

$578,500$607,300 $635,000

$0

$100,000

$200,000

$300,000

$400,000

$500,000

$600,000

$700,000

FY 93 FY 94 FY 95 FY 96 FY 97 FY 98 FY 99

Projected

Net Surplus

X12 Meeting Attendance

934 930 899828

901800 792 790

714 680750

1036

831

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

Feb-95 Jun-95 Oct-95 Feb-96 Jun-96 Oct-96 Feb-97 Jun-97 Oct-97 Feb-98 Jun-98 Oct-98 Feb-99Projected

X12 Draft Standards for Trial Use Published in Annual Release

195232

256 273 295 304

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998

UN/EDIFACT Messages

6

29

16

44

27

9

13

53

22

45

9

10

13

11

57

10 20 30 40 50 60

Travel, Tourism & Leisure

Transportation

Social Security, Employment & Education

Product Quality Data

Material Management

Directory Support Services

0

Other

Statistics

Purchasing

Insurance

Healthcare

Finance

Customs

Arch., Eng. & Construct.

Accounting, Auditing, Reg. & Financial Info Serv.

X12 Data MaintenanceRequests Processed

639

501

589

339 320

747

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Projected

KEY 1999 CHALLENGES

Six-Month Publication Cycle and Revised Procedures

Next Generation EC Standards

6-Month Publication CycleProposed Schedule Changes• 4 meetings each year: Feb, May, Aug, Nov• 2 publication updates: following May & Nov meetings• 4 maintenance cycles each year• No interim TAS meetings

Proposed Process Changes• Re-designate DSTU’s as X12 Standards• Treat new Transaction Sets as maintenance to X12.1• 4 ballot periods each year: 30 days vs. 45 days• Eliminate rebuttal ballots in favor of Open Forums

Benefits of Adopting this Proposal

Improves quality of the standard Reduces cycle time for simple changes Retains consensus process Provides flexible meeting options Allows better process alignment with EDIFACT Reduces publication updates (3 to 2) Reduces TAS meetings (6 to 4)

Drawbacks of Adopting this Proposal

Makes meeting attendance difficult to plan

Potentially requires Subcommittees and PRB to meet 4 times/year

Requires some X12 process change

Puts heavy reliance on DISA staff processes

Membership Reaction to Proposal

60 members responded to survey(out of 761 surveyed)

30 responders included suggestions for change Broad agreement with process changes but resistance to schedule changes

Proposed Path Forward

Feb 99 StC* conducts straw poll on balloting of schedule changes

Feb/Jun 99 X12 member review/comment on OPM/SD2 changes

Jun 99 StC authorizes 2 ballots on Schedule & OPM/SD2 changes

Jun/Oct 99 X12 member ballots on Schedule & OPM/SD2 changes

Oct 99 StC decides whether/when to implement schedule changesStC confirmation of OPM/SD2 ballot

Feb 00 Earliest potential start-up of new schedule and/or process

* Steering Committee

1/99 Steering CommitteeSITG Decisions

Continue the active leadership role in UN/CEFACT in defining the next generation of EDI standards

Pursue the concept of OO-edi development as the next generation of EDI standards

Begin defining an organization to support the next generation of EDI standards development process within X12

Proceed with the SITG Demonstration Project

SITG Day of Presentations

8:30-10 am Introduction to SITG and Status Report

10-11 am Open edi, UML Modeling & ObjectTechnology

11 am-noon Repository

1-2 pm SITG Demonstration Project

2-2:30 pm Towards the New Millennium (UN/ECE)

2:30-3 pm UML to XML Mappings

3-4:30 pm X12 Impact, Open Issues & GeneralDiscussion

THIS WEEK’S AGENDA:

Discussion of Six-Month Publication Cycle Proposal– Schedule Changes– Process Changes

Education on Strategic Implementation Task Group activities