X12 Overview Presentation

Delivering Global Innovation Opens Standards Development and Process Automation

Understanding ASC X12
Formed in 1979 and accredited by ANSI
Initial development driven by Transportation Data Coordinating Committee (TDCC)
An open organization
Stakeholder and volunteer driven development
Support for vertical and cross-industry requirements
Member companies in over 50 countries
350 Global corporate participants
3,000 member contributors
Over 330 document specifications in production

Vision
To be the leading cross-industry standards development organization for global electronic data exchange

Mission
ASC X12 brings together business and industry professionals in a cross-industry forum to develop and support electronic data exchange standards for the international marketplace to enhance business processes, reduce costs and expand organizational reach

B2B and industry challenges
Increasing business requirements for managing the exchange of data outside the enterprise
Product Development
Financial Services and Insurance
Service and warranty management
Global trade
Transportation and Logistics
Supply Chain
Proliferation of industry standards increasing complexity
Cross-industry automation a growing requirements

Cross-Industry Solutions
Horizontal business processes cross-industry boundaries
Health care automation
Insurance, Finance, Healthcare and Government
Order-to-Cash
Retail, Manufacturing, Financial services, Transportation
Business processes span geographies and entities
Payments
Tariffs
Customs
Manufacturing
Fulfillment
Design

Opportunities for participation
Developing new XML documents
Context Inspired Component Architecture (CICA)
Improving existing documents
X12 EDI documents
New versions
Improved deployment models
Identify best practice models
Other Standard Development Organizations
Production industry models

Where do you want to participate?
Subcommittees
Communications and Controls
Finance
Government
Technical Assessment
Transportation
Supply Chain
Insurance
Task groups
Collaboration and Outreach
Marketing
Policies and Procedures

Communications & Controls
Focuses on interchange and application control structures, control and management transaction sets, EDI architecture, data security, service specifications and other technical issues associated as they relate to the standards and their processes
Maintains multiple foundation documents, such as CICA technical specifications, design rules and guidelines
Provides technical liaison on behalf of ASC X12 with national and international organizations involved in related activities

Finance
Develops and maintains X12 EDI and XML standards including technical guidelines focusing on financial e-business models
Develops and maintains financial business models related to areas such as credit card processes, financial remittance delivery, invoice, and payment transactions. Real estate and mortgage lending messages are also developed and maintained using EDI and XML standards.
Develops payment systems architecture to include data security and data content management for financial standards
Promotes the use of X12 EDI and XML standards across the financial services industry

Transportation
Develops and maintains X12 EDI and XML standards associated with transportation, including air, marine, rail, and motor freight. X12I's work also includes standards associated with logistics, multi-modal, and Customs.
Serves as a technical liaison to other recognized organizations involved in EDI and XML activities related to the subcommittee's work

Technical Assessment
Maintains the X12.3 Data Element Dictionary, X12.22 Segment Directory, and ASC X12 Design Rules and Guidelines
Processes, controls and coordinates requests for changes to the X12 EDI and XML standards and ensures that ASC X12-approved design rules, guidelines and syntax rules are adhered to during the development and maintenance processes

Government
Offers representatives from all levels of government the opportunity to influence the design and development of standardized data exchange transactions to conduct the business of government. Transaction types ranging from contracting to commercial vehicle reporting, to revenue reporting and voter registration information all come under the purview of this subcommittee.
Develops governmental transactions to electronically exchange information among and between agencies at the local, state, and federal levels of government and with their private sector constituents.

Supply Chain
Supply chain encompasses the entire business process, starting with the acquisition of raw materials through to the product user.
The Supply Chain Subcommittee designs, develops and maintains standards for existing and new business requirements relating to supply chain excluding transportation and finance. It actively pursues integration and coordination with other areas including, but not limited to finance, transportation and insurance (property and casualty; life and annuity; healthcare), or any other functional areas.
The following areas are included in the subcommittee’s scope
Inventory management
Materials management
Planning and coordination of distribution
Procurement
Product Data
Sourcing
Warehousing

Insurance
Develops and maintains X12 EDI and XML standards, standards interpretations and guidelines as they relate to all aspects of insurance and related business processes
Includes standards development and maintenance activities relating to property, casualty, health care, life, annuity, reinsurance, pensions and reporting to regulatory agencies, and government health care programs like Medicare & Medicaid
Serves as a liaison with complementary health care and insurance standards organizations, such as HL7, NCPDP, and WEDI to collaborate on standards-related activities

Collaboration & Outreach Task Group
The Collaboration and Outreach Task Group (COTG) is chartered to assess and identify areas to address in the following matters:
Establishment and continuance of relationships with organizations external to ASC X12.
As derived from external organizations, make recommendations on improving ASC X12 standards development activities through a best practice approach
Areas of focus
Identify and/or assess electronic messaging organizations for possible collaboration with ASC X12
Suggest processes that would assist and promote collaborative relationships between ASC X12 and other electronic messaging organizations
Suggest ways to position ASC X12 as a major contributor in both domestic and international electronic messaging
Support, and facilitate collaboration with external organizations
Facilitate external resource acquisition activities and initiatives

Marketing Task Group
Chartered to assist in promoting ASC X12 products, membership and sponsorship, and increase the visibility of ASC X12 in its role as the recognized cross-industry forum for electronic document exchange
Areas of focus:
Analyze, prioritize and recommend the marketing strategies to be conveyed by ASC X12
Work with the ASC X12 secretariat and ASC X12 subcommittees to develop and distribute promotional materials
Recommend marketing activities for inclusion in Standing Document 4 (SD4).
Design and develop a marketing budget with the ASC X12 secretariat and the marketing communication collateral that can be used to effectively and consistently convey ASC X12's value

Policies and Procedures
Maintains the ASC X12 policies and procedure documents that relate to X12 EDI and XML
Develops a framework for common approaches to EDI and XML development within ASC X12
Drafts and recommends new or changed procedures documents and, after ASC X12 Steering Committee approval, coordinates the membership balloting process with DISA, if balloting is required
Interprets ANSI policies and procedures as these relate to ASC X12's operation and consults with ANSI on relevant issues
Reviews and submits implementation plans to the Steering Committee for approval for publishing new X12 standards versions

How, where and when
How to get involved?
Become a member and sign up for an area of interest
Forward this presentation to other professionals you know
Where to sign up?
www.x12.org
When?
Now!

Questions?
ASC X12 Secretariat: Data Interchange Standards Association
7600 Leesburg Pike, Suite 430, Falls Church, VA 22043 USA phone 703.970.4480 • fax 703.970.4488 • [email_address]
www.disa.org or www.x12.org

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