Re: [wsrp] Implementations

[Rex Brooks <rexb@starbourne.com>]

<evangelism>

I'm certain such an individual would be invaluable. One small note, 
it is the ability to have standards specified in RFPs that will drive 
adoption of standards much more quickly than the spread of publicity 
from trade shows, though all avenues need to be pursued. What I see 
in some TCs is a tendency for member companies to achieve a specific 
goal or set of goals to have a standard either accepted or in the 
pipeline that will bolster the appeal and the usability of their 
applications in the sense of practical interoperability within a 
niche, or a few such niches that are largely segment specific and 
vertical in terms of the economic marketplace.

What is missing is the broad, horizontal applicability of standards. 
To say that we tend to be myopic is somewhat understated and I don't 
mind admitting it in myself. One need only notice the attrition in 
our own TCs over the course of the 18-20 months of their existence. 
We have not been perceived as advancing the quarterly bottom line 
yet, but we may be now or soon.

I have maintained my own participation only by the thinnest of 
margins, but now that the economy at least appears to be poised for a 
significant recovery, the time is ripe for advancing WSRP on several 
fronts. This is not to say that I think we should not service our 
main markets, just that there are other opportunities out there than 
IT first, Management second, and Supply Chain third, and so on. DoD 
Procurement stands to be enormously benefited by web services, but 
even more so in the competitive advantage offered by web services 
providers offering up-to-the second information reliably delivered 
within the same channels in which inventories are maintained by cross 
connecting portlets from different supply chains. Shortening these 
cycles, and reducing the number of contacts-leading-to-transactions 
over time to accomplish operations such as reliable, just-in-time 
deliveries should be only the most obvious benefits. Managing human 
resources, especially in the areas of consolidation and redeployment 
of skill set competencies can also be greatly benefited. A Navy 
representative who understands this, and who shows how future tweaks 
can improve this, will benefit all parties.

</evangelism>

At 9:22 AM -0500 11/7/03, Rudnicki Joseph G CONT NSSC wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I know that there is a list of test implementations using WSRP. Is there a
>coordinated list of (existing, under development or planned) production WSRP
>implementations? Are there any links to WSRP related press announcements by
>various companies?
>
>As a follow-up question to a previous email: Does anyone think that a
>security/IA person from the U.S. Department of the Navy would be useful
>supporting the WSRP TC?
>
>Thank you.
>
>Joe Rudnicki
>
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