Monthly Archives: November 2015

Innovative Australian Cloud Platform Powers 100 million Business to Business Transactions

MELBOURNE – 5th November, 2015 – MessageXchange (www.messagexchange.com) is a cloud based platform for businesses that need to automatically exchange business transaction information with their partners, suppliers, and customers. The innovative Australian service has today announced that it has hit a new milestone in growth, passing 100 million transactions per annum. The MessageXchange cloud based service powers several of Australia’s largest supply chains, encompassing transactions from business that include Target, Harvey Norman, Computershare, Australia Post, The Good Guys, Reece, Telstra, and Costco. MessageXchange is the product of over 10 years of sustained Australian research and development. The innovative cloud platform has been developed and is operated by eVision, an Australian software developer that has pioneered cloud based B2B technologies since 1996. John Delaney, one of the founders and Managing Director of eVision commented, “Businesses of all sizes rely on invoices, purchase orders, and other formal documents to work with their suppliers and business customers. While most businesses already use electronic PDF documents, emailing and tracking these documents can still be labour intensive and prone to error, slowing down business transactions and payments.” As businesses grow, the volume of transactions between suppliers that need to be tracked can create a mountain of electronic and traditional paperwork. MessageXchange is designed to fully automate the exchange of critical business information directly between businesses. This cloud based technology allows rapid, low cost, application level integration between businesses of any size. The result is a reduction in the need for human intervention and manual handling of invoices, purchase order, and other supply chain paperwork. Mr Delaney continued, “Our research and development team based in Melbourne are focused on developing technologies to help businesses streamline and better manage their external business partners and customers. We have expanded our R&D team, and invested more than $5m dollars in our cloud platform technologies. Many of Australia’s most successful businesses are already reaping the productivity benefits of MessageXchange.” Delivered via a cloud model, the MessageXchange platform makes it possible for businesses of any size to exchange information seamlessly. This makes it affordable for small businesses to interact in a highly efficient way with their suppliers and clients, as well as allowing large businesses with sophisticated business applications to automatically integrate information from their supply chain. Mr Delaney concluded, “MessageXchange is a proven platform, delivering significant, measurable cost reductions and productivity improvements for our clients. Based on the success of our innovative technologies, we have established a presence in Hong Kong and Shanghai, and are planning further expansion.” MessageXchange has an Australian team of 27 people. To help service growth amongst financial services industry clients, Stephen Martin was recently appointed Account Manager for Financial Services. Mr Martin has previously worked on technology projects for the Department of Defence, ASIC, National Australia Bank, and ANZ Bank.

About MessageXchange

MessageXchange is an innovative Australian cloud platform developed by eVision, an Australian software developer that has pioneered cloud based B2B technologies since 1996. The MessageXchange cloud based service processes more than 100 million messages each year, encompassing transactions that underpin many significant businesses. Visit www.messagexchange.com for more information.

Media Contact:

Ellen Tjahjana, media@messagexchange.com, 0405 094 840

Supply Chain Week 2015: What We Learned

It’s been a huge two weeks as a Gold Sponsor of GS1’s Supply Chain Week. There were many great topics, but here are a couple of our highlights:

Data and omnichannel retailing

Now is an interesting time for brands, because we are increasingly seeing them compete with their customers. Consumers can purchase runners from a Nike store, but they can also purchase them from Rebel Sport. They also have the added choice of viewing and buying in store or online, or a combination of both. With omni-shoppers now spending 350% of what their bricks and mortar counterparts spend, companies are now more than ever looking to give their customers a unified experience, and one that sets their brand aside from the rest. As customers demand enriched information, having clean and accurate data can really help boost a brand’s omnichannel strategy. In this age where everything is just a click away, if customers can’t find something from you, they will find it from your competitor. The importance of data doesn’t stop at the product though. Customers expect to see information about the product and your service; stock level, returns policies, delivery tracking and more. Having the data customers want, when they want it, is now an essential of a business’ omnichannel strategy.

End-to-end supply chain visibility

A huge part of the supply chain is visibility. Companies want to be able to track goods so they can plan and manage issues that may arise in the transportation process. This not only provides the company with smoother processes, but enables them to give superior customer service. GS1 has been driving the new supply chain industry standard, EPCIS (Electronic Product Code Information Services), which defines the standard message set for data capture and exchange about a product. Unlike regular product data, EPCIS holds information about the movement and status too — the what, where, when and why. The introduction of this new standard will mean a big shift for the industry and GS1 is aiding this by providing a centralised system where manufacturers, distributors and retailers can register information about their products and retrieve them as required. EPCIS is a big move for the supply chain industry, which has seen little development in recent years. Speak to us to find out how we can help your omnichannel strategy or implement EPCIS in your business.