Procurement Information Architecture and B2B Connectivity: Intel takes RosettaNet into the Future (Part 1)

Editor's note: This is a refresh of our 2014 series on RosettaNet and B2B connectivity, which originally ran on Spend Matters PRO.

Intel is one of the oldest advocates (and active users, in terms of volume) of RosettaNet as a replacement for traditional EDI connectivity. RosettaNet, a set of process and information connectivity standards based on XML (Extensible Markup Language) originally founded in the late ‘90s, was originally spearheaded by a number of large corporations in the high-tech manufacturing sector. Like EDI, RosettaNet has historically only made sense for larger direct material (e.g., manufactured parts, components, or materials) suppliers or customers. Yet, RosettaNet’s implementations, like those in traditional EDI deployments, have focused primarily on connecting large buyers and/or suppliers for purchase orders, invoices, advanced ship notifications, and other typical high-volume commercial documents. Intel suggests on its own website that the typical criteria for suppliers is that the vendor “should have an interest and the resources necessary to automate their business processes."