ELECTRONIC COMMERCE RESOURCE CENTER (ECRC) PROGRAM BRIEFING SN95-03. POC E-Mail: pgiffey@ida.org, Phone: (703)845-6673. An open briefing to acquaint potential bidders on the Electronic Commerce Resource Center (ECRC) program BAA will be held February 14, 1995 from 9:00AM - 12:30PM, at the Institute for Defense Analysis, 2001 N. Beauregard Street, Suite 123, Alexandria, Virginia 22311. E-mail: pgiffey@ida.org Phone (703) 845-6673. Registration from 8:30AM - 9:00AM. The purpose of the Electronic Commerce Resource Centers (ECRC) Program is to deploy information technologies to accelerate implementation of electronic commerce in supplier chains. This is an important element of DoD's strategy for access to an integrated defense/commercial industrial base. The ECRC focus in on meeting the needs of DoD suppliers and small- and medium-size enterprises (SME) (i.e., enterprises with less than 500 employees) in electronic commerce (EC) across a continuum of EC that ranges from electronic data interchange to establishing virtual enterprises. The ECRC technical vision is that manufacturing companies will move down a path of increasing capabilities for linkage with suppliers and customers. To be effective, the progression of technology implementation must be accompanied by changes in business practices. Proposals selected under this program are intended to develop and validate innovative business practices and enabling technologies for an EC continuum that increases the capability of suppliers to use electronic data to improve internal processes and reduce cost and cycle time. The proposals combine technologies and business practices in electronic data interchange (EDI) and technical data interchange (TDI) to (1) promote increases in the extent of the use of electronic commerce within an industry, particularly among the small- and medium-sized enterprises, or (2) systematically improve the extent of integration of EDI and TDI into business practices and manufacturing operations, or (3) address the needs of small- and medium-size enterprises in teaming with other companies in response to business opportunities, or in collaborating on the design and manufacture of products with other companies. Selected proposals will (1) address problems that SMEs encounter in teaming with other businesses in response to business opportunities or in collaborating with other companies; (2) document the lack of cost-effective solutions; (3) propose a solution, e.g., use of combinations of hardware, applications, software services and tools and commercial services; and (4) demonstrate that solution in a real business setting. The cost of the solution is a critical factor to SMEs. Software to be demonstrated may include those supporting distributed collaborative engineering and the secure sharing of product design data. Services may include those that support outsourcing decisions, teams formation, and rapid access to resources needed on a temporary basis. If a proposal includes development of new technology, then a commercialization plan must be included. Nominal scope of each award is $1 to $1.5 M over 12-18 months. It is anticipated that up to 5 awards may be made in this category. Bidding teams must include as participants one or more of the eleven ECRCs and one or more SMEs. The locations and points of contact for each Center are as follows: (Format: ECRC LOCATION, Program Manager, Telephone, Electronic Mail) FAIRFAX, VA, Bill Young, 703-691-1507, byoung@ecrc.gmu.edu; CLEVELAND, OH, Kent Kemmerer, 216-987-3212, kent.kemmerer@camp.org; DAYTON, OH, Joe Homan, 513-449-6073, jhoman@cole.sinclair.edu; JOHNSTOWN, PA, Barry Lerner, 814-269-2456, lerner@ctc.com; SCRANTON, PA, Mason Linn, 717-941-4123, linnm1@lion.uofs.edu; ORANGE, TX, Paula DeWitte, 409-882-3950, paula.dewitte@esrc.kbsi.com; PALESTINE, TX, Mike LeBeau, 800-209-2772, mlabeau@ptxecrc.com; SAN ANTONIO, TX, Butch McGehee, 210-732-1141, butch@saecrc.org; OAKLAND, CA, Michael Shaw, 510-531-1777, shaw@ctc.com; ATLANTA, GA, Robert Fulton, 404-894-7409, fulton@me.gatech.edu; BREMERTON, WA, Ed Wilson, 360-478-0333, wilson@ctc.com.

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