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"GM TradeXchange Executes $147 Million Bid-Quote Purchasing Decision

GM, Isuzu and Commerce One Accomplish Auto Industry`s Largest Business-to-Business Transaction via the Internet
WALNUT CREEK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 14, 2000-- Commerce One (NASDAQ: CMRC - news), the leader in global e-commerce solutions for business, today announced that General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM - news) successfully conducted an Internet-based bid-quote purchasing decision (or reverse auction) for direct material supplies on its GM TradeXchange web site. The transaction was the auto industry`s largest ever to be conducted entirely over the Internet.

Completed late Friday (Feb. 11), the purchasing decision enabled GM and its business partner Isuzu Motors Ltd., to buy a large volume of rubber sealing packages for vehicle production in both Europe and North America at a cost of $147 million. The final price represented significant savings for GM and Isuzu over traditional procurement processes.

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Endlich sieht man, dass Milliarden von abgewickeltem Umsatz die nahe Zukunft sein wird!

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Company Press Release
SOURCE: Delphi Automotive Systems
Delphi Automotive Systems to Join Covisint Exchange
Move Demonstrates Use of New Economy Tools to Accelerate Cost Savings
TROY, Mich., June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Delphi Automotive Systems (NYSE: DPH - news) announced today that it has signed a letter of intent to join Covisint, the global Internet exchange being formed by General Motors, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, Renault and Nissan. Richard L. Radecki, corporate director of the Delphi e-business program office, made the announcement.

According to Radecki, Delphi plans to use Covisint as the primary exchange for conducting electronic transactions with customers and suppliers. Delphi is the world`s largest automotive supplier with revenues exceeding $29 billion in 1999. Delphi purchased more than $15 billion of goods and services last year.

``Delphi is a strong proponent of common standards and infrastructure to reduce potential system redundancies. We believe Covisint addresses this issue and through our participation we expect to continue to accelerate our revenue growth, supply chain cost reduction and enhanced communications. Additionally, we believe Covisint will move the industry forward with solutions in collaborative engineering and global supply chain management,`` Radecki said.

He added that the move to join Covisint builds on a foundation of experience in e-business and online procurement that yielded Delphi more than $70 million in identified savings last year. And, Delphi executives expect Covisint to propel savings beyond this level.

``Of course, we will continue to respond to the requirements of all of our customers irrespective of their choice for Internet exchange services,`` Radecki added.

According to executives at Covisint, having the largest automotive supplier join the exchange validates the direction of the venture and highlights the potential benefits to the entire automotive industry. Customer input is critical during the development phase and active participation from Delphi and other major partners will help ensure its success.

``As a key tier one supplier, having a voice in this process will enhance the value not only for us, but for our OEM customers and the supply base,`` Radecki said.

Officially named Covisint last month, the new venture will be established as an independent company and will offer products and services designed to help auto makers and suppliers achieve efficiencies throughout the supply chain. Currently, Commerce One and Oracle are the two primary technology providers to the planned venture. Covisint will integrate best-of-breed technologies to provide solutions for its customers.

Multi-national Delphi Automotive Systems, with headquarters in Troy, Mich., USA, Paris, Tokyo and Sao Paulo, Brazil, is a world leader in transportation and mobile electronics components and systems technology. Delphi`s three business sectors -- Dynamics & Propulsion; Safety, Thermal & Electrical Architecture; and Electronics & Mobile Communication -- provide comprehensive product solutions to complex customer needs. Delphi has approximately 213,000 employees and operates 176 wholly owned manufacturing sites, 41 joint ventures, 53 customer centers and sales offices and 30 technical centers in 38 countries. Delphi can be found on the Internet at www.delphiauto.com .



moment ...

[DimStar]

irgendwas erinnerte mich an Delphi (immerhin 30 Milliarden $ Jahresumsatz), aber sie scheinen ihr b2b-procurement-system wohl nicht zu wechseln, sondern steigen neu ein. möglicherweise schlägt die analystenskepsis bzgl. der mega-exchanges und dem ausbleiben der lieferanten bald um.

[DimStar]

einen hervorragenden artikel über Covisint, findet man auch in der businessweek. es wird ein recht zuversichtliches fazit gezogen.

http://www.businessweek.com/2000/00_23/b3684044.htm?scriptFr…

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Tech companies wary of online exchanges
By Melanie Austria Farmer
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
June 13, 2000, 12:40 p.m. PT
Massive online marketplaces may be all the rage among old-line automobile makers and steel companies. But fear of disclosing sensitive information to competitors is keeping some high-technology firms on the sidelines.

In recent months, companies including Boeing, DuPont, Sears Roebuck, General Motors and Ford have linked with their rivals to form industry marketplaces. Companies are aiming to use their collective buying power to drive down purchasing costs.

Although these large online purchasing houses have been widely touted as the "next big thing" on the Net after the portal craze, some key technology companies--including Sun Microsystems and Oracle--are taking a more cautious approach.

Make no mistake: Oracle and Sun hope to profit from the online marketplace trend by selling their technology to other firms. But the two high-tech giants--along with General Electric--don`t see marketplaces as appropriate for their own businesses.

The companies say that huge marketplaces shared with competitors could compromise tightly guarded lists of approved vendors. In addition, some analysts say that large, shared marketplaces may not make sense for businesses in highly competitive markets, or at least not for those that compete in fields where the existing purchasing process works just fine.

"There are definitely some organizational issues of having competitors band together (to form marketplaces)," said AMR Research analyst Pierre Mitchell. "The (technology) implementation hurdles are already so great (in addition to) trying to get competitors to play nicely in the sandbox together."

Laurie Orlov, an industry analyst at Forrester Research, said: "Sun and Oracle are examples of companies that are fierce competitors. They`d be the last people to join (a marketplace). Oracle`s largest competitors are Microsoft and SAP. Sun`s (biggest rival) is HP. I can`t imagine a trading exchange to work for any of those guys."

In recent research notes, Merrill Lynch analyst Steve Milunovich wrote that some leading technology companies, namely Sun, Oracle and General Electric, don`t believe in massive online trading exchanges, such as those being established by GM, Ford and DaimlerChrysler, as well as the most recent one unveiled by Hewlett-Packard and Compaq.

Milunovich noted that Sun views its approved vendor list as "top secret" and can`t understand why HP would want to share information with Compaq, nor can he understand why Ford would want to share with GM. Instead, Sun believes it makes more sense to set up its own private auction exchange to ensure privacy and to keep its top vendors under wraps, he said.

Sun executives were not available for comment, but Sun spokeswoman Ann Little said the company does not disagree with Milunovitch`s report.

Jeff Demarrais, a spokesman for GE, said the company will not enter an industry marketplace with its nearest competitors, in part because GE consists of numerous business units, ranging from aerospace equipment to health.

Meanwhile, Oracle executives said the company most likely will not join a software industry marketplace with top rival SAP, because an online marketplace for that specific industry would not make much sense.

The database software giant sells its own procurement software, Oracle Exchange, which allows companies to conduct business and fulfill order transactions with their partners and suppliers over the Net.

Oracle argued that a massive marketplace or trading exchange makes more sense for industries that are highly fragmented, such as the automotive business, which spends more than $300 billion annually on supplies and conducts business with some 30,000 suppliers.

"It`s different in the software industry," said Vance Checketts, senior director for Oracle Exchange. "We don`t have the same constraints that we see in other (fragmented) industries. It doesn`t make it that obvious for us to do that type of exchange."

AMR`s Mitchell added that despite the hype, most large companies will realize that sticking to their existing corporate purchasing systems or creating a private exchange will work just fine and can help most wary companies avoid some of their data security fears.

Private exchanges can vary from a hosted procurement system provided by one company to its customers and suppliers, such as the one being created by Ariba and Wells Fargo, to a more simplistic, private extranet where one company collaborates with its supplier base for its purchasing needs.

"There`s a major privacy issue," Mitchell said. "Even if you do get competitors to work for the common good (of saving money), getting past some of those real-world privacy issues" will be a challenge.

"Even though technology providers do address it, there`s still that fear and uncertainty that`s leading a lot of people to not just want to jump into these things," Mitchell added.

AMR analyst Bruce Richardson said that unlike the repetitive products and goods acquired by giant buyers, such as those that build cars or airplanes, high-technology companies are competing in a field where advanced planning and inventory scheduling is nearly impossible. Because technology is rapidly evolving, what is in high demand today may be on its way out the door within months or weeks.

"Product life cycles are so short in high tech," Richardson said. "No one can do a good job of foreseeing product and demand" when it comes to technology.

Still, leading technology players are moving quickly to establish a viable presence in the heavily touted market for business e-commerce--a market that analysts project will surpass the trillion-dollar mark by 2004. Most of the recently announced marketplaces are simmering in the early development stages, and according to numerous critics, they have a turbulent road ahead.

"The idea of a shared procurement environment that the automotive guys are doing is a win-win for suppliers if they can...get better prices from the buyers or...if manufacturers can have secure access to suppliers and information--and if they can operate (the site) in an economy of scaleable infrastructure," said Forrester`s Orlov. "But there`s a lot of `ifs.`"



es wird also noch monatelang mit dieser firmenpolitik weitergehen. man muß sehen, welche aussagen aus welchem interesse heraus getroffen werden. auf diesem feld ist Commerce One ohnehin gut besetzt. Dieser Mann war 2 Jahre lang amerikanischer Botschafter in Bonn. Bob Kimmit

die beschaffung von gütern, bei denen firmengeheimnisse keine offene ausschreibung zulassen, könnte sich in der tat auf absehbare zeit in den mega-exchanges schwierig gestalten. Commerce One hat ja bereits mit Netegrity gepartnert, die ein PKI-Zugangsverfahren beisteuern werden. dabei könnte ich mir vorstellen, daß große käufer wie GM die lieferanten vorab selektieren und diesen die zugangscodes zu den ausschreibungen verleihen. dies ist ganz bestimmt erst der anfang. C1 wird weiterhin auf der suche nach best-of-breed-technology sein, ganz im interesse der kunden, die sich bereits auf eine mega-exchange geeinigt haben und dabei vielleicht zunächst nur auf die beschaffung indirekter güter aus sind. eine eigene unternehmensplattform behebt sicherheitsbedenken in meinen augen zumindest nicht.

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Bethlehem Steel, ein wichtiger Lieferant in der amerikanischen Autoindustrie, hat sich nun gegen das GlobalTradingWeb entschieden. C1 kann schließlich nicht alle Kunden auf einmal gewinnen. Auch Ariba hat ein feines System.

Company Press Release
SOURCE: Ariba, Inc.
Bethlehem Steel Selects Ariba B2B Commerce Platform for eProcurement Savings
Fortune 500 Steel Manufacturer Makes Strategic Move With B2B Initiative
BETHLEHEM, Pa. and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Bethlehem Steel (NYSE: BS - news), a leader in North American steel manufacturing, and Ariba, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARBA - news), the leading business-to-business (B2B) eCommerce platform provider, today announced that Bethlehem Steel has selected the Ariba® B2B Commerce Platform(TM) to create global economies of scale and supply chain efficiencies with its suppliers and partners via the Internet.

Bethlehem Steel will use the Ariba Buyer(TM) solution to manage a substantial portion of its worldwide purchases from over 7,000 suppliers. The Ariba solution will enable Bethlehem Steel to efficiently aggregate its enterprise-wide spending with seamless integration into the Ariba Commerce Services Network(TM), resulting in time and cost savings and a fast return on investment. With steel production capability of approximately 11 million tons and 15,000 employees nation-wide, Bethlehem Steel ranks number 346 on the Fortune 500 list of the largest companies in the United States.

This agreement for Ariba product furthers Bethlehem Steel`s position as an eCommerce innovator in the steel manufacturing industry and demonstrates Ariba`s continued customer growth with Fortune 500 and Global 1000 companies.

``Bethlehem has been an innovative and early user of many types of eCommerce technology and we believe that eCommerce will be a critical part of our corporation`s success in serving our customers and partnering with suppliers,`` said Duane R. Dunham, Bethlehem Steel`s chairman, president and chief executive officer. ``Our selection of the Ariba Buyer solution for our e-Procurement initiatives highlights Bethlehem`s commitment to build upon a foundation of strategic sourcing to reduce costs and improve process efficiency.``

``Bethlehem is aggressively entering other areas of e-Business as we further evolve our e-Business and business development strategies to serve new markets, offer new solutions and services, and achieve greater efficiencies to increase shareholder value,`` Mr. Dunham said.

``As more and more leading companies like Bethlehem Steel use the Ariba B2B Commerce Platform, all buyers and suppliers will benefit from increased economies of scale and the network effect,`` said John Magner, vice president North American operations at Ariba. ``We are committed to helping Bethlehem Steel realize the full benefits of B2B eCommerce with the goal of retaining their market leadership by positively impacting their bottom line.``

The Ariba B2B Commerce Platform, including Ariba Buyer(TM), Ariba Marketplace, Ariba Dynamic Trade, and the Ariba Commerce Services Network, helps companies realize greater economies of scale and commerce process efficiencies, resulting in lower costs and competitive advantage. The Ariba Buyer solution will provide Bethlehem Steel with a B2B eCommerce infrastructure that electronically aggregates corporate purchasing from each employee desktop and directs to preferred suppliers and B2B marketplaces resulting in higher-volume pricing.

In addition, the Ariba B2B Commerce Platform provides seamless access to Ariba Commerce Services Network including auctions, reverse auctions, electronic payments, logistics, supplier enablement and content services, streamlined transaction routing services and information and analysis services.

The initial rollout of the Ariba Buyer solution at Bethlehem Steel is expected to be completed in Q2 of 2000.

About Bethlehem Steel

Bethlehem Steel Corporation is the nation`s second largest fully integrated steel company engaged primarily in the production of steel products. The company also operates railroad companies consisting of nine common carrier switching and terminal railroads, a motor carrier, an intermodal services company and a management company. The Burns Harbor Division, with operations in Northwest Indiana and Lackawanna, N.Y., produces hot and cold rolled sheet, corrosion-resistant coated sheet steel and plates for the automotive, service center, construction, machinery and appliance markets. The Sparrows Point Division, located near Baltimore, Md., produces hot rolled sheet, cold rolled sheet, galvanized sheet, Galvalume sheet and tin mill products for service centers, construction and containers. Plate products, which are used in a wide variety of construction and equipment applications, are produced in Coatesville and Conshohocken, Pa., at mills that Bethlehem acquired through its 1998 acquisition of Lukens Inc. Pennsylvania Steel Technologies in Steelton, Pa., produces railroad rails, specialty blooms, flat bars and large-diameter pipe for a variety of markets including transportation, forging, machinery, gas cylinder and energy. Bethlehem Steel has an equity investment in MetalSite, the leading e-business metals marketplace. Bethlehem Steel can be contacted in the United States at 610-694-2424 or at www.bethsteel.com.

About Ariba, Inc.

Ariba, Inc. is the leading provider of B2B services and solutions to leading companies around the world, including more than 15 of the Fortune 100. The company delivers an open, end-to-end, best-of-breed platform of interoperable solutions to build B2B marketplaces, manage corporate purchasing, and electronically enable suppliers on the Internet. Together, Ariba`s Internet services and software integrate commerce processes of B2B marketplaces, buyers, suppliers and commerce service providers to create global economies of scale for all participants. Ariba can be contacted in the U.S. at 650-930-6200 or at www.ariba.com.

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