Training your Employees - Employees will need to be trained on the new products and the new way of conducting business. This is always the most difficult issue. XML is rapidly becoming an important and integral technology of all aspects of the products that comprise a complete commerce application. OBI is useful for high volume, low value B2B transactions. The standard emphasizes robustness to support many users reliably and securely.
Security is an integral part of the standard.
Benefits include simplicity and customizable catalogs. XML documents are used to define important information. RosettaNet is also provided by a consortium. It is an XML based standard for supply chain management in the electronic component and information technology industries. Its focus is catalog content and transaction information exchanged between partners.