ATLANTA, Dec. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The OAGi Express
Packs enable rapid implementation of OAGi standards using modern
techniques such as OpenAPI Specification (v3), for REST JSON. The
API definitions in this Express Pack are the MVP (minimum viable
product) to support Order Management, Manufacturing and Quality,
and Logistics and Finance business process areas. Express Packs can
be the launchpad for these process areas, with the full landscape
of OAGi's comprehensive standards at the implementer's disposal
should they need more.
"The concept of Minimal Viable Product dates back to X12 EDI
Implementation Guidelines, where industries and large businesses
selected which data elements and qualifier codes were needed for
their industry and business, with heavy emphasis on large
businesses," explains Scott Nieman,
Expert Enterprise Architect at Land O'Lakes, a key contributor to
the Express Pack and co-chair of OAGi's SME Work Group. "During the
creation of the Express Pack, we focused on the needs of smaller
businesses with limited resources by providing a predefined subset
of the OAGIS standard. We reviewed a large cross-section of
implementation guidelines, including the Simple-edi submission to
UN/CEFACT at the dawn of the XML wave. We could not have delivered
the Express Pack without Score, which gave us point and click
capabilities to rapidly select the subset of fields, enter detailed
data element definitions, and consistent example data across these
transactions, and generate the OpenAPI definitions or XML
Schema."
This first Express Pack greatly reduces the size of the
standards, increases the usability, and accessibility of the OAGIS
standard for small and medium enterprises looking to connect to
their B2B (Business to Business) partners quickly using APIs, and
leverage world-class standards like OAGIS for their internal A2A
(Application to Application) integrations. Now everyone has free
access to the knowledge and experience of existing OAGi member
organizations regarding the use and best practices of the OAGi
business objects in a syntax-neutral manner.
"Small and medium-sized manufacturers are integral to the
manufacturing industry and almost every manufacturing supply
chain," said Dr. Thorsten Wuest,
Associate Professor at West Virginia
University, and co-author of Digital Supply Networks. "With
the digital manufacturing transformation in full force, many of
these smaller manufacturers are struggling to adopt the essential
technologies and capabilities that enable them to work with larger
companies within complex Digital Supply Networks. Lowering this
entry barrier and providing them with the tools and means - such as
the OAGIS Express Pack - is of critical importance for a resilient
and globally competitive manufacturing industry. As we face a
significant skills shortage within our current and future
manufacturing workforce, this effort aligns well with Gen Z
graduates' interest in data science and programming."
OAGi and its members have been using research results from the
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Systems
Integration Division (SID) to advance the industry practices of
developing, using, and maintaining standards such as OAGIS. The
Score software is a flagship result of this research that enables
greater efficiency in implementing OAGIS and lowers the total cost
of ownership of OAGIS. The OAGIS Express Pack is the most recent
result from the NIST/OAGi collaboration.
"NIST researchers have used Score for efficient specification
and generation of Express Pack resources, which include an
optimized collection of light-weight schemas for the business
messages that are typically used by Small and Medium Enterprises
(SMEs)," states Nenad Ivezic, the
Process Engineering Group leader at NIST SID and the OAGi SME
Working Group co-chair. "Express Pack schemas have been developed
with an important goal to enable easier use of enterprise standards
by SMEs and their enterprise application vendors in order to
connect SMEs to existing and new networks, such as the one in
development for e-Invoicing by the Business Payments
Coalition."
The Open Applications Group (OAGi) is a non-profit organization
with the mission to reduce the cost of integration by developing
inter-operable, cross-functional, cross-industry,
data-model-driven, and extensible standards to meet the challenge
of a rapidly-changing global digital economy.
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