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Web-based trading hubs, aimed at manufacturers of virtually all sizes that haven’t gone for good old fashioned EDI, and those that need additional e-commerce for some of their supply chain transactions, are proving key to enabling much needed efficiency, flexibility and business cost reductions. They’ve been around for some time, but users seem now to be grasping their significance, and software and service providers alike are reporting growing numbers of supplier portal implementations. Some are with high profile brands and industry communities; others are much more modest, involving SMEs in niche sectors. The floodgates aren’t open, but numbers are beginning to ramp up
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