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News Release from: National Semiconductor
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 18 July 2001
National and TSMC conclude interface
process
National Semiconductor has successfully transacted a RosettaNet Partner Interface Process (PIP) with its first foundry partner, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.
National Semiconductor has successfully transacted a RosettaNet Partner Interface Process (PIP) with its first foundry partner, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company TSMC is the first foundry partner to implement a PIP with National using RosettaNet standards
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 5 Jan 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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For National, this marks the successful completion of the RosettaNet Semiconductor Manufacturing Board members' goal of having one PIP in production with one supply partner by 7th July 2001.
RosettaNet, high technology's leading standards organisation, comprises more than 400 companies representing over $1 trillion in annual revenues.
The consortium helps align business processes across the global trading network through the development of standards and related implementations activities.
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The result for companies like National is improved supply chain visibility and automation that allows the company to augment planning processes and enhance responsiveness to change.
"Being able to conduct business quickly and efficiently is critical, and our ability to interconnect business processes and information via RosettaNet standards will enable National to take process, manufacturing and distribution integration to the next level", said Ulrich Seif, senior vice president and chief information officer for National Semiconductor.
"TSMC and National Semiconductor are both founding members of RosettaNet Semiconductor Manufacturing (SM) Board", said Dr Quincy Lin, senior vice president and CIO, TSMC, and vice chairman, RosettaNet Semiconductor Manufacturing (SM) Board.
"We are pleased to be National Semiconductor's partner in validating and launching into production RosettaNet's 3D8 Work in Process (WIP) PIP standard.
The achievement of this production milestone highlights the applicability and robustness of RosettaNet standards and further demonstrates the exemplary talent and commitment of both teams involved.
We look forward to a close partnership with National Semiconductor as we embrace future RosettaNet initiatives".
A PIP is a set of standardised instructions that enable supply chain partners to automate information exchange over the Internet.
Using PIPs, companies can automate exchange of product status information, updates on projected delivery dates, and receive Advance Shipping Notices (ASN's).
National selected the Distribute Manufacturing WIP Status (PIP 3D8) standard for its implementation with TSMC.
"The goal set forth by the Semiconductor Manufacturing Board earlier this year was extremely aggressive", said Tim Lavelle, RosettaNet executive director.
"We applaud National and TSMC for taking on this challenge and achieving the 7/7/01 milestone.
Their collective success is a win for the RosettaNet community as well as the entire industry".
In October 2000, National announced it had transacted its first PIP with two RosettaNet trading partners, Pioneer-Standard Electronics and Arrow Electronics, who both serve as distribution partners for National Semiconductor.
Today's announcement is the first PIP transacted with a manufacturing partner.
National selected webMethods to build the underlying software infrastructure for seamlessly integrating major buyers and suppliers to form real-time trading networks.
webMethods, the leading supplier of business-to-business integration (B2Bi) solutions, provides broad support for open standards and protocols such as RosettaNet.
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