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Report Quality Evaluation Toourclients: Toensurethatthehigheststandardsofreportqualityaremaintained,INPUTwouldappreciateyour assessmentofthisreport. Pleasetakeamomenttoprovideyourevaluationoftheusefulnessandqualityof thisstudy. Whencomplete,simplyfold,staple,anddropinthemail. Postagehasbeenpre-paidbyINPUT ifmailedintheU.S. 1. Reporttitle: TheU.S.ElectronicDataInterchangeMarket,1992-1997 (EDI92) Pleaseindicateyourreasonforreadingthisreport: Requiredreading Newproductdevelopment Futurepurchasedecision Areaofhighinterest Business/marketplanning Systemsplanning Areaofgeneralinterest Productplanning Other Pleaseindicateextentreportusedandoverallusefulness: Extent Usefulness(1=Low,5=High) Read Skimmed .1 2 3 4 5 ExecutiveOverview . Completereport . Partofreport( %) 4. Howusefulwere: . Datapresented . Analyses . Recommendations Howusefulwasthereportintheseareas: . . . ACloevretryonuewtoanreeawsonpoptorctouvneitrieedseolrsaewphperroeaches .. .. .. .. Confirmexistingideas . . . . Meetexpectations . . . . Other Whichtopicsinthereportwerethemostuseful? Why? Inwhatwayscouldthereporthavebeenimproved? 8. Othercommentsorsuggestions: Name Title Department Company Address City State ZIP Telephone Datecompleted Tfianltiyouforyourtimeandcooperation. M&S633/0112/89 INPUT STAPLE FOLDHERE NOPOSTAGE NECESSARY IFMAILED INTHE UNITEDSTATES BUSINESS REPLY MAIL FirstClass PermitNo.982 MountainView,CA POSTAGEWILLBEPAIDBYADDRESSEE Attention: MarketingDepartment INPUT 1280VillaStreet MountainView,CA 94041-9912 ll.l...l..lll...,l..l..ll,l.l,.l,l,.l,„ll..,ll,.l.l FOLDHERE JULY 19 9 2 THE ELECTRONIC DATA U.S. INTERCHANGE MARKET 1992-1997 INPUT 1280VillaStreet,MountainView,California94041-1194 (415)961-3300 THEU.S.ELECTRONICDATAINTERCHANGEMARKET,1992-1997 INPUT Publishedby INPUT 1280VillaStreet MountainView,CA94041-1194 U.S.A. EDIandElectronicCommerceProgram (EDEDI) TheU.S. ElectronicDataInterchangeMarket, 1992-1997 Copyright©1992byINPUT.Allrightsreserved. PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica. No part ofthispublication may be reproduced or distributedinanyform,orbyanymeans,orstoredinadata base or retrievalsystem, withoutthe priorwritten permissionofthepublisher. Theinformationprovidedinthisreportshallbeusedonly bytheemployeesofandwithinthecurrentcorporate structureofINPUT'Sclients,andwillnotbedisclosedto anyotherorganization orperson including parent, subsidiary,oraffiliatedorganizationwithoutpriorwritten consentofINPUT. INPUTexercisesitsbesteffortsinpreparationofthe informationprovided inthis reportandbelievesthe informationcontainedhereintobeaccurate. However, INPUTshallhavenoliabilityforanylossorexpensethat mayresultfromincompletenessorinaccuracyofthe informationprovided. EDI92•448-1992 THEU.S.ELECTRONICDATAINTERCHANGEMARKET,1992-1997 INPUT Abstract ThisreportdefinesthecurrentstateoftheU.S.EDImarketplace,and providesdetailedestimatesofcurrent(1992)andfuture(through1997) userexpendituresforEDIproductsandservices. Specificindustrytrends areidentified,andusagecharacteristics,profilesandpatternsarede- scribedandanalyzed. ThereportnotesthemostsignificantissuesnowfacingtheEDIindustry, analyzesthem,andoffersaseriesofrecommendationsforEDIusersand vendors. Anumberofindustriesofferingunusualvendoropportunities areidentified. Thisreportcontainsrevenueandmarketshareestimatesofvendorsof EDIsoftwareandservices. Comprehensiveprofilesofthesevendorsare foundinthecompanionvolumetothisreport,EDIVendorProfilesand Analysis. Thisreportis102pageslongandcontains47exhibits. Anindexof companiesmentionedinthereportisincluded. EDI92 ©1992byINPUT.ReproductionProhibited.