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The emergence of the Internet as a universal communications network has created in its wake the necessity for global standards to structure the conduct of electronic business. Proprietary systems or standards limited to regions or industries can no longer survive in this new business ecosystem.

ebXML (electronic business eXtensible Markup Language) is the emerging standard for worldwide business-to-business electronic commerce - the external exchanges between companies. Part of the foundation model for ebXML is called REA (Resources, Events and Agents). REA could become the standard for all automated business activity, both external and internal to a company, forming totally-connected Internet supply chain systems.

Internet supply chains cause the walls between external and internal systems to break down. From that perspective, ebXML + REA could become the new International language of all business.

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Education:
Logistical staff taught supply chain modeling at St. Mary's University. Students in the class used Logistical's 'Supply Chain Modeler' to build working examples of multi-company models. Staff also taught eBusiness at the University of St. Thomas and offered public classes on ebXML through a partnership with EDI Partners.