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Project profiles - round 3
The projects funded in Round 3 cover a range of regional and national initiatives. Many of the projects have a specific focus on small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs).
Community Owned and Operated Portals Initiative
The Community Owned and Operated Portals (CO-OP) initiative seeks to develop and prove, via selected implementation into a limited number of diverse industry sectors, a sustainable model for the rapid adoption of electronic commerce by SMEs in Australia. Consortium members are the Victorian Employers Chamber of Commerce & Industry, ETC Electronic Trading Concepts and VECCI Industry sector groups.
Contact: amartin@vecci.org.au
Australian Automotive Network eXchange
A secure, reliable and well managed Extranet for the Australian automotive industry and its associated organisations including automotive suppliers, manufacturers, importers, dealers and the after market trade, which consists of up to 90,000 small and medium size businesses. Consortium members are the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries, Federation of Automotive Products Manufactures, Motor Trades Association of Australia.
Contact: The Australian Automotive Network eXchange website can be found at www.aanx.com.au.
Food and Beverage Procurement Project
Online Procurement Project using established software for ordering and logistics in the Tasmanian Food and Beverage Sector. These procurers are the identified first tier of the project to provide the needed impetus for many SME suppliers in this sector to finally embrace the operations of electronic trading as well as displaying the efficiencies available to larger organisations in both the private and public sector. Consortium members are Tasmanian Electronic Commerce Centre, Wrest Point Casino, Calvary Hospital, Chung Sing Provedores, Australian Antarctic Division, Sterling Commerce, University of Tasmania, Virtual Logistics Organisation, Tasmanian Food & Beverage Association, Road Runners Transport, Department of State Development, Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce & Industry, EAN Australia.
Contact: Kim Newstead
Virtual Supply Chain Management for the Franchise Industry
Australia has one of the fastest growing franchise sectors in the world. Franchising currently enjoys an $81 billion turnover with 730 franchise systems, 50,000 franchisees, employing 678,000 people. The Virtual Supply Chain Management solution is being specifically developed for the franchise sector by encouraging the early and easy adoption of electronic commerce with a low cost generic electronic commerce supply chain management solution applicable to and scalable for the franchise sector. Consortium members are Intranet Australia, Virtual Logistics Organisation and the Franchise Council of Australia.
Contact: jeff@intra.net.au
Newsagency Industry, Electronic Commerce Group
To establish an electronic commerce infrastructure between newsagents and suppliers of newspapers, magazines, cards, stationery and a growing range of providers seeking to use the newsagency nationwide presence to supply banking, insurance, bill paying and other services. Consortium members are the Australian Newsagents Federation, John Fairfax Publications, News Limited, ACP Publishing (inc. NDC), The Hannon Group (inc. RDS), Gordon & Gotch.
Contact: nanswact@ozemail.com.au
Australian Floral Industry On-Line Network (Flornet)
The Australian floral industry has a retail turnover of around $400million. It comprises three distinct strata; growers, wholesalers and retail florists. There is no industry body that integrates all three strata. There is considerable intra-stratum fragmentation and as a consequence, the floral industry is characterised by extremely poor communication systems and very inefficient markets in an economic sense. In turn, the cost of floral products to consumers is higher than it might be with a more efficient marketplace. The project is designed to provide an on-line communications system to the three strata of the floral industry. Consortium members are Petals Network - 1000 independent Australian florists and Cowley Internet.
Contact: The Petals Network web site can be found at www.ozflorex.com.au.
Medi-safe Communication
Medi-safe communications will pilot the use of secure on-line technologies within the Gold Coast's health sector. It will utilise generic e-mail systems and publicly available communications infrastructure to promote cost-effective service links to general practitioners (GPs) and other health service providers including hospitals and pathology, radiography, pharmacy and other practices. It will also benefit from the use of cost-price electronic authentication and data encryption systems that guarantee data and transmission security. Consortium members are the Australasian Management (The Competitive Option), Software Agencies Australia, Nexor, Siemens, Independent Health Institutions.
Contact: tco@tco.com.au
Albany Gateway
Albany GateWAy www.albanygateway.com.au is a community run and owned web portal which is bringing community groups, businesses and service providers online in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The recently formed Co-operative and E-Commerce developments are ensuring GateWAy provides a virtual conduit for all the region's online needs.
Contact: Gill Sellar - Portal Manager Albany GateWAy Co-operative
Building and Construction Online
This project aims to increase the access to computer based and online business solutions in the building and construction industry. The project will consist of the development of on-line web based services along with a full-scale rollout of hardware and software to companies. The online service will feature a range of industry specific information such training, technical legal and industrial relations, occupational health and safety, and government regulatory information, as well as interactive features relevant to the industry such as on-line product ordering. The hardware and software rollout will package industry specific software including Internet tools aimed at encourage higher industry uptake through cost incentives. Consortium members are the Housing Industry Association and an online industry consortium.
Contact: d.veteri@hia.asn.au
Multi Industry Procurement Project
Online Procurement Project using industry-proven software for ordering, inventory control, and logistics fulfilment in the mining and associated industries. This project utilises the MISEC software currently being trialed in the mining industry in a multi-industry project based primarily in the Tasmanian mining industry, but also including the purchasing practices of local government. The project has the support of five significant mines and several common suppliers as well as the Burnie City Council which has a significant procurement role for many municipalities in the region. Consortium members are Tasmanian Electronic Commerce Centre, Burnie City Council, Industrial Supplies Office, Tasmanian Minerals Council, National Electronic Interchange Services, University of Tasmania, Virtual Logistics Organisation.
Contact: John Handsaker who is managing the project.
RailHub - Trains on the Internet
The automated movement of information about trains and cargoes on the Australian rail network. RailHub will enable rail carriers and their customers, as well as other contractor such as marine terminals, consolidators and container storage yards, to exchange information about equipment and cargo in a managed environment, using messages on the Internet. Consortium members are Tradegate ECA, FreightCorp NSW, Namoi Cotton, Ricegrowers Co-operative limited, P&O Ports (CTAL), Patrick Stevedores, FCL Containers, Maritime Container Services, Sydney Haulage Containers, VicRail, Queensland Rail, Sydney Ports Corporation, Port of Brisbane.
Contact: karlzed@mail.att.net.