Open Applications Group

Standards for Business Software Interoperability

Collaborations

Hello and welcome to our collaborations page!  We have relationships with several important organization industry.  They are working with us to help Business move forward in their efforts in dramatically improve Everywhere-to-Everywhere Interoperability.  We encourage you to visit their web sites.

Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association (AAIA) http://www.aftermarket.org/home.asp
The Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association (AAIA) is a non-profit trade association whose 2,700 member companies conduct business in the motor vehicle aftermarket industry. AAIA is an association which resulted from the consolidation between the Automotive Parts & Accessories Association (APAA) and the Automotive Service Industry Association (ASIA).
Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) http://www.aiag.org
The Automotive Industry Action Group is a globally recognized organization founded in 1982 by a group of visionary managers from DaimlerChrysler, Ford Motor Company, and General Motors. The purpose: To provide an open forum where members cooperate in developing and promoting solutions that enhance the prosperity of the automotive industry. AIAG's focus is to continuously improve business processes and practices involving trading partners throughout the supply chain.
Electronics Industry Data Exchange Association (EIDX) http://www.eidx.org
The Electronics Industry Data Exchange Association (EIDX) was formed in 1987. It is an incorporated, nonprofit, association of companies from all segments of the electronics industry. EIDX serves as a forum for electronic commerce within the industry. EIDX also works with other industries where EIDX guidelines may fit their business needs.
Information Technology for the Automotive Industry http://www.ita-int.org/
ITA - Information Technology for the Automotive Industry - was formed on March 14, 2000 as a committee associated with the VDA - "Verein der Automobilindustrie"; German Automotive Industry Association - and acts as a communication platform and service-provider for the automotive industry. As a non-profit organization ITA has set itself the objective to improve the information flow between the automobile manufacturers plus suppliers and the IT firms with the main focus on logistics and supply chain. More than 50 well-known IT and consulting companies are today members of ITA. The turn over of the member firms  was around 48 billion Euros in 2003 and employed staff of around 325,000. ITA acts actively in international committees and work groups, i.e. ODETTE, AIAG and OAGi, to deliver solution competence and know-how transfer as well as optimization and transparency of Automotive processes in a national and European  context.
MoU Management Group (MoU MG) http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/e-business/mou/
The International Telecommunication Union signed on 24 March 2000 a Memorandum of Understanding on electronic business (download PDF file), joining three leading international standards-setting organizations already party to the MoU, namely the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE). The Open Applications Group is also a member as a registered international user group.
Odette http://www.odette.org
Odette is a non-profit making organization run by automotive people for automotive people. "Odette's mission in the global automotive industry, is to develop tools and recommendations that improve the flow of goods, services, product data and business information across the whole supply chain, throughout the entire product life-cycle.". The principal areas of activity are: E-Business Communications Logistics Management Engineering Data exchange
Standards for Technology in Automotive Retail (STAR) http://www.starstandards.org/
The goal of the STAR (Standards for Technology in Automotive Retail) Group is to use voluntary  information technology (IT) standards as a catalyst in fulfilling the business information needs of dealers and manufacturers while reducing the time and effort previously required to support this activity.
U.S. Product Data Association                                http://www.uspro.org
The U.S. Product Data Association is a nonprofit membership organization. Established by industry, US PRO is the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) accredited standards development organization responsible for coordinating U.S. votes and industry inputs to the ISO STEP ( ISO 10303) activities. US PRO provides management functions for the U.S. Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to ISO TC184/SC4, coordinates and manages standards meetings in the U.S. each year, oversees the STEP Certification activities, and maintains the US PRO on-line catalog as a source of STEP and other product data exchange specifications.
Web Services Interoperability Organization                               http://www.ws-i.org
The Web Services Interoperability Organization is an open industry effort chartered to promote Web Services interoperability across platforms, applications, and programming languages. The organization brings together a diverse community of Web services leaders to respond to customer needs by providing guidance, recommended practices, and supporting resources for developing interoperable Web services.