Bearing Specialists Association

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND LOGISTICS COMMITTEE MEETING

Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel

Santa Monica, California

MINUTES

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND LOGISTICS COMMITTEE MEETING - MINUTES – MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2002

1.0CALL TO ORDER AND OPENING REMARKS

The meeting was called to order by Mr. Ramras at 8:45 a.m. Those in attendance were:

Jim Hopper Applied Industrial Technologies

Jeffrey RamrasApplied Industrial Technologies

Lonny LawrenceBearing Distributors, Inc.

Douglas SavageBearing Service, Inc.

Andrew NationsBearings & Drives, Inc.

Dan Duffy Chicago Rawhide North America

Peter HornFederal-Mogul Corporation

Suzette RacineGopher Bearing Company

David ZoeschINA USA Corporation

David TredinnickMiether Bearing Products, Inc.

Tony MartellNSK Corporation

Richard FarrisSKF Service Division

Kari GrohThe Timken Corporation

James MartinThe Torrington Company

Cliff BannonTranscom, Inc.

Scott MacPhersonU.S. Bearings & Drives

Dick ChurchExecutive Director

2.0ANNOUNCEMENTS

Mr. Ramras welcomed two new members to the Committee. Mr. Ramras reviewed the hotel security procedure as provided by the hotel. He also noted that attendees should familiarize themselves with hotel security and evacuation procedures as noted on the back of sleeping room doors. The hotel evacuation plan involves moving to the beach area.

3.0REVIEW ANTITRUST POLICY

Mr. Ramras noted that all meetings would be conducted in accordance with BSA’s Antitrust Policy and that Mr. Ives was present to answer any questions attendees might have concerning the policy or its interpretation.

4.0REVIEW OF PURPOSE

Mr. Ramras reminded the attendees of the purpose of the Committee.

5.0APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING

After discussion, a motion was made, seconded and passed to approve the minutes of the October 15, 2001 meeting of the Committee.

6.0EMARKETPLACES

This subject was implemented as a round table discussion. There appears to be a need to develop standards for basic business documents such as purchase orders.

7.0BSA/PTDA ELECTRONIC DATA/PRODICT PRICE INFORMATION FORMAT (PPIF) STATUS.

The information written in the agenda is accurate with respect to the status of the PPIF project. A need was identified to find out more about the use of PPIF by manufacturers. It was decided more follow-up was needed to identify those manufacturers implementing PPIF. Distributors were asked to send an update on those manufacturers supporting the PPIF to BSA for the purpose of updating the BSA site.

8.0DEVELOPMENT OF OTHER E-COMMERCE STANDARDS

Mr. Bannon reported on PTDA’s parallel committee activity where the bearing classification project has been dropped.

9.0SECURING IT SYSTEMS-

It was noted that FEMA has information about this topic and many others. There was discussion about security issues. It was suggested a consultant speak at a future Committee meeting.

10.0FUTURE TOPICS

It was decided XML is a topic that requires more discussion over time. Security, as noted in 9.0 is a topic for further discussion. It was also suggested supply chain management be discussed as should VMI (vendor managed inventory). The HDX network was mentioned as a topic. Dan Duffy volunteered to brief the Committee on it. ABC (activity based costing) is also a topic for revisiting in the future.

11.0OTHER BUSINESS

Mr. Ramras asked that the Committee develop questions for the Convention panel made up of customers. The subject is “value-added, fact or fiction.” Question areas included: 1.) Does a customer expect better pricing with e-solutions; 2.) How does the customer assess value-added by authorized distributors; 3.) What can technology do to add value to customer processes; 4.) There was discussion on the varying attitudes about local distribution between the persons responsible for keeping a plant running and the people above; 5.) The issue of whether plant down-time and similar problems are involved in compensation issues; 6.) What technology is valuable to the user; 7.) Do users feel service should be separated from buying the product.

12.0SUMMARY

1.It was decided more follow-up was needed to identify those manufacturers implementing PPIF.

2.It was suggested a consultant speak at a future Committee meeting regarding security for IT systems.

3.Dan Duffy volunteered to brief the Committee on the HDX network.

13.0ADJOURNMENT

There being no further business to come before the Committee, a motion was made, seconded and passed to adjourn the meeting at 11:40 a.m.

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