Strategy
Through the strategic development of integrated EDI/EC solutions, Roche and it's valued Trading Partners can share in the advantage of lowered transaction and information costs, thus providing unparalleled service levels in the marketing, distribution and supply chain channels.

What was once considered a 'nice to have' has become a necessity for doing business in the future and delivers significant advantages for participating Trading and Channel Partners.

Commitment
Roche is committed to 'doing business electronically'. We are aligned with Sterling Commerce as the single source approach for electronic commerce activities. Roche continues to use Sterling's COMMERCE:Network to facilitate more than 2 billion dollars in electronic business transactions with Trading Partners annually.

COMMERCE:Network assures the reliable exchange of invoices, purchase orders and other EDI and emerging EC standard messaging for Roche in such areas as sales, finance, contracts management, purchasing and logistics. Roche also uses Gentran:Server message management software from Sterling Commerce to integrate our EDI and EC messages with our client/server business systems.

Value
Customers and vendor alignment and investment in information systems will be returned tenfold, due to efficiency and productivity gains made possible by leveraging 'The Information Advantage.' Our long-standing commitment to Electronic Data Interchange and Electronic Commerce continues as we negotiate the new millennium together.

By developing innovative strategies and solutions together, we can each share in the associated benefits.