Recently I praised how we can gain quick benefits from more simplistic approaches for supply chain collaboration (here) But in high-volume environments we do need solid and message-based system integration based on a shared standard for the data content. Check out this videocast about integrating Advance Ship Notices on the Supply Chain Television Channel (you can sign up for free). It is from September and includes a really good discussion about ASN usage and critical success factors for truly streamlined process automation.