Who Should Join mpXML?
Membership in mpXML is open to all meat and poultry companies, their trading partners and suppliers, and other trade associations and government agencies that assist the meat and poultry industry. All facets of the meat and poultry supply chain should be represented in the work we do. Your membership in mpXML means increased support, growth and information flow among the many developers and future users of mpXML standards, who are also mpXML members.
Why Join mpXML?
- You want to participate in defining the technical infrastructure that supports open communication among the constituents in the meat and poultry community for today and years to come.
- You want to be able to access the most current information in order to be positioned and technically ready to follow the e-commerce course of the meat and poultry industry.
- You want to spearhead and foster the broad industry consensus needed to establish and maintain the most effective and widely used standards designed to exchange data among meat and poultry industry entities.
- You want to participate in an industry forum where entities create more efficient ways to exchange business information.
- Once you join mpXML, you become a voting member of the organization. You can participate in meetings, join committees and work groups, be elected as an officer or a board member, and provide your input to the discussion at hand.
What Do I Get When I Join?
mpXML membership gives you:
- The opportunity to influence the development of industry data standards with your own perspective and expertise, helping to ensure that standards incorporate functionality that supports your company's needs.
- Reduced internal operating expenses through the use of more effective technology.
- The technical means for your company and others to bring meat and poultry industry products to market more quickly and efficiently.
- Streamlined communications between web sites, databases and software applications.
- Reduced technical limitations so organizations can extend their market reach, form new partnerships and access new services and audiences.
- Timely information on new developments shaping the meat and poultry industry through the mpXML web site and other member communications.
- A cooperative network of business and technology leaders inside and outside the meat and poultry industry.
- Increased visibility for your organization through a direct link between your company's web site and mpXML's web site.
Download the
Membership Application and send it back to us via fax, e-mail, or snail-mail.
If you want to introduce yourself, please join us on our next conference call. Watch the membership page for announcements about the next scheduled call, or request e-mail notification by sending an e-mail to info@mpxml.org.