AUSTIN, Texas, July 27, 2007— NAMM’s  Ad-Hoc Technology Committee released another component of its business-to-business technology standards for the music products industry. This document, the Advanced Shipment Notice (ASN), is a key component of the XML-based industry standard which has been dubbed Version ‘2007.1’.
 
The committee met at Summer NAMM in Austin to put the finishing touches on the ASN document. The committee is also working to add additional documents to the specifications. These additional components are expected to be published later this year.

The Ad-Hoc Technology Committee is composed of technical experts that represent the breadth of NAMM Member Companies. The committee is composed of the following members: Paul Ward, Roland US; Robin Walenta, West Music; MaryAnne DelMundo, Guitar Center; Jerry Grochowski, Hal Leonard; Steve LaMonde, Kaman; Greg Bryniak, D’Addario; Amy Pearson, Sweetwater; William McGloine, Korg; Pat Murphy, Tri-Tech, Gary Duvall, Yamaha; and Tami Ramey, Musicians Friend.

The version 2007.1 specification is published on NAMM’s B2B micro-site at http://b2b.namm.org. This site is open to all NAMM Members and also features related B2b discussion forums and other resources for NAMM Members.

For more information, interested parties can log on to http://b2b.namm.org/ or call 800-767-6266.