Use MISMO In-House

Usually when we have a discussion about MISMO we talk about how the standard will be useful for firms that want to bring efficiency to their inter-company operations. We should not forget that "intra" company operations could also benefit. Further, if you put MISMO to use within your 4 walls then when an external party wants to connect electronically with you, you are already familiar with the standard and should be mostly ready to go (minus maybe some security and additional authentication protocols).

Many firms have legacy systems that continue to operate either because a similar system simply does not exist or because the switching costs are (perceived to be) too high. Using the MISMO XML standard for connecting new and old and new and new systems makes sense and will better prepare you for the future.

Not only will you be ready if an external party wants to exchange information, but you will find that the robust nature of the MISMO standard will not break when against thousands of different data configurations. This will save your firm money and make life easier for you tech team.

If your tech team is not aware of MISMO standards....Let them know!