Inspired by our founding Fathers on this July 4 Independence Day, I deliver this Declaration of B2B eCommerce Independence for Manufacturers who run their business on SAP ECC. You no longer have to endure the big, complicated, expensive solutions from the likes of SAP, hybris, IBM. Nor do you have to be shamed into increasing the scope of your projects by the likes of Gartner and Forrester. If your customers want to continue to send you faxes, you should cater to them. If all they want is a web portal to get real time information out of SAP 24x7, than you should cater to them. You are free to spend less, get things done quicker, not have to hire expensive consultants or add technical specialties that you're rather not have. You are now liberated. Just like the signatories of this Declaration.