E-Commerce: Application Integration with Oracle Applications

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1 E-Commerce: Application Integration with Oracle Applications Presented By: Anne Blanchard Director of Product Management SPS Commerce, Inc.

2 Application Integration with Oracle Applications Benefits of EDI and Integration Integration Options Oracle s EDI Gateway Custom Coding Integration Engine What is required for each type of integration Customer requirements Vendor requirements Customer case studies Integration challenges

3 Benefits of EDI and Integration Why choose EDI??? Why integrate it with your Oracle Apps? Increase communication time of key information with your trading partners Reduction of business cycles Increase accuracy of data

4 Integration Options: Oracle s EDI Gateway Supported Transactions for Oracle (invoice) outbound 850 (purchase order) inbound 850 (purchase order) outbound 856 (advanced ship notice) outbound

5 Integration Options: Oracle s EDI Gateway Supported Transactions for Oracle (invoice) in 810 (invoice) out 820 (remittance advice) out 824 (application advice) out 830 (planning schedule with release capability) out 832 (price/sales catalog) in 843 (response to request for quotation) in 850 (purchase order) in 850 (purchase order) out 856 (advanced ship notice) out 856 (advanced ship notice) in 857 (shipment and billing notice) in 860 (P.O. change request) out 862 (shipping schedule) out

6 Integration Options: Oracle s EDI Gateway Supported Transactions for Oracle 11i Oracle 11i will support the traditional EDI Gateway and a new E-Commerce Gateway. The E-Commerce gateway will output an XML file instead of a flat file. Oracle 11i will support the same transactions as 11.0.

7 Integration Options: Oracle s EDI Gateway Vendor requirements The EDI vendor should provide tested map templates for each transaction Full featured translator Skilled consultants that can assist with the customization of the different map templates

8 Integration Options: Oracle s EDI Gateway Customer requirements The customer is expected to provide a configured EDI gateway Knowledgeable resources Internal business processes Oracle configuration - most sites make changes to Oracle Apps!

9 Integration Options: Oracle s EDI Gateway Customer Case Study Mid-market manufacturer of trucking equipment Oracle Apps 10.7 installed on Windows NT platform EDI translator installed on Windows NT server Using Oracle s EDI Gateway Integrated 3 transactions for 5 trading partners - 810out, 850in, 856out 3 days of services per transaction

10 Integration Options: Custom Coding Option for customers needing transaction not supported by the EDI Gateway Custom program written that will either post or extract data from the Oracle tables

11 Integration Options: Custom Coding Vendor requirements The EDI vendor should offer a flexible, easy-to-use mapping tool, that allows for the creation of custom maps Full-featured translator Skilled consultants that can assist with the creation of custom maps

12 Integration Options: Custom Coding Customer Requirements Custom interface to Oracle Apps Data validation Application of business rules Custom mapping information Flat file layout Trading partner specifications Mapping matrix

13 Integration Options: Custom Coding Customer Case Study Large manufacturer of computer supplies and accessories Oracle Apps 10.7 installed on an HP Unix system EDI translator installed on HP Unix system Used the EDI Gateway for integrating purchase orders, invoices, etc. Custom interfaces for 940out (warehouse shipping order) and 945in (warehouse shipping advice) 3 weeks for custom interface to Oracle Apps 2 days for first map for each transaction (940 and 945)

14 Integration Options: Integration Engine Software package that supports the integration of EDI transactions to and from Oracle s Open Interface Tables Eliminate the need for custom coding Ideal for customers that require integration for transactions not supported by the EDI Gateway

15 Integration Options: Integration Engine Vendor requirements Software package that sits between the EDI translator and Oracle Apps Provides cross reference capabilities Application of business rules Data validation before posting or extracting data Same integration engine used for different transactions

16 Integration Options: Integration Engine Customer requirements Knowledgeable resources Internal business processes Trading partner requirements Oracle configuration

17 Integration Options: Integration Engine Customer Case Study Large manufacturer of print devices and print supplies for assembly lines Customers include US Postal Service, Phillip Morris, 3M, and GM Came from a rip and read EDI solution - they wanted to improve service to their larger customers and reduce their operating costs Did not want to support both the EDI Gateway and an integration engine so they chose the integration engine because it supported more transactions

18 Integration Options: Integration Engine Customer Case Study Oracle Apps 10.7 installed on DEC Alpha Unix system EDI translator and Integration Engine installed on Windows NT server Integrated purchase orders, invoices, etc. for 24 trading partners Approximately 3 days of gap analysis prior to implementation for each transaction type 3 to 6 weeks implementation for each transaction type

19 Integration Options: Integration Engine Customer Case Study Final results Improved customer service» 97% for invoicing within service standards» 95% for shipping within service standards» 0.85% error rate Significant decrease in order processing time Invoices sent when an order is closed out - no more delay!

20 Integration Challenges Things to think about Clear definition of project requirements - make sure everyone is on board before starting the project Cost and benefit analysis prior to selecting a solution What expertise is required? Oracle Applications Internal business processes EDI requirements

21 Thank You! Anne Blanchard