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

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E-Commerce: Application Integration with Oracle

Applications

Presented By: Anne Blanchard

Director of Product Management SPS Commerce, Inc.

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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

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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

Benefits of EDI and Integration

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Integration Options: Oracle’s EDI Gateway

Supported Transactions for Oracle 10.7

•  810 (invoice) outbound •  850 (purchase order) inbound •  850 (purchase order) outbound •  856 (advanced ship notice) outbound

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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

810 (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

Integration Options: Oracle’s EDI Gateway

Supported Transactions for Oracle 11.0

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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.

Integration Options: Oracle’s EDI Gateway

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•  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

Integration Options: Oracle’s EDI Gateway

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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!

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•  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

Integration Options: Oracle’s EDI Gateway

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•  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

Integration Options: Custom Coding

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•  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

Integration Options: Custom Coding

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•  Customer Requirements – Custom interface to Oracle Apps

•  Data validation •  Application of business rules

– Custom mapping information •  Flat file layout •  Trading partner specifications •  Mapping matrix

Integration Options: Custom Coding

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•  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)

Integration Options: Custom Coding

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•  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

Integration Options: Integration Engine

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•  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

Integration Options: Integration Engine

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•  Customer requirements – Knowledgeable resources

•  Internal business processes •  Trading partner requirements •  Oracle configuration

Integration Options: Integration Engine

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•  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

Integration Options: Integration Engine

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•  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

Integration Options: Integration Engine

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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!

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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

Integration Challenges

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Thank You!

Anne Blanchard

[email protected]