Implementation Of EDI With SAP Exchange Infrastructure 3.0 Oded shihor SAP Netweaver Consultant HP TSG Israel

Implementation Of EDI With SAP Exchange Infrastructure 3.0

Oded shihorSAP Netweaver ConsultantHP TSG Israel

EDI & Exchange Infrastructure

• Introduction of SEEBURGER

• SAP and SEEBURGER: a powerfull partnership

− Importance of SAP NetWeaver

− The role of SAP XI within NetWeaver

• SEEBURGER EDI and B2B adapter for SAP XI

− Detailed Description of the Solution

− Implementation In detail

• Status and referrences

What Is EDI ?

“…Short for Electronic Data Interchange, the transfer of data between different companies using networks, such as the Internet. As more and more companies get connected to the Internet, EDI is becoming increasingly important as an easy mechanism for companies to buy, sell, and trade information. ANSI has approved a set of EDI standards known as the X12 standards. …“

Who Is SEEBURGER ?• Founded 1986 in Bretten / Karlsruhe

• Onsite presence in 11 countries

• 6.000 customers

• Profitable and self-financed since 1986

• Two digit yearly growth - Q1/Q2 2004: ~ 20%

• Member of W3C, OASIS, ebXML, EDIFICE

AIAG, Odette, VDA, EAN, CCG,

SWIFT, VdEW etc.

»Successful in B-to-B Integration for over 18 years.«

SEEBURGER Global Presence

»6,000 companies in 35 countries trust in SEEBURGER solutions.«

100 % Business Integration

BusinessPackages RFID

Labelling

WebApplications,

SupplierMonitor,Retail-Portal

B-to-B Standards

RosettaNet, CIDX,

Papinet,DrugSafety.

Paper-to-ERP Fax&Paperrecognition

Data DistributionHub Spoke,

XMLmail

Classic EDI,EDIFACT,

X.12,ODETTE, ebXML,...

Market placeconnection,e.g. Elemica

IntegrationTools

Strategic Platform Business Integration Server

Infrastructure

ERP Finance CRM SCM Legacy

Company Applications

Roll out Services, Outsourcing, TBI (all-from-one) Consulting, Individual Customisation, Expertise, Support (24x7)

Services

Order Process, Electronic Invoicing, Logistic Process Integratione.g. x euro per document – Partner integration from the socket

Processes

Comprehensive SEEBURGER portfolio

- Automotive & Logistics

- High Tech- Energy & Utilities- Oil & Gas- Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals

- Aerospace/Defense & Public Sector- Machinery Equipment Industry- Mechanical Engineering & Heavy Industry

- Consumer Goods & Retail

- Finance & Service- Telecommunications

Industry specific organization

• One stop for Total Business Integration

• Protection of investment• Experience from 6000

projects• Fair price-performance ratio • Coverage of all industry

specificand regional specialties










SEEBURGER & SAP • SEEBURGER solutions are certified:

− year 1995: first EDI certification worldwide SAP Rel. 3.x (CA-EDI)

− year 1998: ALE Certification (CA-ALE)

EDI Certification Rel. 4.x

− year 2000 Certification of XML interface (one of the first world-wide) (CA-XML)

• OEM partnership for SAP GTS (year 2003)

• SAP Business One EDI/B2B solutions by SEEBURGER (year 2003)

• Collaboration

− expert advisor for development of SAP XI

− Sub contractor for SAP’s marketplace SupplyOn (WebEDI, VMI)

• Successful partnerships with SAP SI and SAP STEEB

• Result:

− 1000 SEEBURGER customers are SAP users (international)

− SEEBURGER: recognized and accepted Expertise Partner of SAP consultancies as HP










SAP NetWeaver

Clear perspective:

SAP Netweaver is the basis for all future SAP solutions

DB and OS Abstraction

People Integration

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Process IntegrationIntegration

BrokerBusiness Process

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Information IntegrationBusiness

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Portal Collaboration

J2EE ABAP

Application Platform

Multi-Channel Access

SAP NetWeaver™SAP NetWeaver™


Master Data Management

SAP Exchange Infrastructure


Component the strategic platform SAP NetWeaver

Key characteristics: integrator broker completely based on standards (web services, XML)

Key tasks of the SAP XI: process hub ‘distributing center’ within SAP NetWeaver

and complete IT landscape

Low total cost of ownership by means of centralisation and consolidation

Fast return on investment by pre-configured business content


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Business ProcessManagement

Information IntegrationBusinessIntelligence

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J2EE ABAP






Exchange infrastructure

Business partners (external)

Internal component

NetWeaver Adapter by SEEBURGER

SAP NetWeaver adapter by SEEBURGER:

• The SEEBURGER adapter runs on the SAP Web AS (J2EE Engine)

• The SEEBURGER adapter is integrated into the SAP Exchange Infrastructure via JCA (Java Connector Architecture)

• Consequences:

Availability of the entire SEEBURGER EDI/B-to-B technology suite within SAP NetWeaver

Central storage of business content (mappings, master data, SAP XI workflows) in the SAP XI system landscape directory (integration repository etc.)

Central configuration and design by deployment of XI tools

Central monitoring and alerting via SAP XI

• Benefits:

Low TCO: only one integration platform

High ROI: immediate integration by provision of pre-configured solutions


People Integration

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Process IntegrationIntegration

BrokerBusiness Process

Management

Information IntegrationBusiness

IntelligenceKnowledge

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J2EE ABAP






EDIAdapter

JCA

Exchange infrastructure

Business partners (external)

Internal component










SAP NetWeaver EDI Adapter by SEEBURGER

SAP NetWeaver industry adapter by SEEBURGER

(SAP XI edition): industry adapter/business packages

• SAP XI workflows and business content

− Modelled SAP XI workflows

− Mapping templates for modelling industry-specific content integrated into SAP NetWeaver (integration repository)

− Comprehensive set of generic, off-the-shelf industry scenarios

• EDI/B-to-B technology suite

− EDI data transfer: VAN, EDINT AS 1 / AS2, X.400, OFTP

− EDI standard formats: EDIFACT, ANSI X.12, TRADACOM, VDA, ODETTE, GALIA, AECMA, EANCOM, (SWIFT, Asian formats depending on adapter)

− EDI components: analyse, view, split, compress, encryption/ e-signature

• Integration into SAP NetWeaver via JCA (Java Connector Architecture)

• Configuration, monitoring via SAP XI

• Runtime: J2EE Engine SAP Web AS


People Integration

Process Integration

Integration Broker


Information Integration

J2EE ABAP




JCA

SAP NetWeaver EDI Adapter

by SEEBURGER

Customer

Supplier

Logistics

Bank

EDI/B2Bpartner

Industry networks

SAP NetWeaver EDI Adapter by SEEBURGER

SAP NetWeaver EDI adapters by SEEBURGER (SAP XI Edition): Overview

SAP NetWeaver technical EDI adapters: for OFTP for VAN Access for EDIINT AS2

SAP NetWeaver EDI Adapter (Business Packages) for: Aerospace & Defence Industry Automotive Industry Chemicals Industry Consumer Products Industry High-Tech Industry Adapter Paper Industry Pharmaceutical Industry Retail Industry Cross Industry: Payment Generic EDI DB and OS Abstraction

People Integration

Process Integration

Integration Broker


Information Integration

J2EE ABAP




JCA

SAP NetWeaver Adapter

by SEEBURGER

Customer

Supplier

Logistics

Bank

EDI/B2Bpartner

Industry networks

'Inside' the Industry EDI Adapters

SEEBURGEREDI Solution

SAP XI 3.0

XI mapperXI converter XML-XML

SEEBURGER XI maps XML-EDI to XML-IDOC

for industry specific messagesfor country/ regional specific messages

XI 3.0 runtime, incl. monitoring, logging

XI 3.0 Repository and Directory

SEEBURGER pre-configured workflows, usage of BPM

XI 3.0 EAI/ SAP adapters

for backend

integration

SEEBURGER delivers as industry adapters complete SAP NetWeaver / XI solutions

and not just components

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SEEBURGER EDI components

Data exchange protocolsOFTP, AS2,

VAN ftp, P7/X.400, ...

EDI componentscompress/

decompress,split/ analyze,

encryption, esignature, ...

EDI format <->

XML-EDI preparation










SEEBURGER - SAP XI: inbound / outbound EDI process

R/3 SEEBURGEREDI Solution

Company B: „BUYER“

SAP XI

SEEBURGEREDI adapter

XI MappingsIDoc

Adapter

Company A: „SELLER“

EDI-Server(BIS)

„ERP“:Web Applications

CreateORDER file

EDI-Orders -> IDoc

EDIOrders

OrdersIDoc

OrdersPIDoc

OFTP

Example: Design - Business Scenarios

Example: Design - EDI Mapping

Example: Design - EDI Mapping

Example: Configuration

Example: Configuration - adapter selection

Example: Configuration - adapter parameters

DMZ

Distributed Implementation

PlainJ2SE

Adapter Engine

Adapter

Integration Repository / Integration Directory / System Landscape DirectoryIntegration Repository / Integration Directory / System Landscape Directory

Integration ServerIntegration Server

SAPSystem

SAPSystem

IDoc

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Business Process Engine

Integration Engine

Central Adapter Engine

Adapter FrameworkMessagingQueuing

Security Handling

Optional Local Adapter Engine

Adapter FWMessagingQueuing

Security Handling

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FileDB

JMS

FileDB

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SAP NetWeaver adapter: advantageConcept benefitsThe full integration of the SEEBURGER adapter into

SAP NetWeaver enables:

• Low TCO: only one integration platform

• High ROI: immediate integration thanks to availability of pre-configured solutions

• Improved application proximity via SAP XI:

− Standardised access to applications during the design and implementation of the integration processes

− Closer interaction between external content and application logic via SAP XI workflows

− Application- and solution-orientated business processes

− Substantially enhanced use of the EDI/ B-to-B technology suite for using the modelled business logic

Prior to XI 3.0:

Prior to XI 3.0:

Business logic

Integration logic

SAP Industry SolutionmySAP Business Suite

SEEBURGERBusiness Integration

With XI 3.0:With XI 3.0:


Monitoring

Access to business logic at all times

SEEBURGER components

SAP XI components

SAP XI Workflow

Joint data storage










Status and Roadmap

References SEEBURGER Adapter:

− SPAR, Switzerland LIVE!

− Masterfoods, USALIVE!

− SupplyOn, Germany LIVE!

− Norske Skog, Norway LIVE!

− Intersport, Germany LIVE!

− 8 projects Ramp-up XI 3.0

• SEEBURGER: first and only EDI & B2B solution provider that’s certified!

Q2 2004 Q2 2004 Q3 2004 Q3 2004 Q4 2004 Q4 2004 Q1 2005 Q1 2005

Certifing first adapters

Certifing first adapters

General availibility

General availibility Final certificationFinal certification

Summary

• SEEBURGER adapters run on the SAP NetWeaver platform and can be fully integrated via JCA

• SEEBURGER is the supplier whose solutions provide 100% support for SAP NetWeaver as an INTEGRATION and APPLICATION PLATFORM

− SAP NetWeaver can be regarded as the ‘operating system'

− SEEBURGER can be regarded as an application running on this ‘operating system'

• SEEBURGER’s entire EDI/B2B technology becomes available on the SAP NetWeaver platform and will continue to be developed and upgraded on this platform in future

• SEEBURGER delivers ‘solutions‘, not only technological modules for SAP NetWeaver

• SEEBURGER offers skills and know-how for SAP XI and the adapters

References IPaper &

Office SuppliesChemical &

PharmaceuticalsHighTechAutomotive

References II

Retail Consumer Goods

Energy & Utilities

Logistics

Finance &Insurance

RWE

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Implementation Of EDI With SAP Exchange Infrastructure 3.0 Oded shihor SAP Netweaver Consultant HP TSG Israel