Solutions with

ET-Connector Platform

Advanced software

for enterprise transactions

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About us

• Developing business software solutions

since 1997

Starting with individual software

• 2002 Launching EDI software

Industry & Retail

• 2005 Refactoring EDI software with new

ET-Connector platform

• Place: Berlin

• Personel: 7

• 100% private

Approach: Solid solutions, excellent services

e-procure fair 2010

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What are electronic processeses?

No manual typewriting-> Electronic data interchange (EDI)

Example: ORDER

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Market watch

• All big companies (METRO, OBI, Daimler and more) force their suppliers to

establish electronic processes due to cost reduction

• Suppliers are in the need of serving these requirements (if they want or

not)

Buy-Side Sell-SideProduction

Volume

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Potentials - Costs

• Personel costs Type writing (i.e. type in orders)

Handling (i.e. print invoice, envelope, etc.)

• Freights

• Prices – services needn‘t to be

free of charge

• Additional costs charged by the

buyer (punishment)

Volume is important!

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Potentials - Quality

• Fast

• No manual type writing mismatch

• Trace / Protocol

• Automatic checks Completeness (all required fields)

Duplicates

• Reports / Statistics

• Security

Electronic processes increase quality

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Strategic view on EDI

• EDI is getting more and more important

• EDI is a service, not a naturalness

• EDI needs own resources, employees have to care about it (Master data

management, Monitoring)

• EDI shows up weaknesses in own processes, own business gets transparent

to the customer!

• Benefit yourself from EDI: Do credit memo procedure with customers,

integrate own suppliers

• Honour EDI in commercial negotiations: i.e. discounts

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Strategies and goals of EDI

• Integration of the own IT-systems for exchange of data with customers, suppliers, portals, manufacturers and partners

• Wish for independency

• Consulting and services also for your partners

• Flexible connections to different systems and data formats

• Cost reduction through efficient business flows

• Security / Quality

• Push from customers / services for customers

• Optimize own procurement

EDI causes logistic and technical challenges

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The solution: ET-Connector

• Connection to arbitrary ERP-Systems possible (z.B. SAP ®, proAlpha ®, infor®, SQL-Business®, Navision®, and more)

• Independent connection to partners, suppliers, manufacturers and portals with one software

• Creation of all kinds of text formats, i.e. XML (and derivates), HTML, EDIFACT (and derivates, i.e. EANCOM), VDA, ANSI X.12, Freitextformate, and many more …

• Supported protocols: FTP(S), HTTP(S), POP/SMTP, SOAP, EDIINT AS1 + AS2, X.400

• Unlimited to number of connections / message types

• Platform independent (Windows®, Linux®, Solaris®)

With ET-Connector all requirements to connections and conversions can be satisfied

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Solution 1: Connection to portals

• Buying the portal software lead to

dependencies to the supplier/buyer

• Portal software is restricted to connecting to

the portal or expensive to „unlock“

• Portal software is cost intensive

(maintenance, customizing)

Only ET-Connector is needed to connect to different portals

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Solution 2: ASP vs. INHOUSE

Independence and investment protection

Change from ASP to

INHOUSE possible!

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Solution 3: SAP connection

Connecting to SAP® via SAP-Business-Connector or XI or tRFC

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Solution 4: E/D/E + Mercateo

Silent commerce – No paper between buy-side and sell-side

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Solution 5: Corporate purchasing

Multi account / multi supplier relations (M:N)

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Solution: Retail industry in Germany

• Integrated process

• Check of incoming data per

partner

• Outgoing checks per partner,

i.e. calculation of provisions

• Generation of invoice list as

PDF per partner

Flexible and individual processes for retail industry

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Solutions for every market participant

• ET-Connector can be used

both on buyer-, market- or

sell-side.

• ET-Connector is scaling

• Consulting for standards &

designs

• ASP or INHOUSE

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Overall scenario

Example configuration

for connecting different

partners:

• VAN

• SAP ® BC/XI

• EDIINT AS2

• Portals

• Different formats andprotocols

ET-Connector connects!

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Service-Level

• 3 Service Levels ReActive (Alert from system or customer), served within 48 hours

ProActive (Alert from system or customer or SBS monitoring) , served within 24 hours

Active24/7 (Alert from system or customer or SBS monitoring) innerhalb von 4h

• Ticket system Creation of tickets within 2 hours

Monitoring of tickets by integrated project management

Contact management – Who has to be informed?

Communication

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Projektmanagement

•Individualsoftwareentwicklung für Partnerverbindungs- und

Projektmanagement

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ACTIVE

• AKTIV

Escalation management

PASSIVE

KundeSystem

SBS Support

(kein Callcenter!)

SLA: ProActive, Active24

SLA: Reactive

ALERT

ALERT

First analysis

within granted response time

(SLA)

Analysis Solution?

Waiting for response from third party

-> Follow up

End

Information via Email

Information via EmailInformation via Email

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Selected local partner connections

•ABB

•AIRBUS

•ARIBA

•BASWARE (FirstBusinessPost)

•BEKA

•BOSCH

•BOSCH REXROTH

•BRAMMER

•HUBWOO

•COMPAREX

•COMPUTACENTER

•CONTINENTAL

•DAIMLER AG

•DANA REINZ

•DHL Deutschland

•EASYLINK

•FELS WERKE

•E/D/E

•EDEKA

•E.ON Ruhrgas

•GLUNZ

• E.ON IS

• EPCOS

• EUROBAUSTOFF

• FESTO

•GILETTE-BRAUN

•GLUNZ

•HAGEBAU

•HERAEUS

•HOFFMANN-GOEDDE

•HORNBACH

•HYDAC

•JUNGHEINRICH

•KENNAMETALL

•KRAUS-MAFFEI

•KRUPP

•KROSCHKE

•LEICHER

•LECHLER

•LINDE GAS

•LUMBERG

•M-EXCHANGE

•MAGNA

•MAN

•MARKANT

•MAX BAHR

•MERKEL-FREUDENBERG

•MEKRA

•MERCK

• METRO MGP

•M+W ZANDER

•MTU

• NEXMART

• NEWTRON

• NOTHELFER

• OBI

• OPTIBELT

• OTTO

• PORSCHE

• PRECITOOL

• RAAB KARCHER

• REWE

•REYHER

•SCHAEFER SHOP

•SIMPLE SYSTEM

•SIEMENS

•SEAT

•SKF

•SKODA

•SONEPAR

•STEHA

•STIHL

•SWM

•TRW

•UPS

•VATTENFALL

•VW

•WALLMEDIEN

•WALMART

•WURTH

•WÜRTH

•ZF

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Selected international partner connections

• RWE Polska Spółka Akcyjna (PL)

• RWE Transgas, a.s. (PL)

• RS Components SAS (FR)

• Office Depot International (UK)

• VSE IT sluzby, s.r.o (CZ)

(HOFFMANN Group & OFFICE DEPOT)

• SAS Automotive s.r.o.  Bratislava (SL)

• Endorsia International AB (SE)

• Ford (ES)

• ShipServ (DK)

• Deere & Company (US)

• Johnson Control (FR)

• TIMKEN (US)

• VALEO (FR)

• ALCATEL LUCENT (US)

• ELEMICA (US)

• ESSELUNGA (IT)

• ACTIA SODIELEC (FR)

• AREVA (FR)

• ONERA (FR)

• SOMFY (FR)

• PARKER HANIFIN (US)

• ELECTROLUX (IT)

• KLINGER (NL)

• QUANTORE (NL)

• DHL Express Ltd. (HU)

• Tyco Electronics Ltd (UK)

• OB10 Ltd. (UK)

• ŠKODA AUTO a.s. (CZ)

• Sappi Fine Paper NA (US)

• Valmet Automotive Inc. (FI)

• International support

in english language

• By email preferred

• By phone at working

days from 8-17 CET

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Our customers

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Thank you!