B2B Framework for IBM Sterling B2B Integrator

B2B Framework for IBM Sterling Integrator

Table of Contents

• Oxford Consulting: Who are We?• Eaton Current State/Needs Discussion• B2B Framework Overview

– What is the B2B Framework?– Standardizing/Extending Sterling Integrator– B2B Framework Benefits

• DMI• Questions?

Strategic Partnerships: SAP, Sterling Commerce Partnerships: eCOM Asia, SEEBURGER, Axway, IBM, Inovis, QAD

Oxford’s SnapshotHeadquarters:

Columbus, OH, US

Geographic Footprint: Primary – US; Secondary – Canada, Mexico, Spain, Brazil, Portugal, UK and Netherlands

Employee Base: Corporate Staff ‐ 20

Consultants‐ 135 nationwide

Industries Served:Health Care, Manufacturing, Retail,

Transportation, Financial, Automotive, Consumer Products

Historical Perspective

Company Founded

1998

Formed Partnerships, Solutions with

QAD & SC2001

Sold QAD solutions to

QAD2004

Expanded services

outside of QAD mkt w/ SC & Others2004-2008

Re-enter QAD Market with SC & B2B Framework

2009

• Software Selection• Application Integration• Implementation & Support• On-shore/near-shore

development

EDI/B2B Consulting Services

• Transaction Management• On Demand Support• Supply Chain Community

Management

Managed EDI Services

Integration Services

Some of our B2B Customers…

B2B FrameworkSolution Overview

What is the B2B Framework?

Sterling Integrator

Components

100+ SI/GIS Prebuilt Business Processes, Maps,

XSLT, Services

Generic Comm. BPs for: FTP, SFTP,

Mailbox, HTTP, AS2, E-mail, DB, Fax, JMS, MQ…

100% integrated into SI/GIS,

leverages existing users & security

Framework Management

Interface (FMI)Manages

framework rules as well as allows for

content based routing

Custom GIS/SI properties for

generic Framework Control (switch features on/off)

Custom database tables for Message, Document & Event logging plus rules

engine

Document Management

Interface (DMI)

Document driven portlet for viewing &

managing docs

Exception & error tracking based on key user defined

criteria

Supports reprocessing, re-

enveloping & resending of docs &

messages

Other

Supports MySQL, Oracle & MS SQL

Server

Document visibility can be maintained after GIS/SI tables are archived via

Framework Archive/Restore

Features

B2B Framework Benefits

Enhances Value of SI

•Extends out-of-the-box processing & tracking for EDI messages to include all other formats (XML, binary, flat file)•Extends SI correlation capabilities for tracking all formats•Provides consistent visibility for all messaging with built in reprocessing•Allows content based routing for all formats via rules engine

Reduces Time to Benefit

•Reduces implementation time by up to 70%•Minimizes development & deployment time for new projects by reusing generic development components•Minimizes trading partner on-boarding with generic envelopes

Standardizes Environment

•Provides common tracking & error handling across all business process•Enables common communication management, regardless of protocol•Provides standardized retry & recovery processing•Extensible/customizable to ensure 100% fit

Stability

•Mature product with more than 22 customers in 6 countries•Developed & support by Sterling Commerce partners with more than 25 years of combined experience selling & supporting Sterling Commerce applications

Who’s Using B2B Framework?

Shanghai Free Trade Zone

Framework Architecture

AS2

Receive

ReceiveRules Message

Identify& Split

SplitRules

Route & Transform

RouteRules Document

Pre-Process

Core Process

Post-Process

1 or more

Send

SendRules Message

Post-Send Process

ReceiveProtocolHandlers

SendProtocolHandlers

1

3 4

5

67

810

9

11Message Tracking and Audit

Helpdesk &Portal Users

Generic Error Handling(Alert Rules)

Error Log and Reporting

FTP

SFTP

E-Mail

SFTPCollect

MailboxClient

MailboxClient

FTP

E-Mail

AS2

FTP

SFTP

DocumentRules

Fax

Generic Logging(Resend, Reprocess)

2

Database

MQ

JMS

MQ

JMS

HTTP

HTTP

SIB

CoreFrameworkProcesses

Native Mailbox Protocols


AS2

ReceiveProtocolHandlers





FTP

SFTP

E-Mail

SFTPCollect

MailboxClient

FTP


2

Database

MQ

JMS

HTTP

Native Mailbox Protocols


Message Tracking and Audit





Receive

ReceiveRules Message

Identify& Split

SplitRules

Route & Transform

RouteRules Document

Pre-Process

Core Process

Post-Process

1 or more

Send

SendRules Message

Post-Send Process

3 4

5

6

7

8

10

9

DocumentRules

CoreFrameworkProcesses


SendProtocolHandlers





MailboxClient

E-Mail

AS2

FTP

SFTP

Fax


MQ

JMS

HTTP

SIB

LET’S TAKE A LOOK….Product Demo

B2B Framework Features

• Synchronous processing of docs within an Interchange (if req)• Duplicate checking of docs managed at a rule level• EDI pass-through support• Generic inbound & outbound EDI envelopes to reduce admin• Deferred enveloping & EDI batching

EDI

• Splitting• Character encoding support (multi-language)Data

• Non-structured &/or binary data• Filename matching based on regular expressions• Dynamic generation of filenames, E-mail subjects, etc.

Routing

B2B Framework Features

• Plug in your business processes & maps into the rules engine

• Easily extend document logging to log your own meta-data

• Utilizes mailbox for more than just FTP & SFTP protocols

Extensibility

• Rules based configuration & routing• Generic message & document visibility• Robust reprocessing features, not reliant on SI/GIS

Business Process Restart• Generic error processing, alerts & notifications– Alert

rules for error specific notifications

Management

Document Management Interface (DMI):Document Search

DMI “Document Search” Features• Document search from B2B Framework table (independent of GIS/SI

archiving cycle)• Wildcards can be used (example on previous slide is all document

reference ending in 408622)• Selection by :-

– Source ID (or Sender ID)– Source Name (or Sender Name)– Destination ID (or Receiver ID)– Destination Name (or Receiver Name)– Document Reference (Order Number, Invoice Number, etc)– Alternate Reference (Application Reference – Idoc Number, for example)– Interchange Control Number– Filename– Status (ERROR, OK, RECEIVED, SENT, etc)– Document Type (850, ORDERS, etc)– Process Period (from date/time to date/time)

Document Management Interface (DMI):Message View

DMI “Message View” Features• Example on previous slide is the document found by the

previous document search (all document reference ending in 408622)

• Data can be viewed at Message In, Document In, Document Out, Message Out stages

• Example here is Message In which was reached by pressing first green icon in View box

• Data can be downloaded directly from this review screen using “Right Click – Save Link As”

Document Management Interface (DMI): Document List

DMI “Document List” Features• Document List shows all documents processed since B2B

Framework was archived, if accessed directly• Document List shows all documents selected by search

criteria, if accessed via Document Search• Document list has BP ID, Source, Destination, Doc Type,

Doc Reference (with Alternate Reference below), Status, Last Updated Time, View Boxes and Select Box

• DMI allows data from all stages of document processing to be viewed (and downloaded) plus all BPs that touched the document

• DMI also allows reprocessing of Messages and Documents directly from the Document List

Sterling Integrator With & W/O B2B Framework

Sterling Integrator withB2B Framework

Sterling Integrator W/OB2B Framework

Document search by key criteria

Document management interface (DMI)

Business processes and data objects associated with document can be accessed directly from DMI

Data objects before and after translation can be downloaded from DMI

Document reprocessing at multiple points under DMI

Document visibility beyond SI/GIS archiving

Out-of-the-box processing (Standard & SAP Edition)

B2B Framework components upgraded/enhanced *

Designed for maximum fit without customization

* With B2B Framework maintenance

Technology

B2B Framework for IBM Sterling B2B Integrator