Seminar Series MERCURY CONSULTING Seminar Topic IBM Web
Seminar Series MERCURY CONSULTING Seminar Topic: IBM Web. Sphere Business Integration Sreenivas Angara Solution Architect Mercury Consulting Corporation sangara@mercurycc. com
Seminar Series MERCURY CONSULTING WBI Server Express 4. 4
MERCURY CONSULTING Seminar Series Business Pains Many companies face similar challenges and pains: Challenges Pains Remain competitive § § Streamline operations § Multiple sources for same data results in errors § Employee inefficiency from using multiple applications and performing redundant tasks § Independent applications are not always able to work together § Customer complaints due to difficulty of locating information quickly § Unable to extend the value of existing systems to customers and partners § Difficulty of supporting mergers or acquisitions Respond quickly to changing market and customer demands Increasing costs of managing business processes Inefficient decision making Increasing costs of training employees Declining profitability and eroding market share
MERCURY CONSULTING Seminar Series What's Needed Address these business challenges by integrating applications: q. Automate manual processes q. Exchange information between applications q. Reuse and leverage existing assets as they grow q. Extend systems to meet increasingly complex requirements
MERCURY CONSULTING Seminar Series Solution Benefits Utilize Business Integration technology to: . . . and achieve these benefits: • Better customer service by reducing time to respond to questions and needs Integrate Processes • Revenue growth by leveraging existing assets and extending systems to meet increasingly complex requirements • Working capital reduction • Faster internal decision making
MERCURY CONSULTING Seminar Series Solution Benefits Utilize Business Integration technology to: . . . and achieve these benefits: • Information from multiple sources can be aggregated Connect Applications • Increase productivity and lower education costs for existing employees. • Reduce costs of writing and maintaining customized code running on top of applications • Improve data integrity
MERCURY CONSULTING Seminar Series Solution Benefits Utilize Business Integration technology to: Exchange Information . . . and achieve these benefits: • Increased accuracy in data due to fewer manual processes • Increased customer satisfaction by giving Customer Service Representatives a single point of access to information
MERCURY CONSULTING Seminar Series Business Process Example: Parts Requisition Manual Process Application #1 Out of Parts Need to Create Requisition Submit for Evaluation Requisitions 1 2 Requisition Needs Evaluation 3 Calculate Cost Items Valid? Yes Catalog Application #2 4 Submit for Approval Application #3 Sufficient Funds? Accounting Requisition Needs Funds 5 Yes Requisition Ready For Approval and Ordering
MERCURY CONSULTING Seminar Series Business Process Example: Parts Requisition Manual Process Application #1 Out of Parts Need to Create Requisition Submit for Evaluation Requisitions Cus tom Cod e Application #2 Items Valid? ode Custom C Calculate Cost m sto Cu Submit for Approval Catalog de Co Application #3 Accounting Sufficient Funds? Check Budget m Custo Code Yes Requisition Ready For Approval and Ordering
MERCURY CONSULTING Seminar Series Application #1 Requisitions Out of Parts Need to Create Requisition Connector Process Integrator Items Valid? Application #2 Catalog Connector Calculate Cost Check Budget Application #3 Accounting Connector Sufficie nt Funds? Connector Requisition Ready For Approval and Ordering
MERCURY CONSULTING Seminar Series Application #1 Requisitions Out of Parts Need to Create Requisition Connector Process Integrator Items Valid? Application #2 Catalog Connector Calculate Cost Check Budget Application #3 Accounting Connector Sufficie nt Funds? Connector Requisition Ready For Approval and Ordering
MERCURY CONSULTING Seminar Series Application #1 Requisitions Out of Parts Need to Create Requisition Connector Process Designer Process Integrator Items Valid? Application #2 Catalog Connector Calculate Cost Check Budget Application #3 Accounting Connector Sufficie nt Funds? Connector Requisition Ready For Approval and Ordering
MERCURY CONSULTING Seminar Series Solution Architecture Web. Sphere Business Integration Server Express Catalog Users Requisitions Accounting Legacy/Package Software Servers Process Integration Server
MERCURY CONSULTING Seminar Series Solution Software • IBM Web. Sphere Business Integration Server Express v 4. 4 – Helps mid-market businesses quickly and easily integrate their applications with a low total cost of ownership. – Provides a suite of pre-packaged process templates to implement common mid-market business processes including Procurement, Customer Relationship Management, Order Management, and Human Resources – Offers a rich toolset, easy installation, and proven technologies – Integrates and automates business processes internally and with customers, partners and suppliers
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MERCURY CONSULTING Seminar Series Application #1 Requisitions Out of Parts Need to Create Requisition Domino. Connector Process Integrator Req. Validation_3 J Items Valid? Application #2 Catalog JDBCConnector Calculate Cost Check Budget Application #3 Accounting JMSConnector Sufficie nt Funds? Domino. Connector Requisition Ready For Approval and Ordering
MERCURY CONSULTING Seminar Series Solution Summary With a Business Integration Solution you can. . . combine business processes and connect applications … decrease time to make decisions. . . put employee focus back on customer service
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