Intelligent Business Integration | iCore at EPiServer Day 2014
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Being different is easy.
Making a difference is the challenge!
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Do you want to save time?
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How much do you want increase your profit?
….and at the same time save money
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ERP life cycle
Many applications are introduced and disappear during the life cycle of the ERP system
CRM Purchase Warehouse/logistics
SCM
NewCRM
Webshop
NewWebshop
Customerportal
E-Marketing
NewERP
ERP
Year
1 12
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This is how it becomes – the spagetti mess!
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The iCore view!
Applications- Front end
Accelerators– Basic/Intelligent– Service oriented
Accelerators– Basic/Intelligent– Service oriented
Applications- back end
ESB – Enterprise Service Bus
Users- User interface, GUI- Composite applications
B2B/EDI
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All in or take it i steps!
…grow over time….
Start small….
…from tactic to strategic!
• Automated business transactions
• From tactical to strategic –Long-term objective:
– Building a solid infrastructure
– Be prepared for growth
– Be able to re-use allready made solutions
• Be in control
– Extensive track & trace facility
– Extensive alarm functionality
– Validation, business logic support
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Service oriented e-business
• Automated e-business and EAI
• Web Shop automated and integrated
– Orders
– Product information
– Prices
• Fast implementation of new functions
• 3PL logistics warehouse integrated
– Distribution of order information
– Stock information
• Long-term objectives:
– Building a solid infrastructure
– Be prepared for growth
• Be in control
– Extensive track & trace facility
– Extensive alarm functionality
– Validation, business logic support
Locayta
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Group Home Safe – e-Business integration
• Web Shop automated and integrated
– Orders
– Product information
– Prices
• Loosely coupled
– Reusable integrations
– Service oriented
• Efficient administration and supervision
– Extensive track & trace facility
– Extensive alarm functionality
• iCore Process Server
– Possibility to grow over time to become the enterprise integration solution
– Extended e-business solution by adding EDI
Lakeview
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Living with change!
• Automated e-business and EAI
• Loosely coupled architecture (SOA) - enables reuse
• Integration comprises:
– A Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) solution
– A Danske bank payment solution towards suppliers
– A third party logistics (3PL) service toward 3PL providers
– A B2B/EDI solution (exchange of old Amtrix solution)
– A Product Development Management System (PDMS) solution
• New ERP system Dynamics AX 2012
– Migrating from Infor M3 to Microsoft AX 2012
Danske bank
Customers
Suppliers
VMI
system
3PL
service
M3/Movex Dynamics AX
B2B/EDI
PDMS
system
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Integration at Santa Maria, Key figures
• More than 250 integration flows at present
• Radar figures
– £ 3 700/integration flow and year
– £ 915 000/year
• Comparison with iCore
– Been an iCore customer for 5 years
– £ 1 900/integration flow and year
• Including iCore Integration Suite costs (SW and Service agreement), maintenance cost, hardware costs, inhouse staff and cost for SW APIs
• Savings with iCore
– 48% - yearly
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Be fast and precise!
• B2B integration
– Customer relations
– Supplier relations
• Web Shop
– Automated and integrated
• EA/SOA solution
• Mail to order department
– About missing articles
– XML and XSLT
• Fast implementation of new companies
– B2B/EDI
– Mergers and acquisitions
• Efficient administration, development and supervision
– 2 people inhouse
Web shop
NetSet
Consulting appl
in-house
developed
Bank
CustomersSuppliers
Dynamics
NAV
PIM
in-house
developed
EFH
Palette
B2B/EDI
PA
system
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Integration at ATEA – Key figures integration
• More than 300 integration flows at present
• Radar figures
– £ 3 700/integration flow and year
– £ 1 095 800/year
• Comparison with iCore
– Been an iCore customer for 7 years
– £ 1 245/integration flow and year
• Including iCore Integration Suite costs (SW and Service agreement), maintenance cost, hardware costs, inhouse staff and cost for SW APIs
• Savings with iCore
– 66% - yearly
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Cost savings with iCore – Initial investments
+ Drives little infrastructure
+ Cheaper hardware/OS/DB
+ Simple and fast installation
+ Saves time
+ Scaleable business model
+ Start small and grow over time with ROI.
+ Templates that simplify
+ Standard and iCore-developed
+ Saves time
+ Refundability
+ Proof-of-Concept with 3 months test/refundability.
+ Reduced risk
= Fast ROI on initial investment with iCore
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Cost savings with iCore –Operation, Administration & Maintenance
+ Drives little infrastructure
+ Cheaper hardwareOS/DB
+ Robust platform
+ Few operation problems
+ Inexpensive and simple administration
+ Easy to support
+ Outstanding standard track & trace
+ Requires less administration
+ Alarms are triggerd when errors occur.
+ Simple upgrade procedure.
+ Always backwards compatible
+ No breaking changes in product.
+ Scaleable business model
+ Start small and grow over time with ROI.
+ Templates that simplify
+ Standard and iCore-developed.
= Very good TCO with iCore
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Some iCore references
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iCore partners
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Do you want to save time & money?
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