ATUL PATANKAR [ ASUG INSTALLATION MEMBER MEMBER SINCE: 2000 LINDA WILSON [ ASUG INSTALLATION MEMBER MEMBER SINCE: 1999 JUERGEN LINDNER [ SAP POINT OF CONTACT MEMBER SINCE: 1998 [ ] Advanced EDI for SAP Business One [ ASUG SAP Business One Summit 2010 Hosted By Nike – August 4-6, 2010
[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Alligacom EDI SAP Gold Partner Established in 1996 Los Angeles / Toronto / Montreal Cost Savings + Design Focus = Cutting Edge EDI Solutions +/- 60 SAP Business One Clients
[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Alligacom EDI
[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. RegionalitySectors Platform IntegrationCompatibility Supports all SAP Business One A countries, including: United States Canada Latin America Australia / NZ UK Israel France Germany Belgium Netherlands Supports Business One v2005, v2007, v8.8. Supports North American (X12) and International (EDIFACT) EDI standards. Supports industry-specific requirements of the following sectors: Retail Food & Beverage Manufacturing Automotive Apparel Distribution Logistics / Cartage Pharmaceuticals Import / Export Building Materials Integration of EDI data between parent / subsidiary organizations. Integration of EDI between large enterprise SAP platforms and SAP Business One.
[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Managed EDI for SMEs EDI Solution Models & SAP B1 SME Case Studies – The Cutting Edge Why is SAP Business One so great? Workshop Agenda
[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Purchase Orders (850) and Invoices (810) are just the beginning. EDI is transaction based and is directly tied to your company’s revenues. Translation / Mapping / Transmission / AS2 / Data Integration / Error Management / Label Printing Every industry has specific EDI requirements. Retail / Distribution / Apparel / Food & Beverage / Automotive / Manufacturing / Publishing / Logistics What is EDI?
[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. EDI with SAP Business One
[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. EDI with SAP Business One
Decision Parameters – Large Enterprise Evaluation Criteria: Initial project costs Number of trading partners Protocol or technology choice Staffing levels / IT capability / Core competencies In-House EDI Instances where full, unilateral control is required. Substantial internal IT skills and infrastructure are in place. Managed EDI Requirement for quick & inexpensive deployment. EDI exchange is not a core competency. Insufficient skills or IT infrastructure. LARGE Enterprise
Evaluation Criteria: Initial project costs Number of trading partners Protocol or technology choice Staffing levels / IT capability / Core competencies In-House EDI Instances where full, unilateral control is required. Substantial internal IT skills and infrastructure are in place. Managed EDI Requirement for quick & inexpensive deployment. EDI exchange is not a core competency. Insufficient skills or IT infrastructure. S/M Enterprise Decision Parameters – SME
[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. EDI Solution Models Customer Supplied Web Portals In-house EDI SaaS Web Portals SaaS ERP Integrations
[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. In-house EDI
[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. In-house EDI
[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. In-house EDI
[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. SaaS Web Portals
[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. SaaS Web Portals
[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Value Added Network Translation software Your VANRecipient VAN 997 Functional Acknowledgement AS2 Software Trading Partner SaaS ERP Integrations
[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Trading Partner SaaS Hosted EDI SaaS ERP Integrations
[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. It’s integrated. It’s SaaS. So what? ≠ SAP Business One beats the rest.
[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. = SAP Business One = MRP / WMS Inventory / Shipping EDI Fully Integrated Platform Full Data Synchronization 360°Supply Chain Efficiency Agility + Scalability Return on Investment The SAP Business One Platform
[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. SME Case #1: 3PL Order Fulfillment Profile: Client: Marklyn / Alpena, Toronto, ON Importer of after-market automobile accessories. Employees: 12 Revenues: < $5M Objective: Implement customer-facing capability. Reduce manual processes. Establish EDI and B2B practices with 3PL contractors.
PHASE 1 Customer Facing EDI Suppliers Phase 2 White Glove / 3PL EDI PHASE 1 Implementation of core customer facing (AR) integrated EDI. Achieve EDI compliance and reconcile SAP Business One with order, invoicing, and delivery data. PHASE 2 Implement direct EDI or web portal access for 3PL partners to communicate delivery and inventory data to SAP Business One. (940 / 945 / 943 / 944).
[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. SME Case #2: The “Home Depot Suppliers” Profile: Client: Contemporary Marketing Group, Atlanta, GA Misc. Consumer Products. Order Volume: 7,500 Orders a Month Objective: Resolve Home Depot requirements Address manual reconciliation of 820 (Remittance Advice). Mitigate customer penalties. “Revive” process automation.
[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. SME Case #3: The “Home Depot Suppliers” Profile: Client: Valley View Industries, Chicago, IL Migration from MAS 90 ERP. Revenues: < $5M Objective: Integrate 852 (Sales Report). Address reliance on 3 rd party Web Portal Consolidate sales reporting BI. One platform, one platform, one platform!
[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. SME Case #4: Supplier-facing EDI Profile: Client: Toronto, ON Manufacturer of industrial tools. Employees: 60 Revenues: > $10M Objective: Implement supplier-facing EDI capability. Reduce manual processes. Achieve procurement savings.
Customers Suppliers PHASE 1 Implementation of supplier facing (AP) integrated EDI.
[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. 27 ] Thank you.