Seminar Series Seminar Series MERCURY CONSULTING Seminar Topic: IBM WebSphere Business Integration Sreenivas Angara Solution Architect Mercury Consulting Corporation

Seminar Series Seminar Series MERCURY CONSULTING WBI Server Express 4.4

Seminar Series Seminar Series MERCURY CONSULTING Business Pains Many companies face similar challenges and pains: ChallengesPains Remain competitive  Increasing costs of managing business processes  Inefficient decision making  Increasing costs of training employees  Declining profitability and eroding market share 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 Respond quickly to changing market and customer demands  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

Seminar Series Seminar Series MERCURY CONSULTING What's Needed Address these business challenges by integrating applications:  Automate manual processes  Exchange information between applications  Reuse and leverage existing assets as they grow  Extend systems to meet increasingly complex requirements

Seminar Series Seminar Series MERCURY CONSULTING Solution Benefits Integrate Processes Better customer service by reducing time to respond to questions and needsBetter customer service by reducing time to respond to questions and needs Revenue growth by leveraging existing assets and extending systems to meet increasingly complex requirementsRevenue growth by leveraging existing assets and extending systems to meet increasingly complex requirements Working capital reductionWorking capital reduction Faster internal decision makingFaster internal decision making Utilize Business Integration technology to:...and achieve these benefits :

Seminar Series Seminar Series MERCURY CONSULTING Solution Benefits Connect Applications Information from multiple sources can be aggregatedInformation from multiple sources can be aggregated Increase productivity and lower education costs for existing employees.Increase productivity and lower education costs for existing employees. Reduce costs of writing and maintaining customized code running on top of applicationsReduce costs of writing and maintaining customized code running on top of applications Improve data integrityImprove data integrity Utilize Business Integration technology to:...and achieve these benefits:

Seminar Series Seminar Series MERCURY CONSULTING Solution Benefits Exchange Information Increased accuracy in data due to fewer manual processesIncreased accuracy in data due to fewer manual processes Increased customer satisfaction by giving Customer Service Representatives a single point of access to informationIncreased customer satisfaction by giving Customer Service Representatives a single point of access to information Utilize Business Integration technology to:...and achieve these benefits:

Seminar Series Seminar Series MERCURY CONSULTING Requisition Needs Evaluation Calculate Cost Requisitions Out of Parts - Need to Create Requisition Submit for Evaluation Requisition Needs Funds Application #1 Application #2 Application #3 Submit for Approval Accounting Catalog Yes Items Valid? Sufficient Funds? Requisition Ready For Approval and Ordering Yes Business Process Example: Parts Requisition Manual Process

Seminar Series Seminar Series MERCURY CONSULTING Catalog Calculate Cost Requisitions Submit for Evaluation Items Valid? Application #1 Application #2 Submit for Approval Accounting Custom Code Out of Parts - Need to Create Requisition Check Budget Sufficient Funds? Yes Custom Code Application #3 Requisition Ready For Approval and Ordering Business Process Example: Parts Requisition Manual Process

Seminar Series Seminar Series MERCURY CONSULTING Connector Catalog Requisitions Accounting Application #1 Application #2 Application #3 Connector Items Valid? Calculate Cost Check Budget Sufficie nt Funds? Process Integrator Requisition Ready For Approval and Ordering Out of Parts - Need to Create Requisition

Seminar Series Seminar Series MERCURY CONSULTING Catalog Requisitions Accounting Process Integrator Connector Application #1 Out of Parts - Need to Create Requisition Connector Items Valid? Calculate Cost Check Budget Application #2 Application #3 Requisition Ready For Approval and Ordering Sufficie nt Funds?

Seminar Series Seminar Series MERCURY CONSULTING Catalog Requisitions Accounting Process Integrator Connector Application #1 Out of Parts - Need to Create Requisition Connector Items Valid? Calculate Cost Check Budget Application #2 Application #3 Requisition Ready For Approval and Ordering Sufficie nt Funds? Process Designer

Seminar Series Seminar Series MERCURY CONSULTING Solution Architecture Process Integration Server Users WebSphere Business Integration Server Express Catalog Requisitions Accounting Legacy/Package Software Servers

Seminar Series Seminar Series MERCURY CONSULTING Solution Software IBM WebSphere Business Integration Server Express v 4.4IBM WebSphere 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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Seminar Series Seminar Series MERCURY CONSULTING DominoConnector JDBCConnector JMSConnector Catalog Requisitions Accounting Application #1 Application #2 Application #3 DominoConnector Items Valid? Calculate Cost Check Budget Sufficie nt Funds? Process Integrator Requisition Ready For Approval and Ordering Out of Parts - Need to Create Requisition ReqValidation_3J

Seminar Series Seminar Series MERCURY CONSULTING Solution Summary With a Business Integration Solution you can combine business processes and connect applications... put employee focus back on customer service … decrease time to make decisions

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