Milano, Texweave Workshop Juan Vte Vidagany CTO. 1 © antara Task 4 Home-Textile Pilot

Milano, Texweave Workshop Juan Vte Vidagany CTO. 2 © antara Antara  Juanvi (Juan Vte.) Vidagany, CTO  Spanish company located in Valencia.  Involved in the development of XML based e- Business in different sectors (european level).  Building & construction  Footwear (SMEs)  Furniture (SMEs)  and… textile (SMEs).  Based in these experiences, antara have developed and have improved mercure™ platforms capabilities.  Involved from the very beginning in SEEM.

Milano, Texweave Workshop Juan Vte Vidagany CTO. 3 © antara Home-Textile Pilot > Objetives  Integrate different companies with a stable business relationship into a B2B data exchange environment.  Based on: TEXWEAVE data structures Legacy systems of the companies. antara mercure™ platform.  Review the TEXWEAVE data structures to assure that the standardisation initiative is conformant to the requirements of the home textile sub sector.  Test of integration tools, to be able to estimate further integration costs and time.  Create awareness.

Milano, Texweave Workshop Juan Vte Vidagany CTO. 4 © antara Home-Textile Pilot > Results  Report documenting the pilot  Data of participants, problems faced, policies followed to solve them, etc  Demonstrative video. The video record will show all the steps in the data exchange between the different companies.  Home-Textile report.  Events:  Home textiles fair (Valencia, January)  AITEX (Ontinyent, June).

Milano, Texweave Workshop Juan Vte Vidagany CTO. 5 © antara Work Plan progress  Search for participants almost finished  Beginning Home Textile study.

Milano, Texweave Workshop Juan Vte Vidagany CTO. 6 © antara Task 1: Search for companies > Methodology  1.- Select target companies (8 local companies)  Depending on IT level. Clustering: Relationship with other target companies. IT manager positive feedback in previous IT related initiatives.  2.- Visit the Company (IT responsible)  Explain the initiative, schedule and goals  Get feedback on main business processes, relationships with other companies, …

Milano, Texweave Workshop Juan Vte Vidagany CTO. 7 © antara Task 1: Search for companies > Methodology  3.- Write a report for the company with:  Information regarding the TEXWEAVE initiative.  A proposal of all possible pilot scenarios with related companies.  Estimation of internal effort required to deal with the tasks.  Schedule for piloting in this company.  Arguments to sell the project to the CEO (internal marketing), including economical and external marketing aspects.

Milano, Texweave Workshop Juan Vte Vidagany CTO. 8 © antara Task 1: Search for companies. > Informative meeting.  Objectives  Create awareness.  Find new companies (if the previous contacts fail).  Reaction to the technical proposal (XML data models, ERP integration,…)  Get participants for TEXWEAVE data model checking in the home textile sub-sector.  Results  High level of interest.  Potential complementary project (national scope)  13 interested companies. Total turnover: K€ Workers: 1589

Milano, Texweave Workshop Juan Vte Vidagany CTO. 9 © antara Draft Pilot Definition > Pilot Companies Fabric Manufacturer Proprietary ERP system Final Product & Fabric vendor Navision Axapta Finishing (textile dyeing) Proprietary ERP system Finishing (textile & yarn dyeing) Proprietary ERP system. ? Yarn Producer (not confirmed). Turkish companies (2 contacted).

Milano, Texweave Workshop Juan Vte Vidagany CTO. 10 © antara

Milano, Texweave Workshop Juan Vte Vidagany CTO. 11 © antara Draft Pilot Definition > Value chain perspective Processes Tela s.a SPINNING YARNS FIBRES SPINNING PROCESS WEAVING FABRICS YARNS WEAVING PROCESS NEEDLE PROCESS SWEETHOUSE DOUVET FABRICS NEEDLE PROCESS FINISHED FABRIC FIBRES, YARNS OR FABRICS DYEING, PRINTING, & FINISHING PROCESS DYEING, PRINTING & FINISHING PROCESS Products and processes to be tested at the pilot.

Milano, Texweave Workshop Juan Vte Vidagany CTO. 12 © antara Draft Pilot Definition > More interesting messages for involved companies.

Milano, Texweave Workshop Juan Vte Vidagany CTO. 13 © antara Draft Pilot definition > Summary  2 Spanish companies + 1 Turkish  1 Fabric & Final product vendor  1 Fabric manufacturer  1 Yarn manufacturer  Processes  Weaving  Finishing  Yarn & fabric purchase.

Milano, Texweave Workshop Juan Vte Vidagany CTO. 14 © antara Next Steps  Home Textile study for data model and business processes.  Set up pilot infrastructure.

Milano, Texweave Workshop Juan Vte Vidagany CTO. 15 © antara TASK 2: Home Textile study for data model and business processes.  Based on the data model provided internally at TEXWEAVE.  This stage has big Impact in the final statement of the pilot.  It is necessary to check the messages data structures for home – textile.  All the visited + interested companies (21) will be involved in this stage (even if not participate directly in the pilot).  AITEX experts involved.

Milano, Texweave Workshop Juan Vte Vidagany CTO. 16 © antara TASK 3: Infrastructure setup. > Mercure ™ Environment.

Milano, Texweave Workshop Juan Vte Vidagany CTO. 17 © antara Setup interface (KB) Portal feeder TASK 3: Infrastructure setup. > MMD Subsystems diagram Persistent Storage System. Message stamping & relaying Company Business profile checking XML Message Validation User Identification Message Acquisition Message Status Manager Logging system Activity tracking system User Notification system

Milano, Texweave Workshop Juan Vte Vidagany CTO. 18 © antara TASK 3: Infrastructure setup. > Mercure  Communication  Web Services.  ebMS HTTP (pure or mixed p2p architecture, based on registries)  SMTP S/MIME More suitable for current companies infrastructure – Data signature. – Encryption.

Milano, Texweave Workshop Juan Vte Vidagany CTO. 19 © antara Mercure in I+D projects  Horizontal  Seemseed: usage of SRRN SEEM: Single European Electronic Market. I2010: Single European e-Space (wide concept).  Vertical  Furniture SMART-FM (Internet Portal integration + Registry) ECOS (basic infrastructure)  Footwear Shoenet (basic infrastructure + Portal feeding )

Milano, Texweave Workshop Juan Vte Vidagany CTO. 20 © antara Mercure in Smart-fm How the e-communities of companies (mktplaces) can interoperate in a single e-space? ? ?

Milano, Texweave Workshop Juan Vte Vidagany CTO. 21 © antara Before Smart-FM I2C B2B B2B Retailer A Manufacturer C Retailer B Manufacturer D Retailer E ? ? ? ? ? ?

Milano, Texweave Workshop Juan Vte Vidagany CTO. 22 © antara After Smart-FM I2C B2B B2B Retailer A Manufacturer C Retailer B Manufacturer D Retailer E UDDI Registry, Web Services AP236-XML & Mercure.

Milano, Texweave Workshop Juan Vte Vidagany CTO. 23 © antara B2B to B2B scenario RETAILER MANUFACTURER eBusines s REGISTR Y eBusines s REGISTR Y (1) Mktplace user looks for an alternative supplier. (2) Manufacturer browses the catalogue through its own mktplace. (3) The Mktplaces negotiate the eBusiness protocols. (4) The Manuf. Launches an Order through mercure. B2B

Milano, Texweave Workshop Juan Vte Vidagany CTO. 24 © antara Next Steps > Results  Report with the final pilot definition & conclusions on the home textile study.

Milano, Texweave Workshop Juan Vte Vidagany CTO. 25 © antara Questions Thank you