1. Summit 2006: Knowledge is Power Steve Heister Helen Robie
TPCx Version 11.0 .
Steve Heister
Helen Robie
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2. Summit 2006: Knowledge is Power
Objectives
Review 11.0 New Features
Review features available to Trading Partners
Review features available only to P21 Administrators

3. Rationalization Enhancements
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Rationalization Enhancements
Rationalized Failed Requests
Disable Automatic Rationalization
Add Key Fields to Re-Rationalization List

4. Rationalizing Failed Requests
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Rationalizing Failed Requests
View details of Failed Rationalization Requests
Compare failures to items stored at the Hub
Manually match failed item to Hub item to rationalize

5. Rationalizing Failed Requests
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Rationalizing Failed Requests
Select Manufacturer to view failed request submitted against

6. Rationalizing Failed Requests
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Rationalizing Failed Requests
Search for unmatched items to rationalize
Sort by Item Code, Part Number, UPC, or Description

7. Rationalizing Failed Requests
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Rationalizing Failed Requests
Select Unmatched Items

8. Rationalizing Failed Requests
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Rationalizing Failed Requests
View items selected to rationalize
Remove Items you don’t wish to rationalize
Submit to perform rationalization

9. Disable Automatic Rationalization
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Disable Automatic Rationalization
Only available in Partner Management
Admin can disable automatic rationalization for a Trading Partner with a specific manufacturer

10. Add Key Fields to Re-Rationalization List
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Add Key Fields to Re-Rationalization List
Edit of Key Field sends a delete request and a re-rationalization request
Prior to this version, only ‘Item ID’ edits would trigger these actions
This feature adds ‘UPC Number’ and ‘Supplier Part Number’ fields to Key Field List
Now the edit of all three of these fields triggers the above actions

11. Dead Stock Enhancements
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Dead Stock Enhancements
Un-Post Dead Stock

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Un-Post Dead Stock
Select Parameters to review dead stock items to un-post
Select the items that should be un-posted
Documents are then sent to the spoke system, by vendor, containing all items to be un-posted

13. Document Management Enhancements
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Document Management Enhancements
Human Readable Transaction Reports/ s
Enhanced FTP Flexibility
FTP and Outbound Trackers
Consolidation of Document Tracking Parameters

14. Human Readable Transaction Reports/Emails
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Human Readable Transaction Reports/ s
The Hub now sends automated alert s with a hyperlink to the document stored on the hub.
Replaces File Attachments & detail added to the body of s
Making user click on link & log into TPCx before viewing documents provides more secure communication

15. Human Readable Transaction Reports/Emails
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Human Readable Transaction Reports/ s
Company Profile/Document Support
Specify recipient contact for each document type sent from a specific originating Trading Partner
Can also set up default contacts to receive specific documents when sent from any Trading Partner
Specify contact for Hub Unsupported Documents

16. Human Readable Transaction Reports/Emails
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Human Readable Transaction Reports/ s
Document Box
View Human Readable version of all documents from Document Box
Print Human Readable version to PDF
Save Human Readable version to .txt file

17. Enhanced FTP Flexibility
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Enhanced FTP Flexibility
FTP Screen moved to Relationship Level of Partner Management
Relationship Summary Screen now includes an indicator if there is FTP information on file
New FTP Parameter Screen
Accessed when selecting a Relationship w/ FTP information
Store FTP Parameters at the relationship level
Parameters dictate FTP specifications for documents sent from Originator to Recipient

18. FTP and AS2 Outbound Trackers
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FTP and AS2 Outbound Trackers
New FTP Outbound Tracker Screen
View Status of outbound FTP documents
Resubmit FTP documents
AS2 Outbound Tracker now allows you to select several documents at once for deletion
Automatic now sent to assigned contact for failed FTP and AS2 documents

19. Consolidation of Document Tracking Parameter Pages
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Consolidation of Document Tracking Parameter Pages
Prior to this version, the Document Tracking parameters were displayed on multiple pages
User would need to click on the ‘Next’ button to progress through set up screens
The new feature consolidated all of the parameters on to one screen allowing Document Tracking setup/editing to be done with fewer keystrokes

20. EDI Mapper Enhancements
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EDI Mapper Enhancements
Testing website maps within the website itself

21. Projx#19147: Testing Website Maps
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Projx#19147: Testing Website Maps
Allows you to submit document and view result document
Does NOT translate itemcodes

22. Accessing new test function
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Accessing new test function
Map must be deployed to see “Test” button
This is Required for all classes where recommendations are given. Examples of classes where this is exempt: Product Direction Feedback classes etc.

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Using new function
Provide name of file on local system as input (X12, XML, …)
When testing X12, provide X12 format, not XEDI
Customer Overviews and any materials published by Marketing (Found on the Intranet in Sales Tools Database) can be attached to the back of the handout. Save the file name with your presentation to the Summit/Common/Summit2006/Presentations_Complete.
This can be done anywhere in the presentation. Typically, it is the third-to-last slide

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Using new function
Resulting document presented in listbox
Use “Save” to save a copy of the test result document

25. TPCx for Non-P21 Distributors
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TPCx for Non-P21 Distributors
Allowing Non-P21 Distributors (No-Spoke Folks) to use TPCx
REQUIRED SLIDE: This is the last slide of your session. Display it on the screen as the audience departs.

26. Projx#21071: “No-Spoke Folks”
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Projx#21071: “No-Spoke Folks”
For any type of partner that has no business system for us to communicate with:
Manufacturer, Distributor, Marketplace, etc.
Can be members of TPCx but don’t have to be
REQUIRED SLIDE: This is the last slide of your session. Display it on the screen as the audience departs.

27. Projx#21071: “No-Spoke Folks”
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Projx#21071: “No-Spoke Folks”
Let’s take a look at how “No-Spoke” partners participate in various TPCx functions…
Pricing Service – Not allowed
Trading Partner Administration
Item Rationalization and Item Maintenance (AMU, Dead Stock, etc)
Relationships
GetPA
EDI
REQUIRED SLIDE: This is the last slide of your session. Display it on the screen as the audience departs.

28. Trading Partner Administration
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Trading Partner Administration
No MQSeries queues
No “override” queues either
No P21 Customer ID
No System Number
May or may not be “inventory hosted”
Must be inventory hosted to use GetPA
REQUIRED SLIDE: This is the last slide of your session. Display it on the screen as the audience departs.

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Item Rationalization
Create Request – uploads file rather than querying business system
Normal XML request created from uploaded contents
Flows through system and DCTool normally
Requires customer approval (Review Request)
No response document sent to customer system

30. Item Rationalization: Create Request
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Item Rationalization: Create Request

31. Item Rationalization: Create Request
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Item Rationalization: Create Request

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Item Maintenance
No automatic AMU Query
New web page “Create Maintenance Request” uploads file to create UPDATE_HUB_REQUEST
Good for:
DEADDATA (Dead Stock)
USAGE (AMU)
HOSTEDDATAUPDATE (Update hosted item details)
Normal XML request created from uploaded contents – flows through system normally
No response document sent to customer system

33. Item Maintenance: Create Request
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Item Maintenance: Create Request

34. Item Maintenance: Create Request
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Item Maintenance: Create Request

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Relationships
Can have relationships – can even initiate them
Do not “rationalize” relationships (no vendor/customer codes)

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GetPA
“No Spoke” partner must use inventory hosting for their items to appear in GetPA
When GetPA response is generated for hosted item, message gives “freshness” date

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EDI
TPCx transmits EDI documents through:
MQSeries
AS/2
FTP
AS/2 and FTP don’t require a business system to trade
Partners who use a VAN don’t require a business system to trade

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EDI
When a “No Spoke” partners doesn’t use a VAN and doesn’t use AS/2 or FTP:
They can receive documents via document tracking (Projx#17510) that came through TPCx hub
They cannot send documents to TPCx hub

39. Summit 2006: Knowledge is Power
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