In this paper, we review the principles of Service Oriented Architecture and specifically how these principles relieve the above challenges and align people, processes and data through the use of open standards and a loosely coupled architecture.
Websphere Partner Gateway es una solución para proyectos Business-to-Business (B2B) donde manejamos documentos EDI, XML o Binary sobre canales seguros y soportando protocolos como AS1, AS2, AS3, RNIF, SOAP, cXML,ebMS, CIDX, EDI y text files.
ventas@ez-tech.com.mx
Websphere Partner Gateway es una solución para proyectos Business-to-Business (B2B) donde manejamos documentos EDI, XML o Binary sobre canales seguros y soportando protocolos como AS1, AS2, AS3, RNIF, SOAP, cXML,ebMS, CIDX, EDI y text files.
ventas@ez-tech.com.mx
Communications in the retail sector - a report by Frost and SullivanICON
A recent Frost & Sullivan end-user survey which interviewed 158 IT decision makers working in the retail industry found that retailers are moving away from purchasing multiple products from multiple vendors and are looking to deploy end-to-end solutions from a single vendor.
Solutions Catalog # 3 by ISIS Papyrus Software
Learn More about successful Customer Implement
in various Industries and how the Papyrus Platform for
Inbound and Outbound Business Communication and
Process Management will make your organization
more flexible, efficient and responsive to customer needs.
Digital transformation through integrationCetrixSaudi
The business world is undergoing a revolution. With the proliferation of technology across our lives and work, industries around the world are realising that the tried and trusted methods that have kept them moving forward might no longer suffice. Consumers today are connected, informed, and unprecedentedly technologically savvy, and as a result, the companies they deal with are expected to be the same.
The Enterprise Communication and Business Process Platform. A new breed of software and services.
Delivering benefits across the entire organization:
- Take advantage of immediate opportunities to connect content to business processes that enable people to make better, faster decisions in operations, sales and services
- Increase your competitive advantage through faster business
communication development and roll out new products more quickly
- Time and cost savings through operational efficiencies
- Easier compliance with regulatory requirements
Content
- The Papyrus Platform is uniquely complete.
- Papyrus Inbound Mail Processing Framework Solution
- Cross-channel intelligent inbound data capture integrated with human workflow
- Papyrus Business Process Management
- CASE Work: Knowledge Worker Empowerment
- Smart Document Design + Cross Channel Delivery + Business Empowerment
- Ready Papyrus Framework Solutions guarantee speedy implementations: They let you improve your documents with sophisticated design and smart layout to meet the requirements for the Digital Age with ‘two-way’ communication across all channels.
- Papyrus Correspondence Framework Solution
- Document Composition from reusable elements
- Change and Release Management - Version and Validation Control
- Central Resource Collection and Management of Fonts and Digital Asset
- Natural Language Rule Editing
- Rapid assembly of a new template by business teams
- Powerful Platform Capabilities for enhanced Productivity: Papyrus is designed to enable the enterprise to implement distributed, object-oriented business solutions.
- Deployment: Automatic Software and Resource Distribution
- Security: User Access Management, Audit Trail and Digital Signatur
- Auditing
- Job Management across platforms - inbound and output channels
- File- and Message-based SOA Integration
- Reporting: Mailing Status Report
- Reports are also available on the mobile device
- General Reporting per user and template
- Case Management Reports
One Company – One Voice
The Papyrus Platform enables corporations to centrally manage, administer and deploy document resources, data and definitions for all types of business documents and users, so that all outgoing correspondence strictly follows the corporate design and identity.
Further, document building blocks are defined once for reuse across multiple document types. By unifying inbound and outbound communications with processes linked to enterprise systems, ISIS Papyrus enables organizations to interact with customers as one company with one voice.
Manage your multi-domain data of any type and any size by developing a custom Master Data Management platform using the Pimcore capabilities.
Read More: https://www.credencys.com/blog/pimcore-master-data-management/
This session examines how global collaboration and emerging corporate cultures are creating a new type of
innovative enterprise: one that is based on services. Discussed will be why this new service-focused approach to business considers not only the service culture, but the technology as well. Each party or participant in service orientation sees themselves as service provider as well as a service consumer, in an increasingly
well-connected global economy. This session focuses on both the cultural service dimension, as well the emerging architecture of service orientation. This session delves deep into the components of the enabling technologies of service-orientation, as well as the cultural aspects of services orientation, where enterprises reach and serve various target communities: their customers, yes, but also their trading partners, employees,
and shareholders. Taught by one of BPM’s early pioneers, Dr. Setrag Khoshafian, this session is intended for both business managers and IT, covering Web Services architectures, service oriented maturity models, ESBs, BPM suites, standards for quality of service, and servant leadership.
Odoo Implementation provides specific apps for each company function. As a result, any industry may adapt and employ a few apps to get started, and then add more functional modules as the company expands.
https://www.geminatecs.com/erp-implementation
This document is written as a guide to an alternative mechanism for project implementation for business owners holding responsibility to deliver IT solutions in the SOA space.
Communications in the retail sector - a report by Frost and SullivanICON
A recent Frost & Sullivan end-user survey which interviewed 158 IT decision makers working in the retail industry found that retailers are moving away from purchasing multiple products from multiple vendors and are looking to deploy end-to-end solutions from a single vendor.
Solutions Catalog # 3 by ISIS Papyrus Software
Learn More about successful Customer Implement
in various Industries and how the Papyrus Platform for
Inbound and Outbound Business Communication and
Process Management will make your organization
more flexible, efficient and responsive to customer needs.
Digital transformation through integrationCetrixSaudi
The business world is undergoing a revolution. With the proliferation of technology across our lives and work, industries around the world are realising that the tried and trusted methods that have kept them moving forward might no longer suffice. Consumers today are connected, informed, and unprecedentedly technologically savvy, and as a result, the companies they deal with are expected to be the same.
The Enterprise Communication and Business Process Platform. A new breed of software and services.
Delivering benefits across the entire organization:
- Take advantage of immediate opportunities to connect content to business processes that enable people to make better, faster decisions in operations, sales and services
- Increase your competitive advantage through faster business
communication development and roll out new products more quickly
- Time and cost savings through operational efficiencies
- Easier compliance with regulatory requirements
Content
- The Papyrus Platform is uniquely complete.
- Papyrus Inbound Mail Processing Framework Solution
- Cross-channel intelligent inbound data capture integrated with human workflow
- Papyrus Business Process Management
- CASE Work: Knowledge Worker Empowerment
- Smart Document Design + Cross Channel Delivery + Business Empowerment
- Ready Papyrus Framework Solutions guarantee speedy implementations: They let you improve your documents with sophisticated design and smart layout to meet the requirements for the Digital Age with ‘two-way’ communication across all channels.
- Papyrus Correspondence Framework Solution
- Document Composition from reusable elements
- Change and Release Management - Version and Validation Control
- Central Resource Collection and Management of Fonts and Digital Asset
- Natural Language Rule Editing
- Rapid assembly of a new template by business teams
- Powerful Platform Capabilities for enhanced Productivity: Papyrus is designed to enable the enterprise to implement distributed, object-oriented business solutions.
- Deployment: Automatic Software and Resource Distribution
- Security: User Access Management, Audit Trail and Digital Signatur
- Auditing
- Job Management across platforms - inbound and output channels
- File- and Message-based SOA Integration
- Reporting: Mailing Status Report
- Reports are also available on the mobile device
- General Reporting per user and template
- Case Management Reports
One Company – One Voice
The Papyrus Platform enables corporations to centrally manage, administer and deploy document resources, data and definitions for all types of business documents and users, so that all outgoing correspondence strictly follows the corporate design and identity.
Further, document building blocks are defined once for reuse across multiple document types. By unifying inbound and outbound communications with processes linked to enterprise systems, ISIS Papyrus enables organizations to interact with customers as one company with one voice.
Manage your multi-domain data of any type and any size by developing a custom Master Data Management platform using the Pimcore capabilities.
Read More: https://www.credencys.com/blog/pimcore-master-data-management/
This session examines how global collaboration and emerging corporate cultures are creating a new type of
innovative enterprise: one that is based on services. Discussed will be why this new service-focused approach to business considers not only the service culture, but the technology as well. Each party or participant in service orientation sees themselves as service provider as well as a service consumer, in an increasingly
well-connected global economy. This session focuses on both the cultural service dimension, as well the emerging architecture of service orientation. This session delves deep into the components of the enabling technologies of service-orientation, as well as the cultural aspects of services orientation, where enterprises reach and serve various target communities: their customers, yes, but also their trading partners, employees,
and shareholders. Taught by one of BPM’s early pioneers, Dr. Setrag Khoshafian, this session is intended for both business managers and IT, covering Web Services architectures, service oriented maturity models, ESBs, BPM suites, standards for quality of service, and servant leadership.
Odoo Implementation provides specific apps for each company function. As a result, any industry may adapt and employ a few apps to get started, and then add more functional modules as the company expands.
https://www.geminatecs.com/erp-implementation
This document is written as a guide to an alternative mechanism for project implementation for business owners holding responsibility to deliver IT solutions in the SOA space.
The paper aims to provide a means of understanding the model and exploring options available for complementing your technology and infrastructure needs.
The concept of 'Application Oriented Networks' is one of many technologies that is being considered for use in an SOA environment. Developed almost independently as a concept, AON is quickly beginning to look like one of the strongest contenders for use with the SOA paradigm. This whitepaper explores the facts and attempts to analyze the true impact of AON on SOA
This article provides a brief introduction to the two styles of web-services interaction and details the benefits and challenges associated with each one.
Seamless Retail Technology – Unleashing an Integrated Shopping Experience accenture
Retailers are investing in technology and IT infrastructure to support future trends in retail to deliver a digital and seamless retail shopping experience.
Oracle Commerce Using ATG & Endeca - Do It Yourself SeriesKeyur Shah
After 2 years of marathon run I was able to complete the self-published book on Oracle Commerce (ATG & Endeca) which covers both the commerce product installation, configuration, concepts, architecture, and some of the open source tools that you can use such as Vagrant, Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, and Splunk.
This book is absolutely free as my contribution to the industry, colleagues, and the commerce community.
The motivation behind this book is “no books written on the subject” and “the goal to make the journey of beginners as painless as possible”.
Hope this will be useful to not just the beginners but also those who embrace open source tools and technologies along with branded products and services.
The ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) modular integrated
software suite facilitates resource planning, data acquisition
and management, as well as the integration of work
over all divisions, business partners and processes within
the company. The process relies on the integration of all
data within a single database and the removal of duplicate/
redundant information. ERP systems’ development over the
years has enabled not only the synthesis of business processes within a single organisation, but also the increased
effectiveness of every company within the entire supply
chain, and even throughout the whole ecosystem.
Enhanced Order and Demand Management Systems1Enhanced Order and.docxSALU18
Enhanced Order and Demand Management Systems1
Enhanced Order and Demand Management Systems7 Enhanced Order and Demand Management Systems
Prateek Gupto
Harrisburg University
Abstract
Order and demand management is by far one of the prime aptitudes of supply chain and businesses. At present, maintaining a consistency in order management and fulfillment is more important for smooth functioning of a firm. At the same time, it has become tougher than ever. The reasons are familiar to any company operating in the global arena. This is mainly because rise in the complexity of order and delivery management process networks, the complexity of global supply chains and the increase in the awareness and outlook of customers and consumers. (Pearcy, 2013)
Every Retail Operations order management division in supply chain system would want to have an optimal way to capture and fulfil retail sales orders so that all the orders get processed, exceptions are flagged and resolved in time to meet the customer’s RDD (Requirement Delivery Date). Currently the most widely used systems by top tier companies are SAP EMW, NetOps, Oracle and others. But, these prove to cost companies a lot for contracting their services and becomes a big challenge specially when there’s an upgrade (e.g. Oracle 11g to 12 migration), ultimately costing companies. So, to overcome these challenges we can develop and introduce an independent in-house Order and Inventory management ERP system in Supply Chain Management division to capture all the B2B orders. The system will schedule a process which will run every half hour to sync all the retail orders inside the Order Management system to master database of supply chain. This in-house built system will act as the source of truth to view the information that is related to the whole lifecycle of B2B orders
Keywords: Order Management, Order Fulfilment, Demand Management, Inventory Management, Logistics, Logistic System, Warehouse, B2B orders, Warehouse Management
Table of Contents
Abstract2
Enhanced Order and Demand Management Systems4
Relation to CPT4
What HCL does?4
Overview of CPT Assignment.5
Relation to ISEM.5
Introduction6
Why do we need such system in SC Engineering?7
Key terms and Definitions8
Problem Statement and Justification9
Literature Review10
Proposed
Solution
Approach and Work Plan12
Conclusion13
References14
Enhanced Order and Demand Management Systems
Relation to CPT
My current CPT assignment is with the Global IT consulting firm, HCL Americas Inc. HCL America was established in 1989, headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. Based on a in depth assessment of the market and customer insights, HCL follows comprehensive services and portfolio that establishes it as one of the most reliable IT companies in the US.What HCL does?
“HCL uses its Integrated Infrastructure and Operations Management (IOMC) model to improve the supply chain and logistics for its customers which significantly reduces the vendor management overhea ...
Increasing Business Productivity in Connected Enterprises and an Always-On Di...Cognizant
To remain competitive, businesses must enhance productivity through a connected enterprise set of solutions. We offer a roadmap and set of tools for insuring that Gen-Now workers obtain the stateless, limitless and boundaryless computing that they need and expect in an always-on digital business world.
The ability to readily change and optimize business processes is the key to organizational competitiveness and growth. Organizational agility can be compromised when supporting IT assets can not flexibly respond to changing business needs. Unlocking IT resources from their application silos and marking their functionality broadly available across the organization promotes business process optimization and organizational agility.
HAV Solutions provides the Enterprise Resource Planning software which tries to integrate all the different departments and functions of an organization into a single computer system to serve the various needs of these departments.
Processes in the Networked Economies: Portal, Vortex, and Dynamic Trading Pro...Amit Sheth
Amit Sheth, Keynote at the Software Architectures for Business Process Management (SABPM'99) Workshop at CAiSE *99, Heidelberg, June 1999.
Processes will be chief differentiating and the competitive force indoing business in the networked economy. They will be deeply integrated with the way of doing business, and that they will be
critical components of almost all types of systems supporting enterprise-level and business critical activities.
http://knoesis.org/amit
Processes Driving the Networked Economy: Process Portals, Process Vortex and ...Amit Sheth
Amit Sheth's keynote at SABPM '99: Software Architectures for Business Process Management, (Workshop at the CAiSE*99, Heidelberg, Germany, June 14-15, 2009.
http://www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/cgi-bin/TGI/pnml/getpost?id=1999/04/1203
Related paper: http://knoesis.org/library/resource.php?id=00246
Week 1 - Information Systems Strategy TriangleBusiness Strateg.docxmelbruce90096
Week 1 - Information Systems Strategy Triangle
Business Strategy Elements
Organizational Strategy Elements
Information Strategy Elements
Impacts between the elements:
Industry Strategy Elements
Industry Organizational Strategy Elements
Industry Strategy Elements
Similarities and differences:
:
Recommended actions and decisions:
Step 1: Create lists of case details that fit each side of the triangle.
Step 2: Then look at each item and think about how that item affects the other sides of the triangle.
Step 3: Take a look at the industry. Make a list of triangle attributes you find. Compare the industry items with the case company items.
Information Strategy
Organizational Strategy
Business Strategy
Zara Case Situation
You are a member of a Zara employee taskforce. The taskforce has been asked to make recommendations on selecting a new point-of-sale device for all of their retail locations. The team has narrowed the choices down to three products. The first product allows for access to the internet for both store use and sending sales transactions reporting, email, customer data collection and lookup, and full inventory functions (in-stock, location, reduction information). The second product has the same functions as the first but with limited in-store only inventory functions (search only). The third product has no inventory functions and access to the internet is limited to sales reporting to corporate. Based on your knowledge of Zara’s business and process management, explain which POS product you would recommend. Support your opinion with the case information.
Step 4: How would evaluate the options? What criteria would you use? How do the triangle sides impact the options?
Step 5: What decisions and actions would you recommend to the case company? What data supports your conclusions? Why should the case company take your advice?
CMBA SuperStar
Panther ID: 007
Information Systems Strategy Triangle
Business Strategy Elements
Organizational Strategy Elements
Information Strategy Elements
Differentiation focuses of Orders-of-magnitude improvements in logistics and services, reducing the cycle time and ensure consistent delivery of quality products and services.
Improve visibility of the service business performance to management, enabling it to provide more effective quality service to customers.
Centralized customer service systems to dispatch service mechanics. OTISLINE customer service centers.
Goal to be a recognized leader in service excellence among all companies, streamlined manufacturing operations.
OTISLINE produces “excess” callback reports for various levels of management.
Information from multiple Otis data sources, rapid response as an important design element.
Institutionalized customer service, standard of work, process flows, and metrics to govern every customer interaction and every internal activity.
Involvement with district manager, regional v.
Understanding the then and now of Enterprise Management Systems.pdfAnil
Enterprise Management Systems (EMS), also known as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, have evolved significantly over the years. Understanding the "then" and "now" of EMS can provide insights into the transformation of business processes and technology.
The information overload on SOA is largely on describing the merits of SOA, principles of SOA and the vast variety of products intended to address SOA needs. There is, however, an acute scarcity of information on SOA implementation to bridge the gap between wanting to get started and actually
deploying a game plan where the rubber hits the road. This document is written to identify the factors to be considered, articulate the principles and questions to be asked that will drive the decisions within each enterprise towards creating a road map for implementation.
Application Rationalization is a fairly standard process comprising of an end-to-end analysis of the application portfolios in each domain, identifying the overlapping functionalities, unused applications and bottlenecks in systems.
An offshore ‘SOA Service Factory’ is the ‘delivery-arm’ that is primarily responsible for developing reusable services in a cost-effective manner, using SOA products.
SOA in Telecom describes the benefits of SOA in a Business Domain. The initial section of this document covers the challenges faced by the Telecom Industry and how SOA benefits the industry.
This document describes SOA Governance and the typical stages through which such Governance could be implemented. It briefly discusses the types of Governance and typical Governing bodies that could be formed to deliver a successful SOA project.
In this paper we propose such a model, a framework that enables benchmarking the effectiveness of a Service-oriented Architecture (SOA) implementation and its alignment with business.
This article gives an overview of these components and the options available to an organisation for implementing SOA through OSS and Offshore outsourcing. The target audience are organisations whose core business is not IT.
The Cloud Catalyst programme intends to accelerate the usage and adoption of Cloud computing solutions by providing a clear approach to the enterprises
In this White paper, Torry Harris Business Solutions carries out a high level comparison of the significant features delivered by key public cloud providers of the industry and key considerations that enterprises need to take into account while they embark on Cloud Computing.
This white paper presents a solution to test performance and analyze the results for web services that are deployed on the webMethods Integration Server using Apache JMeter.
This white paper presents a solution to unit test webMethods Flow/Java services using the popular JUnit test framework, and helps put TDD into practice for Enterprise Application Integration projects.
This article seeks to prove the growing widespread presence of the 6th vertical, their increasing economic power, and what they almost uniformly want from their service providers.
Presented in The Power Trio - Torry Harris Business Solutions Event in Vienna, November, 2013
Presenter: Dan Bieler
Principal Analyst
Forrester Research
Presented in The Power Trio - Torry Harris Business Solutions Event in Vienna, November, 2013
Presenter: Karthik T S
Head of Centre of Excellence – SOA, Cloud, Mobile & Big Data
User Experience and Gamification Enthusiast
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Welocme to ViralQR, your best QR code generator.ViralQR
Welcome to ViralQR, your best QR code generator available on the market!
At ViralQR, we design static and dynamic QR codes. Our mission is to make business operations easier and customer engagement more powerful through the use of QR technology. Be it a small-scale business or a huge enterprise, our easy-to-use platform provides multiple choices that can be tailored according to your company's branding and marketing strategies.
Our Vision
We are here to make the process of creating QR codes easy and smooth, thus enhancing customer interaction and making business more fluid. We very strongly believe in the ability of QR codes to change the world for businesses in their interaction with customers and are set on making that technology accessible and usable far and wide.
Our Achievements
Ever since its inception, we have successfully served many clients by offering QR codes in their marketing, service delivery, and collection of feedback across various industries. Our platform has been recognized for its ease of use and amazing features, which helped a business to make QR codes.
Our Services
At ViralQR, here is a comprehensive suite of services that caters to your very needs:
Static QR Codes: Create free static QR codes. These QR codes are able to store significant information such as URLs, vCards, plain text, emails and SMS, Wi-Fi credentials, and Bitcoin addresses.
Dynamic QR codes: These also have all the advanced features but are subscription-based. They can directly link to PDF files, images, micro-landing pages, social accounts, review forms, business pages, and applications. In addition, they can be branded with CTAs, frames, patterns, colors, and logos to enhance your branding.
Pricing and Packages
Additionally, there is a 14-day free offer to ViralQR, which is an exceptional opportunity for new users to take a feel of this platform. One can easily subscribe from there and experience the full dynamic of using QR codes. The subscription plans are not only meant for business; they are priced very flexibly so that literally every business could afford to benefit from our service.
Why choose us?
ViralQR will provide services for marketing, advertising, catering, retail, and the like. The QR codes can be posted on fliers, packaging, merchandise, and banners, as well as to substitute for cash and cards in a restaurant or coffee shop. With QR codes integrated into your business, improve customer engagement and streamline operations.
Comprehensive Analytics
Subscribers of ViralQR receive detailed analytics and tracking tools in light of having a view of the core values of QR code performance. Our analytics dashboard shows aggregate views and unique views, as well as detailed information about each impression, including time, device, browser, and estimated location by city and country.
So, thank you for choosing ViralQR; we have an offer of nothing but the best in terms of QR code services to meet business diversity!
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
SAP Sapphire 2024 - ASUG301 building better apps with SAP Fiori.pdfPeter Spielvogel
Building better applications for business users with SAP Fiori.
• What is SAP Fiori and why it matters to you
• How a better user experience drives measurable business benefits
• How to get started with SAP Fiori today
• How SAP Fiori elements accelerates application development
• How SAP Build Code includes SAP Fiori tools and other generative artificial intelligence capabilities
• How SAP Fiori paves the way for using AI in SAP apps
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
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SOA for Retail | Torry Harris Whitepaper
1. SOA in Retail
Service Service
Service
Service
ServiceService
Service
Service
Supply ChainMerchandising
Corporate Store Operations
2. Table of Contents
Introduction 03
Current State 04
The SOAway 06
Determining where to start 09
Documentation 09
Develop capabilities internally 10
Migration of 'As-is' to 'To-be' 10
SOAand Reuse in Retail 11
External Collaboration 11
Enterprise level reuse 11
Domain level reuse 11
Department level reuse 12
Afew essential Do's for an SOAimplementation 12
Business functionalities that can be exposed as services 13
Business benefits 14
Assistance in implementation 14
Conclusion 15
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3. Introduction
The retail industry is marked by four significant characteristics
! A high frequency of change in management reporting and service offerings to meet competitive
needs posed by increasingly larger purchasing avenues available to the consumer, ranging from
internet purchasing, price comparison tools, to speciality serviced stores
! Inventory control and management requiring automated communication in real time between a
large number of vendors spread across the world and multiple points of sale
! While retail environments within an enterprise have certain common features, the need to
distinguish them by offering store to store variations based on the needs of the community which
a store serves is becoming increasingly common.
! The need to provide an integrated, consistent cross-channel experience to consumers
These requirements stress the constitution & response times of the IT environment, in terms of the
time available to modify the technical environment to cope with the changes introduced by
operations that are bound by competitive pressures and seasonal requirements. The disparate
standards maintained by a wide vendor community with whom retail has to maintain a real time data
exchange, adds to the challenge. The need to construct individual solutions at the local level to meet
the needs of a community, while using corporate assets and compliance with the larger enterprise
norms, demands re-use of technical assets together with customisation at the point of sale.
SOA provides such methodology to enable an integrated interaction platform in a flexible yet cost-
effective manner, allowing incremental lightweight changes, replacing the big-bang massive
overhauling approaches. The approach allows better leveraging of the information already contained
in existing systems, thereby adding value to investments. Technology can be deployed incrementally
through applications created by combining multiple services (well-bounded sets of functionality
fulfilling a business need) through SOA. It enables cost savings and the flexibility to change quickly,
that stem from consolidating redundant logic and data. According to Forrester Research analyst
Randy Heffner in his February 2007 report titled ‘Planned SOA Usage Grows Faster Than Actual
SOA Usage’, flexibility and costs are not the only drivers for SOA. The drivers for SOA adoption
include easier application and cross-platform integration (including access to legacy applications),
improved software quality, implementation of changes required to meet a government mandate,
better reuse and software management, application rationalization and promoting standardization.
In this paper, we review the principles of Service Oriented Architecture and specifically how these
principles relieve the above challenges and align people, processes and data through the use of
open standards and a loosely coupled architecture.
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4. Current State
As the business environment and consumer expectations changed, retailers developed applications
and systems as the needs arose. Initial objectives were primarily to minimize manual processes and
facilitate information flow at the point of sale. As such, siloed applications became the norm. To do
away with a blend of manual processes, incompatible purchased systems, applications developed
in-house and a legacy computing environment, e-business was adopted, but with limitations on
efficiency of external collaboration, data centralization and channel optimization. For instance, a
corporate level eCommerce implementation would not accommodate the needs of store systems or
the store systems and processes were not structured to change with shopper's changing needs.
A typical non-SOA architecture adopted in the past is illustrated below, with siloed functions and a
legacy infrastructure, where each functional department has its own applications and databases.
The subsequent sections detail how retail functionality could be achieved through using the SOA
architecture and redesigned in a more granular reusable way.
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Corporate
(Planning, logistics, HR, marketing, finance…)
Store Operations
(Workforce management, order
management, POS, customer
management…)
Merchandising
(Demand forecasting, revenue
management, production,
inventory management, vendor
management…)
?Web applications (stand
alone)
?In-house, custom-built apps
Supply Chain
(Component supplier
management, warehouse
management, logistics,
sourcing, procurement…)
DB sync DB sync
APIs
EAI
DB sync
APIs
EAI
?Supplier collaboration,
warehouse operations etc.
?In-house, custom-built apps
RPC Calls
?PLM application
?Billing application ; 2-way
integration to MS Project
?Add on modules to existing
software solutions (financial
s/w, POS etc.)
?POS solution
?Handheld device
applications
?CRM application
?Automated order
management application
?Standalone web applications
?Other in-house, custom-built
apps
Direct Calls
?Online merchandising
software
?Add on modules to existing
software solutions (financial
s/w, POS etc.)
Direct Calls
ERP Application
Point Solutions
Custom-built Apps/legacy
ERP solution
5. As can be seen, the needs of each functional department are addressed through independent
applications, leading to a number of point solutions and custom, legacy functionality that are then
integrated through APIs/EAI/DB calls/ERP etc. leading to a heterogenous, spaghetti environment.
The functions are aligned with separate databases, resulting in an unreasonable demand on time,
effort and resources to synchronize data across functions. To list a few typical challenges of such
architecture:
! Anumber of autonomous business entities - independent and discrete that lack good connectivity
! A heterogenous computing environment with multiple software solutions running on multiple
platforms that were never intended to work together
! Over-customized packaged solutions that cannot be upgraded owing to the 'tweaks’
! Delays in delivering information to each function across channels (no real-time information),
performance slowdown owing to complex integration issues and end-of-day synchronizations
! Lack of/ limited visibility into data across functions, multiple versions of the data / divided data
! Lack of standards-based interfaces – difficult external collaboration
! Redundant processes, duplication of functionality
Translated to retail terminology, this could mean:
! High ITmaintenance costs of disparate platforms
! Excess inventory (lack of visibility, monitoring, real-time information), out of stocks
! Marketing disparity among channels (online, brick-and-mortar), no single view of the customer
! Scattered customer information – difficult to capture, analyse, roll-out loyalty programs
! Difficult to coordinate promotions owing to integration challenges, irrelevant up-sells and cross-
sells
! Delay in realizing changing business goals or in monitoring them
In short, the need for an integrated solution that replaces the siloed approach between the different
departments took on greater importance. The term 'integration' took on a new significance because
the business climate required that what would be integrated today would need to be changed even
before the integration was complete.
A service-oriented architecture enables such integration in a flexible, reusable manner allowing
quicker, consistent responses to meet customer demands. It allows efficient collaboration through
combining services that are implemented using open standards, thereby increasing maintainability
and reuse, with no clutter to cut through.
The subsequent sections in this paper detail how data and software can be orchestrated as services
to bridge the different functional silos in an evolutionary manner, to deliver timely, relevant
information across functions and channels.
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6. The SOA way
Considering design today needs to evolve throughout the product lifecycle, information would need
to pass from post-sale (stores), back to pre-sale (design) systems to enable feedback loops, linking
information in a flexible, inter-operable manner, breaking down functional silos. SOA enables
combining services into business processes that are dynamic enough to be executed across
boundaries. In fact the very purpose of adopting SOA is to enable dynamic changes within the
function, across functions and across the ecosystem of partners. A well implemented SOA strategy
leads to a service-oriented Enterprise (SOE), allowing flexibility at all levels – infrastructure,
applications, organization and external collaboration. A SOE is usually the guiding vision while
embarking on a SOAjourney.
Prior to detailing an SOAimplementation, it is important to recognize that owing to the diversity of the
retail market, a one-size-fits-all approach to an SOA implementation may not work. The approach
should be customized according to the functionality and needs of the retailer.
Below are some key features of a Service-oriented architecture:
! Distils large software applications/ logic into smaller free-standing, self-contained units of code
known as services that do not need to know the underlying implementation technology.
! Services can be composed/ combined to form a business task. Business tasks can be combined
to form a business process. Business processes come together to form enterprise applications.
! Uses web-services that are standards based (messages travel via a set of globally standardized
and accepted protocols) for communication (popular choice for implementing an SOA as it
supports SOAprinciples).
! Enables building on existing investments through the years rather than scrapping software and
starting from scratch. Legacy application logic can be encapsulated and exposed through a
common, standardized communications framework.
! Allows one to choose best-of-breed environments for specific functionality. No matter how
proprietary the software, if it supports the creation of web services, one can create a service
interface layer for it to talk to other service capable applications.
! Allows abstraction of business logic and application logic with the result changes introduced in
one layer does not impact the other, providing the much needed IT flexibility in a dynamic
organization
A simple definition of SOA that summarizes the above points is available on (A service-
oriented architecture (SOA) is the underlying structure supporting communications between
services. In this context, a service is defined as a unit of work to be performed on behalf of some
computing entity, such as a human user or another program. SOA defines how two computing
entities, such as programs, interact in such a way as to enable one entity to perform a unit of work on
behalf of another entity. Service interactions are defined using a description language. Each
interaction is self-contained and loosely coupled, so that each interaction is independent of any other
interaction). It goes on to illustrate the concept through an example: of purchasing online at Land's
WhatIs.com
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7. End.An example below provides more clarity on the concept.
We could model two of the core retail processes in SOA – Inventory Management and Revenue
Management as in the diagram below. Only one sub-process is considered for each of these
business processes to keep the representation simple. The two business processes share common
services - 'Forecast demand' and 'Check inventory availability', in order to complete the respective
functionalities.
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Inventory
Management
Forecast demand
Calculate
lead time
Determine order
quantity
Provide Purchase
Order
Replenishment
Check
Inventory/product
Availability
Revenue
Management
Promotion
creation
Set promotion
rewards
Select Customer
segment
Select Products
Set promotion
schedule
Business Process
Sub Process
Service
8. 1. Each sub-process / business process can be broken down into free-standing services that are
interoperable as depicted in the diagram above. Each business process requests IT
functionality from the underlying systems by calling a service.
2. The services could be combined/orchestrated and reused in any order to form a business task
/ process. The 'Check inventory availability' service will be orchestrated differently for each of
the sub-processes 'Promotion creation' and 'replenishment'. You would check the available
inventory prior to replenishing stock. You would promote a product to increase sales in a
particular category after checking the inventory. Similarly, the demand forecast service would
be stitched to the needs of each business task.
3. All services are registered in a service registry to avoid redundancy.
4. The structure above enables separation of business logic and application logic, allowing
changes in each, without affecting the other.
5. If a new sub-process, say marketing were to be involved in a promotion, they may want to
forecast the demand for a particular product, in which case, they would reuse the available
services and orchestrate them differently
A typical orchestration of reusable services, threading and sequencing, using Business Process
Execution Language (BPEL) is depicted below. This enables encapsulation of workflow logic for a
specific process. An orchestration service layer enables standardization on centralized business
process abstraction.
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Inventory
Management
Forecast
demand
Revenue
Management
Promotion
creation
Utility B
Utility A
AdapterAdapter
Invoke Receive
Transform
Logging
Error
Handling
BPEL Process Manager
9. Typically, the steps involved in an SOAimplementation would be:
! Defining the roadmap – identifying systems, the functionalities to be grouped and the step-by-
step implementation process
! Consolidating business processes in the middle layer
! Encapsulating business logic in easy-to-manage services
! Ensuring reusability through services
! Ensuring security at each level
! Defining and implementing governance processes
! Building templates and checklists as required
A simple representation of how a typical service would be exposed through a registry is depicted
below. The forecast demand service would be published through a registry to be accessed by the two
business processes.
Tasks would include:
1. Determining where to start
This would involve understanding where we are today, what will need to change to achieve the
desired end state and what impact (financial, time, resources etc.) that change will have.
Determining where efficiency needs to be improved first, is usually the optimal way to start the
implementation. For example, if the current focus is on improving the store systems to sell
more efficiently, then it would be logical to start from determining the applications that focus on
'selling more efficiently' and listing out the functionalities that should be targeted first to
convert into services.
2. Documentation
Documenting the use-cases will assist in better understanding the scope of work. It will also
enable consolidation of functionality and eliminate redundant applications. The
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Forecast Demand
Web Service
Inventory
Management
Revenue
Management
Registry Service
10. During such a migration, typically there would exist hybrid architectures within the enterprise
that are part legacy and part service-oriented. With each iteration, a number of reusable
services are built up with the result, for new projects, existing services could be reused or
additional new services created thereby drastically reducing the time, effort and complexity of
the ITlandscape.
More details on the reasons to adopt SOA and the steps to adopt them are available in our
whitepaper “Aguide to SOAimplementation” ( ).).http://www.thbs.com/soa_whitepapers.html
Identify
need
Document
functionality
Analyse,
design, build
Deploy /
execute
Reach goal /
stabilize
documentation would include inputs, outputs, interfaces, dependencies (could be other use-
cases in other applications), logic and structure. This will allow one to form an initial estimate
of the timelines and effort involved.
3. Develop capabilities internally
While it is important to choose the right service provider (Refer section on 'Assistance in
Implementation') that provides specialization and niche services in SOA, it is equally
important to have an internal team that is focused on the architecture and the broad goals to
achieve for migration to an SOA. We could call this the 'central architecture group'. This group
would work along with the service provider (and other internal teams – analysts, delivery
group etc.), providing the required support and direction to the provider to achieve business
goals.
4. Migration of 'As-is' to 'To-be':
Migrating to an SOA is preferably an iterative process, where changes are introduced in a
phased, milestone based, gradual step-by-step approach. The migration starts with one
functionality at a time that is service-oriented, progressed through testing and execution until
the project is complete, then the next functionality/need is tackled. The enterprise gains
knowledge and experience with each iteration, continually building up SOAskills and maturity.
Depicted as below:
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11. External Collaboration
A vendor management process, used by an enterprise to manage multiple vendors that offer
products/raw materials and services is a good candidate for reuse. Business performance could be
improved by gathering information about the different vendors and using the data gathered to
determine the optimum vendors to retain thereby sourcing the best products and services. New
vendors could be connected to the enterprise dynamically through exposing a standards-based
vendor management functionality, saving considerable time and effort through reuse.
Enterprise level reuse
A good example of a reusable process at the enterprise level would be the 'inventory management
process'. For instance, if we consider the two functions merchandising and store operations in an
enterprise, the movement of inventory at different stores would determine the merchandise to be
stocked at each store. Business process optimization could be achieved through granularizing the
inventory management process into services, depending on the needs of the two functions to
promote reuse.
Domain level reuse
The sales entry process could be a potential candidate for reuse across store operations. This
category of services would span across a line-of-business (LoB)
SOA and Reuse in Retail
One of the core benefits of adopting SOA is reusability of technical assets and the cost savings that
stem from such reusability. All services may not be reusable, however, a systematic approach to
determine the components/services/processes that could be reused at each level – external
collaboration, enterprise level reuse, domain level and department level reuse, would be a beneficial
exercise in the analysis phase.
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External Collaboration
Enterprise
Domain
Department
Inventory Management Process
Purchase Order Process
Vendor
Management
Process
Sales
Entry
Process
Audit Process
12. Department level reuse
Common utility functionalities could be reused across applications in the department. Functions
such as logging, error handling, notification, authentication etc. could be independent services that
are reused by a number of internal applications.
Establishing an approach towards the adoption of a reuse program is essential prior to defining the
roadmap for implementation. Developing a catalogue of reusable processes enables effective
structuring of services and leads to a cost-effective architecture.
! A good practise would be to involve all departments throughout the implementation process.
Strong partnerships between departments allow more expectations to be managed about the
project. Maintenance could become monumental if the implementation is not carefully
coordinated and the services not centralized where possible.
! The risks associated with large rollouts and end-of-project testing could be reduced through
using the step-by-step iterative approach for implementation.
! Using SOAgovernance principles early on, to monitor and track is usually a good practise.
! Product investments in SOA are usually driven by business goals - proficiency by a vendor in a
specific sector/ area is important. A number of products provide overlapping functionality, hence,
assessing the need and matching it to the products' strengths is essential.
! The solution is designed to provide a clear separation of concerns, allowing binding to take place
at will (loose coupling). It is essential to keep it simple, to enable quick implementation (training
then becomes a non-issue).
! Rather than as a one-off project, establishing an internal division to improve systems on a regular
basis is usually the norm. This division comprises of members from the business community and
the technical IT community, to get a combined insight on the business needs and the
implementation aspects.
! While making legacy applications SOA-compliant, appropriate load-balancing would have to be
ensured to enable legacy back-ends to cope with increased usage volumes.
A few essential Do's for an
SOA implementation:
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13. Some of the common business processes and their services that can be modelled based on SOA:
Business functionalities that can be
exposed as services
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Business Process
Inventory Management
(planning and optimization)
Revenue Management
Sales Management
Supply Chain Management
Sub-Process
Example services in
a Sub-Process
! PO process
! Receipt process
! Allocation process
! Distribution process
! Transfer Process
! Stock optimization process
! Demand planning process
! Forecasting process
! Replenishment process
! Style coordination process
! Physical count process
! Inventory freeze process
! Price-change simulations
process
! Promotion creation process
! Allowances process
! Vendor discounts process
! Markup creation process
! Markdown creation process
! POS system
! Sales entry process
! Sales audit process
! Stock ledger process
! Consignment sale entry
process
! Demand management process
! Warehouse management
process
! Transportation management
process
! Trade logistics management
process
! Reporting process
! Supplier Relationship
Management
! Sourcing
! Service Management
! PO process:
! Generate serial numbers
! Map line items
! Assign, track, update costs
! Approval, notification
! Record shipments
! Bin Lookup
! Audit-control
! Report generation
! Multi-currency transactions
! Line-item level tracking
! etc…..
! Price-change simulations:
! Item role assignment
! Link items
! Create, apply business rules
! Approvals and feedback
! Pricing lifecycle planning
! etc…..
! Stock ledger process:
! Opening Inventory
! Cost of Sales
! Comparatives
! Net transfers
! Performance gross profit
! etc…..
! Supplier Relationship
Management process:
! Contract management
! Spend analysis
! Supply planning
! Commodity management
! Procurement
! etc…..
14. A few benefits of a SOAimplementation in the retail sector are listed below:
! Better customer information management: In multi-channel retailing, customer information
capture from multiple channels, analysis and use through consistent service reuse help achieve
better knowledge of the customer at a reduced cost, facilitating customer loyalty programs and
promotional offers
! Linking the different channels: Helps link the online world with the brick-and-mortar outlets'
applications through loose-coupling and open standards, enabling the addition of new channels
dynamically. Increases chances of a sale and provides for better up-sell and cross-sell
opportunities.
! Enables support for best-of-breed applications that can expose a service interface (without
having to over-customize them), thereby leveraging the investment made in automated
solutions.
! Allows for scaling at marginal cost. New initiatives could be implemented through additional
services or service re-use.
! Legacy investment is phased out gradually, while reusing legacy applications across disparate
environments through web services and frontier based enterprise service buses or other network
based hardware that enable protocol and message transformation at the local frontier inside a
wide spread federated environment that has native requirements within it
! Helps optimize supply-chain through improved cross-application integration.
SOAis an evolution, an ongoing conversion into services that are reusable and increasingly perform
independently. As additional business needs surface, the iteration repeats, leading to an agile
enterprise. Often a review of services after the go-live stage reveals areas that can be re-looked at
immediately in terms of enabling better reuse for upcoming projects. Hence, it is important to choose
a partner/service provider that you see compatibility with in spirit as in ability. While rigidity is
unwelcome in any service relationship, it is alien and contrary to the concept on which SOA is built.
Hence the willingness to embrace change, to serve on the fly, are traits that while desirable in all
relationships, are mandatory in choosing meaningful partners and products to implement SOA.
There are a number of product vendors, offering a range of products right through the analysis,
design, implementation and test phases. They often have carefully chosen, approved
implementation partners that are certified on the product and greatly simplify the implementation and
integration needs. In fact, many of the service partners are certified to work on a number of
competing products, thereby enabling the enterprise to better evaluate and implement a product
based on the business needs.
Business benefits
Assistance in implementation
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15. Retail researchers estimate that consumers who shop at the same banner whether online or at a
brick-and-mortar store – spend 14% more annually than consumers who shop via only one channel.
As the number of service points increases, so do the integration demands. SOA-compliant
applications significantly lower the cost and effort of cross-application integration, through a vendor-
neutral communications framework, providing intrinsic interoperability and agility to an enterprise.
An SOA centric approach including a top down and bottom up approach in the retail industry is
perhaps essential to meeting the customer demands and challenges posed in this domain that are
more susceptible to change than in any other vertical.
In the words of Edsger Djikstra in his classic work “The Humble Programmer”
The vision is that we will be able to design and implement the kind of programs that are now straining
our programming ability, at the expense of a few percent of man years of what they now cost to build
and run…
This statement was relevant in the early seventies when it was first written and is perhaps even more
compelling and relevant today. SOA, more than any other methodology, helps to shorten the effort
and complexity of change. All we have done is given a name to a solution that began long ago, and
distilled it for easier and widespread consumption.
Conclusion
Since SOAis about integration of services without destruction of technical assets, a number of niche
players in the middleware and integration space offer specialized SOAimplementation skill-sets and
services.
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Torry Harris Business Solutions Inc, a US based services provider with a large base of
technologists located in the UK, India and China has provided cost effective solutions at a
design, development and support level to a variety of enterprise clients across the world since
1998. The company specializes in integration, distributed computing, and its focus on SOA is a
result of nearly a decade of expertise gathered in the middleware space. The company has
partnerships with almost all the leading SOAand integration product vendors. SOA, involving the
creation of autonomous parts of a solution, lends itself admirably to the cost effective model of
offshore service collaboration. A separate white paper entitled “SOA Implementation with an
offshore partner” available for download, explores this model in a more detailed manner. Further
information about the company and a variety of white papers on SOA are available at
www.thbs.com/soa.
For more information, write to us at soa@thbs.com.