Supply Chain Management Experience Overview

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2 Services across the supply chain E-procurement automation product suite goes On-demand The Product E-procurement automation vendor with a suite of products to streamline the entire procurement process of finding catalogs, comparing products, requisitioning and processing of ordered productslite Solution comprises of individual product modules that can be deployed together or separately: Spend Director - Order Manager Settlement Manager - Sourcing Manager - Requisition Manager - Contract Manager - Supplies Manager Developed an on-demand version of their solution with characteristics w Multi-tenancy: Allows each tenant to customize workflows as per business needs w Configurability: Application designed to be flexible in terms of customization w Security: Website interaction over Secure Socket Layer (SSL), use of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), encrypted date storage, role-based user authorization Custom Workflows: Each tenant can define a specific business process flow w Internationalization: Implemented using the same principle of attributes w 3rd party applications integration: Interfacing with disparate applications for various w data-exchange scenarios Fact: Application has a transaction volume/hour figure of 15.4 million 02

3 Upgrading an Online Fleet Tracking and Reporting Solution The Product SaaS delivered fleet tracking solution provides visibility of mobile workforce activity and enables businesses to identify, measure and target specific areas that impact operational costs and business productivity Contains features like 24 hr vehicle location identity, live and dynamic timesheets, powerful search, integration with back office service etc. Reengineering: Re-engineered the Report Management module from ASP to.net w Added business critical reports to the product feature catalogue like Driver performance Reports, Location Report, Fuel Usage Report, etc. w Enhanced module with better configurability and usability and designed to be more structured and scalable News Management: Developed solution to manage the inflow of news for the companies/products for each customer Personalization: Developed a new UI personalization utility using.net to configure all the skin related settings for each customer Globalization and Localization: Modules optimized to support multiple languages for end-users from across the world Product development, advancement and sustenance - SCM solution for the organic foods industry An e-commerce portal solution that would allow suppliers and buyers to coordinate better towards satisfying demand for organic foods Act as gateway to buy natural and organic products through buying clubs and handle all orders, payments and other administration requirements of the portal Development of the solution from scratch to its existing third version, supporting 1000 buying clubs and more than users Scalable SCM solution allows multiple suppliers and buying clubs to be part of the product ecosystem Product allows co-op system of selling by selling to geographically proximate groups of consumers who are members of buying clubs; thereby increasing efficiency of the supply chain 03

4 Built on N-Tier architecture designed with extensive use of OOAD concepts Web Farm integrated with the architecture to allow for data growth and increase in user volume High performance ensured with well-formatted pages, advanced caching facilities usage of XMLHTTP and AJAX, and usage of wrapper classes for database querying Securely built with comprehensive role-based access control with SSL certification and authentication services Product development, advancement and sustenance - SCM solution for the organic foods industry Inventory Chain Optimization System enhancement The Product Supply Chain Planning and Optimization software built with Java and C++ consisting of advanced technology and planning for better management of inventory investments Development of additional modules Design, testing and integration of the inventory optimization product w Modules designed to support 32 different forecast models w Modules include Features Demand Planning/Forecasting, Inventory/Stocking/Sourcing Policy Optimization, Replenishment Optimization, Supplier Collaboration and Portals etc. 04

5 Customization of product requirements as part of implementations for end-users. Multiple projects executed simultaneously towards effective resource utilization and parallel code reviews done with development RIM and Application Development support for a global communication leader Partner for Infrastructure Management and Application Support Customer: Global communications technology leader that specializes in the distribution of wireless devices and in providing customized logistics services to the wireless industry. RIM service - IT Infrastructure support - Level 1 & Level 2 w Level 1: Incident Management Process involving detection, investigation, resolution and closing of incidents which hinder quality of a service. w Level 2: User creation/removal process in Active directory, Handling Mailboxes in Exchange account, VPN Backups on servers, Monitoring activities and troubleshooting VPN issues, Printer issues and any other desktop applications. Application Support: w Problem analysis and solution for the customers Edi4all and WMS applications w Solving configuration issues Integrated Platform for managing enterprise content using SharePoint Replace existing public-facing corporate site which was created using old web technologies like ASP Envisioned the site to be a single platform to manage intranet and internet applications across the enterprise Customer: E-distributor of fine, specialty and semi-commodity chemicals Developed new corporate website using SharePoint 2007 (MOSS); simplifying design changes and content management of the site 05

6 w Content management features used for moderator review and approval Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 used to provide Interoperability with internal LOB systems, allowing users to aggregate and consume information from different data sources and application platforms Provided enterprise search from databases and back-end server applications. Built on powerful ASP.NET technology features in SharePoint for cataloging BizTalk 2006 used for integration with other internal systems Integrated Platform for managing enterprise content using SharePoint Integration with LoB Systems Professional Services - Enterprise Product Integration using Biztalk Server Integrate various functional area systems like Onyx for CRM, Great Plains for ERP and Yantra for BPM Synchronizing of data between different systems, reducing redundancy and overheads due to continuously changing business needs required Customer: E-distributor of fine, specialty and semi-commodity chemicals Short-term service: w Current integration between the various functions maintained without disturbing the existing business processes with an XML based solution using Microsoft BizTalk Server 06

7 w BizTalk Server 2004 used to for easy communication, integration and secure decoupling (plug-n-play) w For those companies still using EDI, BizTalk Server took care of XML-to-EDI conversion Long-term service: w Replaced the disparate systems with Microsoft suite of products like BizTalk Server, MS Great Plains and MS CRM for seamless integration and scalability Professional Services - Enterprise Product Integration using Biztalk Server MS Dynamics - Upgradation of GP from v8 to v10 Upgrading from Dynamics GP v8 to v10 to benefit from inherent advantages like: w Workflow functionality that leverages role-based security of GP v10 w.net development that allows for extension of GP functionality outside of using Dexterity Customer: E-distributor of fine, specialty and semi-commodity chemicals Upgradation carried out in two stages:: w Used existing tables common to both GP v8 and v10, without recreating the 07

8 w For new tables, Aspire identified the common roles and tasks and created them manually Migration from class-based security of GP v8 to role-based security of GP v10 Integration of upgraded GP v10 with the customers' best-of-breed products like Onyx, Yantra, SSE, and Interworld Conversion of Dexterity code to.net code for some of the functionality Product documentation support for an E-distributor Interaction between various systems like Interworld, Onyx, Great Plains, and Yantra and the workflow followed to be documented clearly Documentation necessary for training new development resources and for analysis and decision-making by the business team Customer: E-distributor of fine, specialty and semi-commodity chemicals Documentation covered system activities like search and ordering, delivery and billing, and provided clarity to stakeholders about the customer s entire e-distribution system Information collection from SMEs and template creation De-jargoning the technical languages and jargon by involving all stakeholders for periodic fine-tuning 08

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