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Vision What it is AXON is an integration platform with the key objective to support end to end flow of business processes across multiple systems whilst hiding the complexity of integrating ERP and Business Solutions. What it is not AXON is not intended to act as a tool to be used by developers but as a pre-packaged configurable product which includes a set of interface configurations with enterprise solutions defined outof-the box. Target Market Medium to large organisations who typically operate complex business processes which need to be supported by multiple software solutions.
Guiding Principles Single data-entry point Easy to configure and extend Must be robust and lightweight Makes use of existing security mechanisms and business rules Supports real-time or manual triggering Allows flexible and expressive transformations Provides full audit trails at process and transaction levels
Typical Enterprise Scenario Maximo Web Service SunSystems SSC/ Delimited files for Transfer Desk Purchasing Solution Database MS SQL Server / Oracle FTP Server
Point-to-Point Interfacing Maximo Web Service SunSystems SSC/ Delimited files for Transfer Desk Tailor made Manual Scheduled Process Database Trigger Purchasing Solution Nightly Script Database Procedure Batch File Database MS SQL Server / Oracle FTP Server
Centralised Orchestration Maximo Web Service SunSystems SSC/ Delimited files for Transfer Desk CTX Database MS SQL Server / Oracle FTP Server
Robust and Extendible Underlying Platform Web Service Email Rest Script / Portal /Custom Database File Cloud Platform Business Accelerators CTX Maximo Maximo Kofax Endpoint Connectors Maximo SunSystems 6 Documentum Maximo
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Process Orchestration Simple Flow Messaging Options: Source Transformation Destination Push Mode Polling Mode Manual Mode
Process Orchestration Complex Structure of Simple Flow : Multi-Source Source Transformation Destination Get information from System A and lookup category codes from an external text file Source
Process Orchestration Complex Structure of Simple Flow : Flow Chaining Source Transformation Trigger Destination Update initial source system marker if integration is successful Source Transformation Destination
Process Orchestration Complex Structure of Simple Flow : Error Redirection Source Transformation Exception Destination Send an email if any error occurs notifying administrator Source Transformation Destination
Process Orchestration Complex Structure of Simple Flow : Internal Requests Source Reference Transformation Trigger Destination Multi-step process that needs to reference the same information Source Transformation Destination
Process Orchestration Translating the business process into a integration flow definition PR Creation PO Creation PO Approval Accounting Entries Orchestration
Process Orchestration SunSystems Accounting Entries Purchasing PR Creation Maximo PR Creation Maximo PO Creation and Approval Purchasing PR Confirm Orchestration
Process Orchestration SunSystems Accounting Entries Purchasing PR Creation Maximo PR Creation Maximo PO Creation and Approval Purchasing PR Confirm Integration
Process Orchestration 1 2 FLOW 1 FLOW 2 5 3 4 6 8 7 PO Journal Entries PR Created Write-Back Query Contract Create PR Approved PO CTX PR Confirm SunSystems Accounting Entries Purchasing PR Creation Maximo PR Creation Maximo PO Creation and Approval Purchasing PR Confirm Configuration DEFINE DESIGN CREATE APPLY BENEFIT
Management Console Simple and clear user-interface to audit trails and error logs Quick and easy alteration of flows at runtime Trigger flows and manage parameters Audit trail reporting
Management Console Real-time monitoring
Management Console Monitor Activity Simple and clear user-interface to audit trails and error logs Quick and easy alteration of flows at runtime Trigger flows and manage parameters
Performance Monitoring Monitor Activity Scale Resources based on required throughput. Thread pool size and number of instances. Performance scenarios were benchmarked using an HTTP inbound consumer, and a simple custom transformer. Initial tests showed an average response time of 6.2ms with 8,000 TPS (which translates to 696 million transactions per day). Source: http://www.mulesoft.com/downloads/mule-performance-metrics.pdf
Business Accelerators DEFINE DESIGN CREATE APPLY BENEFIT
AXON DEFINE DESIGN CREATE APPLY BENEFIT Maximo to SunSystems Maximo 7.5 SunSystems 6 SCM Transactions Commitments, Accruals, Invoices Logistics Transactions Issues and Returns, Adjustments, Transfers Other Transfers Payment Marker, Due Date Reference Data Master Vendors Reference Data Slave Accounts, Account Analysis Entity, Joint Venture Accounting Ledger Accounting Ledger Accounting Ledger Reference Data Slave Chart of Accounts, Supplier, Bank Details, Ledger Analysis, Rule Sets Reference Data Master Accounts, Activity Code, Entity Analysis, Joint Venture Analysis, Rule Sets
AXON DEFINE DESIGN CREATE APPLY BENEFIT Akakus Maximo to SunSystems Maximo (Database) Work Orders Inventory Transfers Purchase Requests SunSystems (Delimited files through Transfer Desk) Journal Imports Journal Imports Journal Imports
AXON DEFINE DESIGN CREATE APPLY BENEFIT Kofax, Maximo and Documentum Maximo 7.5 New Invoice Kofax Scanned Invoices and extracted details Documentum URL Attachment File Attachment URL Attachment Documentum upload
AXON DEFINE DESIGN CREATE APPLY BENEFIT CTX to Maximo CTX (Purchase Requests) Maximo 7.5 Purchase Request Creation (Budget Capping) Purchase Request Confirmation (Budget Capping) Purchase Request Creation Purchase Order creation and approval Purchase Request Modification Purchase Request creation with difference in value
AXON DEFINE DESIGN CREATE APPLY BENEFIT HRB/SunSystems to SEPA HRB Payroll Run Payments List SunSystems Creditor Payments SEPA Web App Query Batches Review Batch Payment Run Payment Advice SEPA/Priority Payment Run (SEPA - Euro) Payment Run (Priority non Euro) Payment Advice Payment History
AXON Benefits Strategic component in your IT infrastructure Rapid implementation through Business Accelerators Easier to extend and highly scalable Live monitoring Audit trails and full traceability of events Computime knowledge and support of similar implementations