Avnet - Informatica

Avnet Drives Efficiency through Automation

Ayman Taha Director of IT, Enterprise Solutions Integration Avnet, Inc

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Agenda • Overview • Avnet • Business Case and Challenge • Strategy for Selecting the Right Tool and Partner

• Implementation • Results and Successes • Benefits to the business and IT

• Summary 3

Overview Through automating the integration of various business transaction, regardless of source or structure, Informatica B2B Data Exchange dramatically accelerates the onboarding of new customers and suppliers, reduces the time needed to complete business acquisitions, and increases Avnet’s business agility.

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Avnet Avnet, Inc. is one of the largest distributors of electronic components, connectors and semiconductors; technology solutions, computer products and embedded technology. Avnet connects the world's leading technology manufacturers with a broad base of more than 100,000 customers.

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Avnet • Founded in 1921

• AVT listed on the NYSE for 50 years • Global Headquarters: Phoenix, Arizona. • No. 132 on 2011 Fortune 500 • Named Fortune’s Most Admired for Technology Distribution: 2009, 2010, 2011 & 2012 • FY’11 Avnet, Inc. Annual Revenue - $26.5 billion

• ~300 suppliers/100,000 customers • 72 acquisitions since 1991 • 18,000+ employees worldwide 6

Business Case and Challenge • Masking of Sensitive date • Mask sensitive HR & Payroll data on three different data sources (Oracle, SQL, Flat File).

• B2B – On-boarding • Quick on-boarding of new trading partners with no RN or EDI capabilities • Various delivery methods (HTTP, FTP, SFTP, Email…etc.) • Partner Management for non-standard based customers/suppliers • Event Monitoring/Handling 7

Business Case and Challenge • Customer Pricing Catalogue • • • •

UI, changes are made at the code level Archive and resubmit Ability to schedule and prioritize on moments notice Current process is not agile

• Product Management • Receive diverse formats (Excel, PDF, HTML, XML…etc.) from suppliers.

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Enterprise Service Bus Overview Enterprise Gateway Content Based Routing Application Integrator

Trading Grid

Admin/UI My webMethods

Mediator IS Server

CentraSite ActiveSOA Message Queues webMethods Broker RDBMS

Message Queues

webMethods Broker

Broker Cluster

TN

RosettaNet Mediator B2B XML Cluster

HW Load Balancer

Mediator

HW Load Balancer

B2B EDI Server Cluster

TN SAP Adapter Mediator EAI Server Cluster

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Available Tools • EDI • Enterprise Gateway/AI

• RosettaNet • webMethods Trading Network

• Custom Integration • webMethods Integration Server for custom XML & OAG

• Non Standard B2B • ???? 10

Selecting the Right Tool & Partner • Understand what problem you are trying to solve

• Consider how the solution integrates in the current architecture • Take into account the upgrade path and patch releases • Calculate cost of ownership • Invest in training and professional services • Plan for a working Demo and POC • Select the right partner

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Informatica for B2B

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Supported Data Formats Data Libraries for complex data formats

Unstructured            

Microsoft Excel EBCDIC ASCII binaries Flat files ANSI PDF PowerPoint Star Office Microsoft Word Word Perfect HTML

Semi-structured 

XML

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EDI-X12

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EDI-Fact

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HIPAA

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COBOL

XML       

RosettaNet LegalXML cXML ebXML HL7 V3.0 ACORD XML ISO 20022

Unstructured Print Streams   

AFP Post Script DJDE

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Transformation and Integration •

Any-to-Any Universal Transformation

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Native integration with PowerCenter and webMethods

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Single point of development and maintenance • • • •

JMS iDOC over RFC with SAP Messaging (pub/sub) Expose workflows as WS

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Partner Management

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Event Monitoring & Transactions Visibility

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Error Handling and Notification

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HR & Payroll Data Masking

Informatica DM

Business Apps

Reporting Application

Quick wins  Ability to add more developers and deploy on time  Secured HR & Payroll data  Used the same masking algorithm on all data sources

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Customer Pricing Catalogues Quick wins

ERP

Pricing App Rules Engine Updates

Informatica B2B

Informatica ETL

 Re-use  Quick onboarding  Any format & any exchange protocol

EDI

Trading Partners

CSV

PDF XML

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Supplier PO, POS & INV

ERP Informatica B2B

Trading Partners

B2B Gateway

Quick wins  No need to remap in the future if switched to EDI  Quick on boarding  Scheduling & Prioritization  Centralized B2B reporting  Archiving 20

Supplier Invoice, Customer PO & Forecast

What about Monitoring, Alert notification, error handling…..

ERP Informatica B2B

Suppliers/Customers

B2B Gateway

Quick wins  No more data entry

 Re-use of existing B2B Gateway functionality  Trade Guide Visibility  Monitor & Alert 21

Enterprise Service Bus Today Enterprise Gateway Content Based Routing Application Integrator

Admin/UI My webMethods

Trading Grid B2B EDI Server Cluster B2B – DX/DT

Mediator IS Server

CentraSite ActiveSOA Message Queues

RDBMS

webMethods Broker

Message Queues

webMethods Broker

Broker Cluster

Informatica PowerCenter TN

RosettaNet Mediator B2B XML Cluster

HW Load Balancer

Mediator

HW Load Balancer

ETL

TN SAP Adapter Mediator EAI Server Cluster

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Benefits to the Business and IT • Generate and distribute hundreds of pricing files in multiple formats daily • High-performance processing for large files • Scheduling and Prioritization flexibility • Archiving • Quick on-boarding of new partners with no RN or EDI capabilities • Support of different formats (Excel, PDF, HTML, XML…etc.)

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Benefits to the Business and IT • • • • • •

Diverse delivery methods (HTTP/S, FTP/S, Email…etc.) Re-use Improved Partner Management Robust Event Monitoring Improved SLA management ROI • Reduced development time by 55% • Covered initial investment within10 months of deployment

ROI

Time & cost to deploy 1st

2nd

3rd

Nth

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In Summary... • Think re-use to reduce development time and cost • Implement guaranteed delivery • Keep your business informed (remember faxing out POs!) • Plan for high availability • Streamline your maintenance framework • Build agile solutions and don’t re-invent the wheel • Don’t forget governance

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Questions?

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