Bhaskar Reddy
KBACE Applied
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Presenter
Bhaskar Reddy, Technical Director
KBACE Advanced Technology Group (ATG)
Mr. Reddy runs the Architecture and DBA Practices within
the Advanced Technology Group. Mr. Reddy specializes in
the Design and Architecture of global software solutions and
in the Technical Team management of implementations of
global software applications. Mr. Reddy brings over 15
years experience designing and developing enterprise
Agenda
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The Value of SOA and your ROI
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What is Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)?
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SOA Technology Overview
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KBACE Applied SOA Strategy
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Customer Case Studies
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Implementing SOA
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Oracle Application Integration Architecture
The Value of SOA
Protect your investment and optimize usage of the
existing infrastructure while extending capabilities
that adapt to changing business needs.
•How is it done?
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By deploying business
processes across new and
existing heterogeneous
Optimization = Return on Investment (ROI)
Immediate ROI benefits include:
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Existing assets are reused or repurposed
¾ Go green while investing less capital in the latest technology
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Simplify business processes from multiple sources
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Cut demands on IT staff
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Achieve platform independence through hot-pluggable architecture
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Reduce complexity
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Seamlessly integrate new applications
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Respond quickly to business needs
¾ Implement market responsive delivery on-the-fly
Applied SOA effectively aligns your current corporate business
strategies with your IT business model, optimizing the integration of
the Oracle E-Business Suite with your current systems and processes.
What is SOA?
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Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) starts with creating
services that can communicate with each other
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A service is essentially:
¾
a unit of information that a system/application has to offer
or
The Traditional Workflow Process
Traditional Workflows:
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Limit communication
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Complicate business processes
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Decrease response time to business needs
The SOA Process Flow
oSimple
oSeamless
oOptimized
oResponsive
oReal-time
oFlexible
KBACE Advanced Technology Strategy – Applied SOA
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KBACE is a system integrator for Oracle E-Business Suite
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E-Business Suite invariably needs to share information with other systems
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The Advanced Technology Group identifies and provides solutions for the
most commonly used business practices
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Provide a need based solution, not technology for technology’s sake
oIdentify clear targets for adaption
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Build the framework piece by piece
Applied SOA – Case Study 1
Business Challenge –
A major Electronic Manufacturing company needed to optimize its
Employee On-Boarding process
¾ Employee hiring process was fairly complicated as it was a common process
and conducted globally
• Over 50,000 employees worldwide
• Included various third-party firms that served either as recruiters or
background verifiers
• Approval requirements were beyond what Oracle HCM systems gave by
Applied SOA – Case Study 1
Solutions Presented (traditional and new technology):
• Build individual interfaces and AME workflows across departments; including
various third-party firms that served as recruiters or background verifiers
• Manual data entries at key points such as interaction with third-parties • SOA Solution incorporating the process
Benefits of the SOA Solutions over traditional technology:
Applied SOA – Case Study 2
Business Challenge –
A major Retailer / Manufacturer needed to integrate its Order Entry,
Fulfillment and Delivery systems
¾ Complex integration requirements with respect to integrating various systems
for different functions of Order Management
• Third-party Order Entry integrated with Oracle Order Management
• Order fulfillment done through manufacturing plants across the globe
• Complex routing system dependent upon type of merchandise
Applied SOA – Case Study 2
Solutions Presented (traditional and new technology):
• Integrate/Rewrite the third-party Order Entry system directly to Oracle EBS
o Drive Order Entry directly using Order Management APIs
• Build batch jobs and interfaces for Manufacturing system • Build specific interfaces to third-party delivery vendors • SOA Solution
Benefits of the SOA Solution over traditional technology:
• Integrates existing Order Entry system without rewriting application
• Enables complex routing to manufacturing systems based on user managed
routing rules
• Provides a common integration point to all third-party delivery service vendors
using complex routing rules
Process Flow Case Study 2
Order Entry Order Entry System System Oracle Oracle EBS EBS Manufacturing Manufacturing Plant Plant Manufacturing Manufacturing Plant Plant Manufacturing Manufacturing Plant PlantDesigning a SOA Solution
1.
Business Requirements and Conceptual Design
2.
Portfolio of Services – Publish and Organize
3.
Enterprise Service Bus – Wiring Services
4.
Process Assembly & Service Orchestration
5.
Incorporate Human Interactions & Business Rules
6.
User Interface – Collaborative Portal; Integrated Content Services
7.
Business Activity Monitoring (BAM)
8.
Security & Policy Management
9.
Performance, Reliability,
KBACE SOA Solutions
•Human Resources
o On-Boarding and Off-Boarding of Employees o Recruitment and Job Bulletin Boards
o Payroll Interfaces •
Order Management
o Order Entry and Maintenance o Delivery Management
o Warehouse and Inventory o Proof of Delivery
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Financials
o AR to AP Transactions
o Customer Validation and Verification o Journals and Balances Web Services
What is Needed to Implement SOA?
1.
Skill sets for developing SOA solutions
o Complete understanding of SOA concepts o Strong Java skills
o Knowledge of the systems to be interfaced
2.
Skill sets for deploying and maintaining SOA solutions
o Understanding of Oracle SOA architecture o Comprehension of technical components
o Awareness of performance evaluations and monitoring o Knowledge of diagnosis and error correction steps
Oracle E-Business Suite + SOA = OAIA
Industry Reference Models: Optimize business performance
Process Integration Packs: Quickly integrate Oracle Applications to create the business processes
Foundation Pack:
Application independent service translation and transformation
