Using BizTalk Server to build support for a new business model in the Dairy industry

Anders Kingstedt, Consultant ManagerAlan Smith, BizTalk expert and MS MVP

Road map

• Overview, the FRAS project • The FRAS Hub, Technology Overview• Integration Patterns in BizTalk Server 2004• Lessons learned• Q & A

• “Extras”– The Integration Factory™ - overview– Using BizTalk to create SOA based Integration

solutions

About us

• Alan Smith:

– Senior developer, BizTalk Mentor at Know IT

– MCSD and MS MVP BizTalk. MCT BizTalk.

– Experience from several BizTalk 2004 projects Technical profile: BizTalk, C#

• Anders Kingstedt:

– Responsible for Know IT’s Integration offering

– Alliance manager with Microsoft

– Consultant manager

– Technical profile: <obsolete >

FRAS – Business Objective

• The Swedish Dairies will launch a new business model in 2005:

– Using common transport capacity (logistics)– Selling dairy products nation wide

• This called for:– An integration solution – Support for various message formats– Support for various business messages– Support for future changes without having to do a complete

rewrite of the solution

• Our solution:– Relies on MS BizTalk Server 2004 as the integration

mechanisms – allowing for changes in the underlying IT structure

– Provides a communications infrastructure that allows for future growth

– Provides web-access to operational status for critical information (stock, invoice, order etc.)

FRAS – Business Process Support

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VM-ägarrollen Transportörsrollen

Fakturering på vanligt sätt

Uppdatering av artikelregister med VM-ägarens artiklar.

Uppdatering av kundregister med Transportörskunder

Följesedelinfo VM-artiklar

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Överföring av förhandsorder från säljväskor

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Inventering

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Uppdatering av VM-ägarens artikelsortiment per kund.

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och sammanknytning av ERP-systemen:

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FRAS – Project Challenges

• Challenge: No previous large scale BizTalk 2004 experience

• Solution: Hire ”the right people”, invest in training, use MS, rely on a SOA architecture

• Challenge: Many people and companies involved in the project

• Solution: Establish a project plan…and stick to it, focus on risk, inform & communicate

• Challenge: Tough requirements on throughput and availability

• Solution: Evaluate (test) various ways of communicating messages, bet on a multi server environment

FRAS – Technical Overview

BizTalk Server EE, SQL Server 2000

Skånemejerier - Movex, MQ Series

Milko - Minos, FTP

Norrmejerier, IFS, FTP

Arla Foods - Movex, MQ Series The BizTalk Hub

Provides:- Message routing- Message transformation- Added business logic- Data synchronization- Business flow exposure- Temporary data storage- Error logs - traceability functionality

Integration Patterns in BizTalk Server 2004

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Lessons learned

• Setting up an Integration Factory™ is definitely a great a idea for large scale integration projects

– Using checklists, templates, integration / enterprise patterns is an investment that pays off in the long run.

– Sharepoint provides project information exchange.

• Going from the test & development environment to production is challenging

– Creating a reusable process to go from dev to test to release did the trick…

• BizTalk Server 2004 is a rich but sometimes challenging integration environment

– Investing in a good architectural base crucial– Training is a good idea - we recommend the

DeepDive training program (provided by Microsoft)– In our experience, it takes roughly a year to become

a proficient BizTalk developer…

Integration is about more than just integration…

Contact information

• Alan Smith, alan.smith@knowit.se

• Anders Kingstedt, anders.kingstedt@knowit.se

Thank you for listening!

Ps. Don’t miss our SOA seminar June 3 arranged by

Know IT, SAP and Microsoft. For more information

and registration – visit www.knowit.se

Comments or questions?

Q & A

The Integration Factory™

The Integration Factory™ - Offer

The Integration Factory™• Relies on a set model for integration• Is an integration ”On-stop-shop” – we

provide solutions from start to finish • Provides activity support• Facilitates customer specific Integration

Factories– we help our clients to establish their

own factories

The Integration Factory™ - Activities

Supports activities such as:• Proof-of-concept / proof-of-product• Security and access solution• Process analysis & development• Message design• Testing• Implementation av integration & enteprise patterns• Mentoring – technology, methodology and project support• Maintenance and long-term support of the integration solution

Inception Elaboration Construction Transition

The Integration Factory™ – combines Pejl and RUP

Test spec.Test prot.

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WebComponentUser Manual

Operation Manual

FunctionalDesign

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ProjectContract

K-RUP (integration)

Use Case Model

Conclusionreport

Agreement DeliveryAcceptanceThe Sales

Process

TestPlan

Inception Elaboration

Typical Integration Factory™ Artifacts

Construction Transition

SoftwareArchitectureDocument

Status-rapportStatus

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Integration Patterns

IntegrationUse Cases

Use Case Model: System Use Case

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Integration Use Case

Integrationrequirements

Operations

-Kartläggning - behovsanalys

-Processutveckling

-Verksamhetsmodellering

Design and architecture

- Meddelandespecificering

- System- och informations- design

- IT-arkitektur

Test and Quality Assurance

- Etablering av testplaner och genomförande av test

- Konfigurering, kravhantering

Mainenance

- Löpande underhåll

- Löpande utveckling och övervakning

Technology & IT infrastructure

- Orkestrering

- Konstruktion & Implementation

- Verktygsstöd (EAI-verktyg)

- Etablering av infrastruktur

Integration – General requirements