BPM and SOA for CA Plex

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CA Plex

Makes SOA Easy

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Andreas Balsiger

Soreco AG

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About the Speaker

> Andreas BalsigerSales Representative Soreco AG

> Switzerland/Europe

> 31 years

> Bachelor in Business IT

> Experiences in BPM, SOA and System Integration

> 3 years Soreco

2 September 23-25, 2009 Copyright © 2009 CA. All rights reserved.



Abstract

> Soreco, one of the leading Swiss software companies with customers in over 30% of the top 500 regional companies, are one of Europe’s largest users of CA Plex.

> Start using Synon 2E (CA 2E) more than 20 years ago, Soreco still maintains and supports 2E installations at a big customer range. There is no need to change this reliable application.

> Many companies have migrated software products over the past several years towards SOA. During this process, Soreco has made it possible to use its own BPM engine as an orchestration layer for services.




Agenda

> Some Words About Us

> Soreco and CA Plex/2E

> Why CA Plex/2E makes SOA easy

> Example of a multiple system integration

> Demo Xpert.APF (Accounts Payable Flow)

> Summary




Soreco AG


Headquarters:Schwerzenbach/ZH

Branches in:Berne, Basel, Basel,

Zug, Lenzburg

Soreco International:Munich, Vienna

More than 2’500 installedSolutions

Public Sector, FinancialSector (Bank, Insurance)

Production Sector, Trade Sector

Soreco develops standardsoftware & is a leader in

process solutions.

ADC Austin Tech as our strong partner within

the USA

Soreco AG:130 employees

together with more than30 partners:

>300 employees

Software Solutions for:

BPMHRM

FIN / CTLECM

Processes

Software DevelopmentSoftware SupportProcess Analysis

Project LeadProject Implementation

OutsourcingSoreco Academy

Founded in 1988Spin off out of

Walter Rentsch Holding Canon and IBM.

( Software Labs of IBM)

Now owned by the management

(no external financing)



Soreco and CA Plex/2E

1999 and 2009



Soreco 1999


> ERP Solution developed with Synon 2E (today CA 2E)

> Cross-industry solutions (HR, Finance, DMS)

> 1500+ installations in all industries

> Need for re-development

> Decision to adopt CA Plex

Client Server Database

WinC NTServer/WinCRPG/400

MS SQL ServerDB2/400



Soreco 2009


BusinessProcess

Management

Xpert.ivy

Service Oriented

Architecture

CA PLEX

Two Main Concepts



Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)

How We Get It Done



The Way to SOA


ERP

CRM

DMS

SCM

> Modularization of Services

> Recombination of Services towards a new solution



Business Process Management (BPM)using Xpert.ivy

Why SOA Is Easy with CA Plex/2E



Dynamic vs. Fix Environment


DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT

PROCESSES

APPLICATION- AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

MARKET, COMPETITOR, CUSTOMERS, LAW ETC.

IVY

FIX,STABLE

FLEXIBILITY

DYNAMIC,CHANGEABLE



Independent Workflow


ERP DMS CRM

Integrated Workflow

ERP DMS CRM

Independent Workflow



Collaboration of BPM and SOA




RIA – Rich Internet Application


RICHNESS

REA

CHN

ESS

5250/DOS WINDOWS

RIAHTML



The IT Architecture of Today


DATABASES

CORESYSTEMS

ELEMENTARYSERVICES

SHORT RUN PROCESSES

BUSINESS PROCESSES

PRESENTATION

SQL

ERP CRM DMS FIN

WEB RIA MOB WS

JAVA/.NET

WEB SERVICES

ORCHESTRATION

XPDL

JAVA, HTML, …

CA

Ple

x/

2E

Xp

ert

.ivy



Example:Accounts Payable Flow

A Typical Process in Your Daily Business



Manually Invoice Handling


INBOX INVOICE

CONTROL

APPROVAL POSTING



Embedded Workflow


INVOICE

CONTROL

APPROVALRECEIPT AND

SCANNING

POSTING

ArchivePlex/2E Financial



Independent Workflow | Accounts Payable Flow


INVOICE

CONTROL

APPROVALRECEIPT AND

SCANNING

POSTING

ArchivePlex/2E Financial



Cost of an invoice


15.00 to 25.00 Swiss Francs each invoice

Less than 1.20 each e-invoice

*Source: PWC

Invoice Recipient

Scanning, Data Entry

Manual Handling

Electronical

Paper



Cost of an invoice


Cost of each invoice

Paper

15.00

Example with 100‘000 invoices

Costs:USD 1‘500‘000

8.00

Paper,Scanning,Workflow

USD 700‘000

4.00

Paper,Scanning,Workflow, e-invoice

100%e-invoice

1.20

Reduction using Xpert.APF

USD 1’100‘000

USD 1’380 ‘000

Possible savings each year



Your Advantages using Process Management


> Reduction of costs

> Time savings

> Quality improvement

> Reduction of complexity

> Security

> Traceability

Return on Investment (ROI) = 12 Months



Demo

Accounts Payable Flow



BPM with Xpert.ivy


> Business Process in main focus

> Handles connections to core systems (CA Plex/2E)

> Easy implementation of SOA applications

> Flexibility in GUIs: HTML (froms, tables, charts etc)

Rich Internet Application (desktop functionalities)

Web Client screens (generated through other systems)

> Zero-Installation



Summary



Summary


SOA and Processes – The next big wave

> CA Plex/2E is very powerful for building services (SOA)

> Protection of your investment

> Easily combined with a Business Process Management



Questions & Answers

Thank You!

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BPM and SOA for CA Plex