How to improve your corporate performance by Integrating your Business Partners ?

ABCAL – October 10th 2013

How to improve your corporate performance by Integrating your Business Partners ?

Agenda

• Concept & objectives• In the practice : How to …• Cases• Your project: Steps & Business Case

B2B Integration

B2B Integration is the activity of automating the exchange of data and documents between companies, so that they flow automatically from one company’s IT

system to another’s.

A priority …

Performance Improvement

• Integration with your Partners Saves Time• Integration with your Partners Reduces the

number of Errors (quality)• Integration with your Partners Reduces Cost

Agenda

• Concept & Objectives• In the practice : How to …• Cases• Your project: 5 Steps & Business Case

Our business is B2B IntegrationAutomated transfer and translation of B2B data

exchanges

www.babelway.com

Babelway

“Any-to-any” connectivity

Any format

Any communication

protocol

“Any-to-any” connectivity

Application connectors

“Any-to-any” connectivity

Company connectors

Agenda

• Concept & Objectives• In the practice : How to …• Cases• Your project: 5 Steps & Business Case

Cases

• Providers Integration: Wabco, Compass, Armonea, Delfood, Cora, Poils et Plumes …

• Others : E-invoicing (Certech, AlterJob …), Exchange of information with the belgian customs (St Feuillien), Echange of financial information (funds) between Banks …

B2B Integration @ Wabco

• Volumes– 750 Partners– 2M messages / year

• Providers Clients– Delivery Forecasts - Orders / Rush orders – Orders + Acknowledgement - Shipment Notifications– Shipment Notifications - Invoices– Invoices– Credit Memo

Agenda

• Concept & Objectives• In the practice : How to …• Cases• Your project: 5 Steps & Business Case

Demo case

Demo case

Demo case : Log in www.babelway.net

Demo case

Demo case: Step 1/2 - Gateways

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Demo case: Step 1/2 - Gateways

Demo case: Step 1/2 - Gateways

Demo case: Step 1/2 - Gateways

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Demo case: Step 1/2 - Gateways

Demo case: Step 1/2 - Gateways

Demo case: Step 3/4 – Message Def.

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Demo case: Step 3/4 – Message Def.

Demo case: Step 3/4 – Message Def.

Invoice XML from Provider

Demo case: Step 3/4 – Message Def.

Demo case: Step 3/4 – Message Def.

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Demo case: Step 3/4 – Message Def.

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Demo case: Step 3/4 – Message Def.

Demo case: Step 5 – Transform

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Demo case: Step 5 – Transform

Invoice reception

Business Case (1/2)

Reasons (examples): Reception Invoice.• Large number of invoices or Invoice with multiple lines (time /cost)• Request of provider • Multiple portals of our providers. Easy for them. Not for us.• Issues with the paper process (errors, lost, poor scalability, ...)• …

Business Option• Act: Electronic and Automatic exchange of Documents• Do nothing

Expected Benefits• Improved performance and scalability.• Better visibility. Improved Finance management

Business Case (2/2)

TimescaleI. Evaluation of the needs (business case).II. Choice of the solution for B2B Integration.III. Agreement on the format and protocol.IV. Technical deploymentV. Mesure, Optimize, Scale up.

Costs• Subscription: as from 59 EUR per month for the Integration Platform. Prices

available on www.babelway.com• Project (external or internal) : average 1 day per flow / client

B2B Integration

• Integration is part of the solution to reach operational excellence.

• No heavy investment. No Big bang. Not reserved to large companies ...

You can start with PoC / Quick wins.• Think big, start small, scale fast!

Babelway

• Easy to learn• Integrate with any business partner• No Software, Full Control• Quick to implement• Affordable

Thank you

www.babelway.cominfo@babelway.com+32 10 390013

Benjamin Coumontbenjamin.coumont@babelway.com