Appterra is a leading provider of B2B eCommerce solutions that simplify integration, automate business processes and enhance collaboration and visibility among your global trading partners. Our solutions allow companies with disparate enterprise systems to conduct business within their cloud based communities. Solutions are deployed as software-as-a-service (“SaaS”) model and provide a faster and more predictable ROI than traditional enterprise offerings. Appterra allows automation of key business processes across supply chains, resulting in increased efficiency, improved visibility and risk mitigation of your increasingly complex trading partner network. Our solutions and services allow your entire supply chain to Integrate, Connect, Collaborate and Coordinate. Appterra is the business ecommerce division of Summa Technology Group, Inc – an international technology services and solutions organization.

1. Connect
Communicate
Collaborate
Mitigate
Coordinate

2. The Problem:
The Last Mile
Energy companies have invested heavily in ETRM
solutions and custom ERP deployments in an attempt
to drive efficiency in to a highly margin driven industry.
These solutions generally provide excellent functionality
within the enterprise but break down as the system is
extended beyond the firewall.
The volume of transactions can be staggering and the
lack of full integration within the trading community
and markets leads to inefficiencies, poor visibility and
increased risk profile. Each of these issues can erode
thin margins and jeopardize the realization of ROI on the
entire systems deployment. In short, ETRM systems
lack The Last Mile that extends their robust capabilities.
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3. The Solution
Energy companies need a central integration hub that
connects the ETRM system (or other system of record)
to the entire trading network. Robust solutions must
Must include:
Process Multi
Formatted Data
• Ability to receive, process and submit data in any
Be Automated format (AS2, EDI, XML, Database, CSV, IDOC)
• The capability to transform Natural Gas transactions
Is Integrated
to NAESB format by pipeline and by version
Must Be Robust • The functionality to automate the submission of
transactions
• Integration to various marketplaces such as ERCOT
to request and submit data (e.g. historical usage
information)
• Robust, configurable and traceable enforcement of
business rules
• Full integration of the entire procurement process to
drive operational efficiencies. (Particularly critical for
exploration companies who have an endless stream
of repair parts orders from a complex set of vendors)
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4. The best solutions provide all of the above functionality
on a scalable, configurable and extensible platform that
can grow over time. The platform becomes a portal
for communication with marketplaces, pipelines or
other carriers and the trading partner base. It is truly
multi-enterprise and helps ensure the realization of
the benefits that the ETRM system promised in the
first place. The integration ensures accuracy and
transparency of the full range of transaction types,
improves reporting capability, improves service
levels and provides standardization within the trading
community.
Ideally, energy companies can outsource the
implementation and maintenance of the portal.
The primary benefit of outsourcing is shedding the
responsibility for trading partner integrations. The
trading partner network is dynamic – ever changing
– and the need to maintain specific integrations can
be burdensome. The best-in-class solution providers
have the alternative for a fully outsourced model that, in
essence, provides a virtual portal and platform and thus
reduces the impact on internal IT departments.
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5. Why Appterra?
Appterra is a technology solution provider that
specializes in Integration-as-a-Service in the energy
sector and also for mid-market manufacturers.
Appterra’s services are enabled by a proprietary
Fully
trading community management platform that can be
Automated integrated with any ETRM or ERP system. In short,
& Integrated Appterra provides the last mile. Appterra’s technologies
and services include:
Archivable • Integrations to any system of record
Transaction
Reporting • Full automation of the entire range of transaction
types
• Traceability and historical reporting
End to End • A single system for both procure-to-pay and bid-to-bill
Community • End-to-end trading partner community management
Management • A vendor portal module that allow for full trading
community adoption
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6. Appterra’s technology is battle tested. Current
deployments process millions of transaction annually
and integrate a vast trading community of over 4,000
participants. Appterra understands the trust associated
with implementing and managing a trading community.
We recognize that the last mile is your conduit to your
customers and therefore the lifeline of your business.
Appterra executives have deep energy industry
experience. Appterra’s CEO, COO and VP of
Development are seasoned veterans of the energy
software space and therefore understand ETRM
functionality, deployment and integration. The ability
to draw on this experience provides a unique ability to
solve the last mile problem for energy companies.
To learn more about how Appterra can create your Last
Mile, please visit us at www.Appterra.com.
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7. www.appterra.com
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