An Introduction to Cloud Computing - Part3: How the Cloud Helps to Simplify B2B Integration
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This presentation provides an introduction to the area of cloud computing. This presentation is split into three sections, of which this is the third part. This third part introduces the concept of the cloud service broker and how in general terms the cloud helps to simplify B2B integration projects. If you download the presentation you will find that each slide has notes to help you get a better understanding of the content. Updated April 2013
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An Introduction to Cloud Computing - Part3: How the Cloud Helps to Simplify B2B Integration
- 1. An Introduction to Cloud Computing - Part 3 - How the Cloud Simplifies B2B Integration Mark Morley, Industry Marketing Director
- 2. Slide 2 | © 2013 GXS, Inc. Cloud Service Brokerage “The future of cloud computing will be permeated with the notion of brokers negotiating relationships between providers of cloud services and the service customers”
- 3. Slide 3 | © 2013 GXS, Inc. GXS Trading Grid® Provides a Single Integration Point Into Your Enterprise Plant 1 HQ Plant 2
- 4. Slide 4 | © 2013 GXS, Inc. B2B Operations •Automation •Validation •Visibility & Control Line of Business •Demand & Sales •Shipments •Payments Web Portal Bulk Files XML EDI IDOC SWIFT TIFF PRODUCT DESIGN INVENTORY POSIITION POINT-OF-SALE SHIP NOTICE & STATUS INVOICES & FACTORING PAYMENTS & BANK REPORTING WARRANTY CLAIMS CONTRACT MANUFACTURERS SUPPLIERS DISTRIBUTORS CUSTOMERS CARRIERS & 3PLS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INSURERS GXS Trading Grid® Improves Global Information Flows
- 5. Slide 5 | © 2013 GXS, Inc. B2B Operations Automation Validation Visibility & Control Line of Business Sourcing & Procurement Supply Chain Compliance Corporate Partner Mgmt. Your People Community Information Management On-boarding & Self-service Registration Workflow Collaborative Dispute & Issue Management Unified Communications Compliance, CSR & Risk Relationship & Performance Your Enterprise Systems CONTRACT MANUFACTURERS SUPPLIERS DISTRIBUTORS CUSTOMERS CARRIERS & 3PLS INSURERS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS GXS Trading Grid® Improves Human Interaction and Results
- 6. Slide 6 | © 2013 GXS, Inc. Cloud B2B Services Accelerating Market Size 3-year CAGR $714M $750M -7% 6% $1,289M 20% MFT as a Service Cloud Services Brokerage Embedded Integration <$100M 8% $140M 364% $197M 11% 2011 MillionsofDollars B2B Gateway Software B2B Messaging B2B Managed Services 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 2011 2012 2013 8% CAGR 23% CAGR Slide 6 | © 2013 GXS, Inc.
- 7. Slide 7 | © 2013 GXS, Inc. Business Context •Ability to Introspect and Breakdown Messages in to Structured Objects •Pre-defined document standards •Business user interfaces Process Orchestration •Manages end-to-end information flow with conditions and visibility, and coordinates access to shared services •Tailored Visibility Data Enrichment •Compute services for transformation •Operational Business Rules and Data Quality •Extensive libraries Identity and Control •Pre-wired integration pairs •Global B2B semantics repository The Cloud Provides IT with Rapid Access to Built-In Expertise and Capabilities
- 8. Slide 8 | © 2013 GXS, Inc. Offers Scalability & Flexibility • B2B environments can be expanded or contracted depending on the needs of the business • Allows new B2B functionality to be deployed very quickly from a central location • Global nature of cloud based B2B environments allows remote plants or offices to be brought online with ease
- 9. Slide 9 | © 2013 GXS, Inc. Simplifies Connectivity • The cloud offers any-to-any mediation between different B2B communication or document standards • Modern and legacy standards can be utilised within the cloud • Regional standards can be embraced within the cloud, thus providing seamless connectivity anywhere in the world
- 10. Slide 10 | © 2013 GXS, Inc. Provides End-to-End Visibility • Cloud based B2B environments provide end-to-end visibility of global business transactions • Provides a single view of B2B transactions flowing between global trading partners • Customer shipments can be monitored seamlessly across multi-modal logistics networks and border control agencies
- 11. Slide 11 | © 2013 GXS, Inc. Improves Trading Partner Collaboration • All trading partners can be connected to the cloud with ease using a mix of quick to deploy, simple to use web tools • The cloud removes the collaboration barriers between trading partners in developed and emerging markets • All trading partners using the cloud environment can be administered through a central contact database
- 12. Slide 12 | © 2013 GXS, Inc. Simplifies Integration to Business Systems
- 13. Slide 13 | © 2013 GXS, Inc. Thank You Phones US: 1-800-334-2255, option 3 EMEA: +44 (0) 1932 776047 GXS web sites US: www.gxs.com EMEA: www.gxs.eu
Editor's Notes
- Hello and welcome to this video presentation hosted by GXS, my name is Mark Morley, Industry Marketing Director.Over the next few minutes I would like to take you through a short presentation which introduces some of the concepts behind cloud computing. This presentation is the third of a three part video presentation and discusses how the cloud helps to simplify B2B integration.So let me begin this presentation by introducing the concept of the Cloud Service Brokerage.
- The introduction of different layers of the cloud combined with the different types of cloud such as private and community, means that it is becoming important to think about how these different cloud based services will be integrated together.The analyst firm Gartner introduced a concept known as Cloud Service Brokerage to help articulate how the different cloud services, enterprise IT systems and cloud consumers or users need to be connected to a centralised broker to ensure that communications within the cloud are routed to the correct location. Now by routed to the correct location I mean that information is passed to the correct trading partner or business application. I suppose you could consider the CSB to be a form of black box with information going in one side, being processed and then being delivered to the correct user or business system.
- In GXS terms, trading partners are connected to GXS Trading Grid, the world’s largest integration cloud platform. This truly global platform helps companies trade with both large and small trading partners anywhere in the world. GXS Trading Grid essentially looks after the B2B transactions or data that flows between companies and it doesn’t matter what format the data is in as GXS can mediate between any communication or document format.However in today’s global economy it is no longer acceptable to just focus on the B2B transactions between trading partners, the globally diverse nature of today’s trading partner community means that it is more important than ever before to manage person to person relationships as well.
- GXS Active Community provides a new way of managing trading partner communities. It allows you to seamlessly manage the relationships with a group of trading partners. By retaining all of your trading partners’ contact details in a central location it means that you can simplify the way in which you manage the relationships and day to day communications with your trading partner community.GXS Active Community allows procurement teams to simplify the human aspect of B2B integration, minimizing supplier compliance risk and improving supplier time-to-market by 60 percent. GXS Active Community can help manufacturers by:Ensuring that a trading partner community adheres to your company’s Corporate Social Responsibility charterEnsures that correct sourcing decisions are made by using a comprehensive online mix of multimedia, documentation and marketing related informationIdentify alternative suppliers quickly in order to minimize supply chain disruption and therefore enhance customer satisfaction levelsImprove supplier collaboration which in turn helps to foster product innovation and provide a significant competitive advantage in the market
- This slide helps to illustrate how the cloud service brokerage space is likely to grow over the next few years, seeing nearly a 400% growth by 2013. This exponential growth in the market has led to a number of acquisitions in the B2B integration space over the past 12 months with IBM acquiring Sterling Commerce, Dell acquiring Boomi and more recently SAP acquiring Crossgate.
- So what does the cloud provide from a B2B perspective?From a business perspective it allows companies to deliver a standard set of tools for use by users across the extended enterprise and it allows them to utilise a series of pre-defined document standards.From a process orchestration point of view it allows you to improve information flow which in turn provides greater visibility into cross application transactionsData flowing through the cloud integration environment can be introspected to check for data quality and ensure that business documents comply with certain business standards before entering an ERP environmentFinally as all users would be entering the cloud through a single environment, it means that authentication and security procedures can be standardised across the entire business
- So from a B2B integration point of view the cloud :Offers scalability and flexibility – B2B environments can be expanded or contracted depending on the needs of the businessAllows new B2B functionality to be deployed very quickly from a central locationGlobal nature of cloud based B2B environments allows remote plants or offices to be brought online with ease
- The cloud also helps to Simplify ConnectivityThe cloud offers any-to-any mediation between different B2B communication or document standardsModern and legacy standards can be utilised within the cloudRegional standards can be embraced within the cloud, thus providing seamless connectivity anywhere in the world
- The cloud also provides true end-to-end visibilityCloud based B2B environments provide end-to-end visibility of global business transactionsProvides a single view of B2B transactions flowing between global trading partnersCustomer shipments can be monitored seamlessly across multi-modal logistics networks and border control agencies
- The cloud helps to improve Trading Partner CollaborationAll trading partners can be connected to the cloud with ease using a mix of quick to deploy, simple to use web toolsThe cloud removes the collaboration barriers between trading partners in developed and emerging marketsAll trading partners using the cloud environment can be administered through a central contact database
- Finally the cloud helps to simplify integration to business systemsIntegration to numerous business systems takes place through a single cloud environmentThe quality of data entering ERP or other business systems can be proactively monitored via the cloudNumerous implementation templates and best practices from previous integration projects can be delivered through the cloud