White Paper: Accelerating Time to Market with Demand Scheduling Execution and EDI Integration
Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and Trubiquity: Accelerating Time to Market with Demand Scheduling Execution and EDI Integration
As the automotive industry continues to reach across international trading networks and penetrate emerging global markets, it must continually redefine its value propositions to meet ever-changing customer requirements. Because of this, the demand for fast and accurate information is critical and the need for a global EDI solution has never been stronger.
While technologies such as XML and Web services promise fast and cost-effective communications between systems and organizations, it is EDI that the vast majority of Automotive OEM's and suppliers use today and have used since the 1960's.
To this end, Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and its partner of eight years, Trubiquity (formerly Trinary), have intensified their relationship to provide to JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Demand Scheduling Execution [DSE] customers an "integrated", cost-effective, scalable EDI solution.
Accelerate Time to Market
To stay competitive in today's global marketplace, automakers are continuously looking for ways to improve their bottom line by reducing costs and increasing efficiency throughout their supply chain. To achieve this objective, an "easy to use", scalable framework to manage EDI requirements is essential. Due to the frequent changes of EDI requirements, suppliers are continuously tasked with altering their EDI environment in order to remain compliant with customer mandates. Requests made by a customer can range from a small mapping change or "tweak" to a change in communication protocol requirements or mapping standard. Whether it is a new mandate or a change to an existing requirement, the impact on a supplier can be significant. In a "Traditional" EDI environment, a supplier needs both the personnel and the financial resources to manage the following:
- Daily EDI Activities
- Trading Partner Management: Setup, Requests, and Certifications
- Communication Bandwidth and Expertise
- Communication Expense (ANX, VAN $$, etc)
- Translator Software Expertise for Mapping of raw EDI into required integration format and Compliance Issues
- Integration Data Mapping
- Database and Server: Purchase and Management
- Software and Hardware Upgrades
- Continued Training
- Annual Maintenance and Licensing fee's
The taxing impact of "Traditional" EDI on a companies resources and the constant scramble to stay compliant with current customer mandates leaves suppliers little time to keep up with new technologies and less time to bring on "new" customers/suppliers.
The Oracle/ Trubiquity EDI model is an outsourced solution that allows for cost effective, rapid EDI deployment and the seamless integration of data into the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne DSE module. By outsourcing your EDI using the TRUedx solution, automakers can focus on manufacturing vehicles and equipment while Oracle and Trubiquity ensure fast and accurate information at an affordable price.
Specifically, the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne DSE with the use of the TRUedx solution allows suppliers to reduce costs through improved customer and supplier collaboration, increase revenue through OEM business process compliance and on time delivery performance, while at the same time reduces the costs of ownership by using a single toolset, code base and the most robust EDI functionality available.
Respond Rapidly to Demand
With Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Demand Scheduling Execution (DSE) capabilities and the global scalability of Trubiquity's TRUedx solution, automotive suppliers can significantly improve their responsiveness to the constantly shifting requirements of OEMs and the technological limitations of other partners. The collaboration of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne DSE and Trubiquity's TRUedx increases visibility and efficiency across the extended automotive supply chain. In fact, TRUedx provides automotive suppliers a constant connection to a "state of the art" data center, a "user friendly" Web interface to monitor and reconcile all transaction activity, and a variety of communication portals through which connections can be made with any partner, anywhere, any time and in any format. TRUedx was intentionally developed with the look and feel of Microsoft Outlook due to its global recognition and all menu selections are configurable by individual end user.
Once connected to TRUedx, suppliers are able to send and receive EDI data to both EDI enabled trading partners and "non-EDI" enabled suppliers. TRUedx supports the import and export of all EDI documents supported by JD Edwards EnterpriseOne DSE gateway including but not limited to 830's, 850's, 862's, 810's, 856's, etc. Inbound data is received, compliance checked, data is translated into the required JD Edwards EnterpriseOne DSE format, corresponding acknowledgments are sent, and the translated data is delivered to your doorstep. Users have the ability to view and track data throughout the entire import process. They also have the ability to filter "their" respective inbound data by Date, Document Type, Partner, or "Group".
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne DSE automates the import of the formatted data and interprets OEM demand through to cash applications. This integrated approach gives a clear picture of cumulative and/or net demand, allows for the immediate recognition of the impact fluctuations in demand create across the many departments within an organization, and ensures the integrity and accuracy of not only imported data that would be compromised if entered manually, but also the integrity of data on outbound ASN's and invoices. Data is then exported to TRUedx in order to be translated and compliance checked based on OEM requirements. End users have the ability to track the progress of the transaction by viewing the transactions in the sent box. They also have the ability to filter "their" respective data by Date, Document Type, Partner, or "Group", Status, and Accept Code.
Tailor Inbound Demand Calculations
Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Demand Scheduling Execution increases flexibility to define demand calculations that conform to OEM mandates while allowing suppliers to consolidate demand across different customers and products. Suppliers can spotlight historical trends in demand and also determine whether demand is beyond established tolerance levels. When the demand shown in a new schedule exceeds or falls short of the demand shown in the old schedule by more than the defined tolerance, the system automatically alerts the authorized user.
Increase Scheduling Accuracy
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Demand Scheduling Execution feeds information directly to your planning and sales order management processes. The system automatically determines whether the inbound demand reflects firm demand, transportation sequenced demand or planned demand. Firm demand and transportation-sequenced demand translates immediately into sales orders that document shipped quantities, date, and time. Transportation sequenced demand takes it one step further and ensures the shipment of goods will enter the customer's material handling process in your customer specified order (i.e. job number, sequence number). Planned demand quantities are factored into a forecast, allowing suppliers to spread demand to optimize inventory and service levels.
Improve Reporting and Visibility
The ability to manage information is just as important to a successful OEM-supplier relationship as timely delivery and quality shipments. The Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne DSE and Trubiquity solution provides this on two levels. TRUedx offers end users a straightforward, userdefined dashboard that provides "real-time" access and visibility into daily EDI activity. They also have the ability to view data in its original format (X12, EDIFACT, etc), translated format, or in an easy to read report format.
In addition, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Demand Scheduling Execution streamlines access to information on inbound demand, shipment status, and all releases against a contract. Suppliers can quickly and easily generate advanced ship notices (ASN) to inform customers of contents and packing details of upcoming shipments.
Manage Performance
TRUedx provides 24x7 support and continuous monitoring of all EDI activity (communication, data movement). Inherent to the TRUedx solution is an alert notification system that provides instant notification of events and/or non-events based on customers pre-defined business requirements. These alerts enable suppliers to respond to customers quickly and accurately. With the Oracle and Trubiquity solution, suppliers will receive "real-time" notification by email, page or desktop banner — all of which can be activated by self-defined parameters — increasing control, user efficiency and insuring OEM compliance.
Strengthen OEM and Supplier Relationships
Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and Trubiquity's EDI solution also provides suppliers with the ability to leverage their current investment and maximize their ROI by offering EDI to their non-EDI enabled trading community. By providing non-EDI enabled suppliers an easy-to-use browser based solution, downstream suppliers can begin trading quickly and effectively. During the supplier on-boarding process, customers are provided a centralized repository with information pertaining to their suppliers including technological capabilities, contacts, communication logs, follow-up tasks, and status. This centralized repository allows all functional areas within an organization to view the same information instead of everyone maintaining their own spreadsheet or database.
Conclusion
As world leaders in B2B integration technology and automotive industry-specific applications, Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and Trubiquity offer OEMs and suppliers with a unique combination of standards-based tools for global collaboration and seamless integration for EDI and Demand Scheduling Execution— enabling automakers to accelerate time to market while ensuring quality, compliance management and cost containment.
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