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Webinar:

Adeptia – the tool that makes BPM


easy and cost effective

Speakers:
Frank Arts, Managing Director, Enable-U
Deepak Singh, CTO, Adeptia

Sponsored by:
Webinar Guidelines

Š All participants will be automatically muted during the webinar

Š During the webinar, you can type your questions via the “Question and
Answer“ tab. You can pick who you would like to answer your question

Š Question and Answer session will follow after the presentation and demo

Š After the presentation the moderator will direct your written questions to the
appropriate panelist for their answer

Š The presentation and responses to unanswered questions will be available


on the Adeptia website after the webinar (www.adeptia.com)

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Adeptia: The Company

„ Adeptia, Headquartered in Chicago USA,


R&D facility in India
„ Business Process Management Software
„ Easy to implement BPM Product
„ Powerful integration and workflow included

„ Integration Software
„ Graphical approach; minimizes need for coding
„ Open, standards compliant; Supports Services
Oriented Architecture initiatives
„ Enables Straight Through Processing

„ Technology and products recognized by


analysts
„ Extensive Integration and BPM domain
experience

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Enable-U Introduction

Š Master Distributor for Adeptia in Europe

Š ‘Enable You to realize the benefits of SOA’

Š 12 years of experience in BPM, EAI and SOA

Š Partner network throughout Europe

Š Focus on pragmatic use of innovative solutions

Š Success through customer satisfaction

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Agenda

Š Introductions
„ Adeptia
„ Enable-U

Š Discuss how business results are enabled by BPM Software with three keys
to success:
„ Fast
„ Easy
„ Flexible

Š Live demonstration of Adeptia BPM software

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Benefits of BPM

Š Create operational efficiency through process improvement


Š Implement new business solutions faster
Š Improve quality by reducing errors and better control
Š Reduce cost of development and changes; simplify maintenance
Š Capture knowledge
Š Ability to monitor and improve processes to insure efficiency and operational
excellence

Internet Trading Partners

Exchange Trading Partners

Exchange Trading Partners


SOAP
EDIINT
HTTP
HTTPS
FTP/S
SMTP
ebXML
RNIF
VAN Trading Partners
VAN
Fax

VAN Non--Sophisticated Trading Partners


Non

Non--Sophisticated Trading Partners


Non

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Adeptia Enterprise Service Platform

Standards-based business infrastructure for seamlessly connecting


and managing business partner communications and processes

Adeptia

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Create new customer
Process Order
Process Payment
Process new address
Open account
Close account
Bill customer
Create yearly overview
Activate new product
New employee
Salary payment
Update Salary
Update currencies
Update pricing
Confirm Payment
Create the Building Blocks

Prepare Shipment
Check Order Status
Enter new employee
Poll FTP location for Orders
Poll email for Orders
Choose Magazines for employee
Ship to distributor
Sync DB1 and DB2
Get customer info
Get payment details
Process PIN transaction
Process withdrawal
Transfer account
Hire Kees Neven

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Complete Business Infrastructure

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Enterprise-Level Process Management

Š Exists outside of applications as a ‘super-


process manager’
Š Spans heterogeneous systems, physical
geographies and time zones
Š Scales as business needs dictate with no
single point of failure
Š Extracts value and extend ROI from
enterprise application (CRM, ERP)
investments
Š Improves business efficiencies
Š Provides unparalleled visibility and control to
processes across the enterprise

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Process Definition and Design

Š Sophisticated yet easy-to-use


graphical design environment
Š Business requirements drive
technical implementations through
abstraction concepts
Š Reusable process models ensure
extensibility and flexibility
Š Codeless approach ensures
shorter development cycles and
time-to-market
Š Documented processes enable
better collaboration
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Near-Zero Integration

Š Enables direct access to any information served


up through integration platform
Š Overcomes the classic “integration” barrier for
process applications
Š Delivers the right information to the right
participant at the right time
Š Maximum enterprise efficiency
„ Relevant information access in context, is essential for
benefits realization
„ Cross-functional integration is essential for optimal
effectiveness

Š Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for a non-


integrated solution is prohibitive

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Integrating People with Processes

Š User involvement is critical to


successful business processes

Š Bridge the gaps in your business


„ Provide experts with the right
information when needed

Š Involvement of the right people at the


right point in a business process can:
„ Improve decision making capabilities
„ Prevent technical and functional
exceptions

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Graphical Mapping and Transformation

Any-to-any Transformation
Š Translation and mapping to and from
all document formats
Š Out-of-the-box libraries of
pre-built transformation services
Š Configure custom integration logic
Š Graphical user interface to build your
services, with drag & drop mapping
and transformers Graphical Interface for integration logic
Š Graphical debugging & testing Drag and drop segment mapping
Š Protect your investment by Step and trace design-time debugging
reusing maps and business logic

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Connect the systems and partners

EDI, XML, Other files


with your trading partners

SQL Single Integration

Databases
Adeptia
Integrate
Wireless Once
Communication

Web Services
FTP
Custom Applications

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Adeptia Implementation at DKL

Adeptia Integration Server Cargo


Customer Notes /
Type A Email Transport
Notification to Details
XML out
of web
Customer
entry

FTP
Customer XML or DKL
Specific EDI AS400
Order
System
Adeptia
Logistics
Automatic
Partner Processing System
Type B (Transformation,
Exception Handling) Standard
Email
Excel
De Klok
sheet Logistics
Suppliers format
Invoices
Type C

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How does BPM enable business results?

Š Business results are enabled as a result of 3 key capabilities


FAST – Time is more than money - Time Based Competition*
z Speed of deployment
z Speed of business execution
z Speed of STP
EASY
z Collaboration between business and IT
z Minimize custom coding
z Ease of business and IT execution
FLEXIBLE
z Design for re-use vs. re-do
z SOA platform for growth
z Pay for needs now vs. the future

* Boston Consulting Group, 2007, downloaded October 25, 2007 from


http://www.bcg.com/this_is_bcg/mission/time_based_competition.html

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Adeptia BPM Product Demonstration

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Adeptia: Combines Process Workflow and Integration

+ +
Services
Execution Engine
Repository
Design Studio

Process Management Data Integration

• Design process flows • Access and send data to any apps


• Define business and process rules • Handle many different data formats
• Assign Review, Approval or • Process bulk-data by applying
exceptions handling steps as workflow validation and mapping rules
tasks to business users

Process-centric, SOA-based approach

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Using Adeptia: 3 Simple Steps

1 2 3
DESIGN CONFIGURE DEPLOY

• Create / modify process flows • Configure connections • Flows & Services are in server repository

• Define business rules • Configure data schemas • Create a real time or batch-mode trigger

• Define exception & error handling • Configure data mapping rules • Attach trigger to process flow & activate

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Adeptia Demonstration

Š Business Analysts designing a


Process
„ Creating a business process and
specifying rules
„ Simulation of process

Š Developers automating process


and creating integration touch-
points
„ Data dictionary and schema
„ Data Mapping

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Discussion

Questions and Answers

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Why makes Adeptia attractive?

„ Cost savings
z Low license costs; no hidden costs
z Services of high quality at low cost available
z Easy to learn and use

„ Shorter ‘time to profit’


z Lower investment
z Quicker and more efficient development of processes
and integrations

„ No Risk
z Proven technology
z Excellent support
z Guaranteed solutions
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THANK YOU

Please contact Adeptia to schedule a personalized demonstration of


Adeptia technology.

Adeptia offers a free consultation for current or upcoming integration


projects.

Email: frank.arts@adeptia.com or sales@adeptia.com

Phone: +31 6 5148 6537

www.adeptia.com

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