Taking Advantage of Oracle’s B2B Document Exchange Can be Daunting
DCS Has the Answers!
The recent releases of Oracle products such as E-Business Suite™ R12 and EnterpriseOne™ are examples of excellence in business-to-business document exchange. Each has an EDI/e-commerce gateway that properly manages complex documents. This complexity derives from different formats of business documents exchanged. Consider the inbound customer Purchase Order (Sales Order). For example, Target Stores for example has these formats:
- Ship-to Distribution Center
- Ship-to D.C. and “cross-dock” for stores
- Ship-to Store
- Ship-to Home
Each type of P.O. must be properly configured or many issues can be encountered.
This complexity is daunting and leads to the desire to create a custom import/export. The fact is that Oracle’s business-to-business document exchange relies upon gateways that are mature, reliable, and economical.
Most B2B is heavily EDI – the solid X12 Transaction Sets such as the 850 P.O. But there are some GS1US standardized tag XML documents such as RosettaNet’s PIPs. DCS can help you master this complexity. We have extensive experience with your key customers’ EDI and AS2 requirements as well as Oracle’s four business suites:
Set-up is quicker and more economical when you take advantage of DCS specialists’ knowledge of Oracle products and the EDI process. Plus on-going improvements are easier because we are there to assist you when you need it. Let DCS help you with your transaction sets and other EDI needs. Ask us for your FREE assessment.
DCS can also help you determine if you should integrate with your existing EDI system or help you select one. We setup integration to leading EDI systems including:
- Sterling Commerce Gentran:Server™ and Sterling Integrator™ or SI (formerly GIS)
- GXS’ Inovis TrustedLink™, BizManager™, and Application Integrator™
- Edifec’s XEngine™
- SEEBURGER
- Altova Enterprise™
- TIE KINETIX eVision™
- and several other EDI and AS2 systems.
Oracle Challenge
The challenge with integrating with Oracle Application’s EDI/E-C Gateway is activating the several dozen correct fields among the hundreds available for each document and direction. The interface structure can be complex and difficult to tackle. At DCS we work with the three components of reliable and economical EDI:
- The Oracle gateway
- Your existing EDI system
- Secure Internet data transmission (AS2, FTPS, https, etc.)
Contact DCS today. We’re ready to assist you with all your EDI and Oracle challenges!
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is the computer-to-computer exchange of routine business documents such as Purchase Orders, Shipment Notices, Invoices, and Remittance Advices without human intervention. Data moves from your customer’s computer system – through the Internet securely – to your computer system.