Building agile Business to Business Integration Solutions

NameTitleMicrosoft Corporation

EDI Specialists: Company Overview

• Privately held EDI/ IT staffing & workforce solutions provider since 1994

• Corporate headquarters in Massachusetts

• Satellite offices in GA, ME, NC and TX

• Clients range from SMBs to Global 2000

• Ranked on the Staffing Industry Analyst list of Fastest-Growing Staffing

Companies 2009

• Five year growth average of 32%

• Core Values: Integrity, Teamwork, Innovation, Work Ethic &

Accountability

EDI Specialists, Inc. and Key IT (a division of EDI Specialists) help companies achieve a competitive edge and maximize their workforces by focusing on:

• Contract staff augmentation• Direct hire placement• Customized workforce solutions

We are excited about expanding our relationship. We are confident in our:

• Technical competencies• Strategic recruiting process• Customized service model

These strengths - coupled with a strong work ethic - allow us to service our clients at a high level.

Our Services

Core Competencies

Strengths:

• ERP Resources (SAP/ Oracle)• Software & Web Development (.NET)• Database Administration• Program & Project Management• Business & Systems Analysis• Network & Technical Support• Quality Assurance

Strengths:

• EDI & eCommerce Consulting • EAI Consulting• HIPAA• BizTalk Practice• Sterling GIS/ SI Practice• EDI Audit and Risk Assessment

A New Partnership

• We are now adding a third line of expertise to our core competencies, through a partnership between EDI Specialists and Activ Technologies.

About Activ Technologies…..

• Microsoft Gold Certified Integration Partner• Microsoft Duet Partner• Core BizTalk partner• Member-Microsoft SAP Alliance team• Member Microsoft Partner Advisory Council

Specializing in: − EDI− Enterprise Application integration (EAI)− Supply Chain Collaboration (B2B)− Supplier Visibility

Business to Business CollaborationBrand Owne

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Regional Sales

Supplier Supplie

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Manufacturer

Distributor

Retailer

Logistic

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Track and Trace

e-Commerce and e-Commerce Hubs

Supply Chain Execution Including Transportation & Warehousing

Sales & Operations Supply Chain

Collaboration

Logistics

Essential Support Processes

VAN (Private Network) Costs

Challenges Today

One Partner – One Map – One Process

Provide Business Agility

Efficient Management and Governance

Multiple Integration Models within an Enterprise

Challenges Today

VAN (Private Network) Costs

E-COMMERCE

CRM

HR

ERP

Does VAN provide the same value? *Current Economic Situation

Duplicated VAN functions.

*Different trading partners requiring trade in different ways.

Monthly FeeInterconnect Charges

* Strain over trading partner relationships

Challenges Today

One Partner – One Map – One Process – Sounds Simple?

100 Partners – 100 Maps – 100 Processes

Harder maintenance, management and change

Simple change affects hundreds of maps or processes

Challenges Today

Provide Business Agility

Business requirements change often.

Organizations are sometimes afraid to touch existing platform because "it works".

Organizations need to modify business processes to gain efficiencies and save costs.

Partners with unique requirements need to be on-boarded quickly.

Manufacture

Support

Manage

Assemble

Challenges Today

Efficient Management and Governance

Legacy platforms often require highly qualified technical resources to triage errors.

It often takes hours before someone even looks at an issue.

Solutions often involve document resends or manual fixes.

Service Level Agreements are often not even tracked.

Challenges Today

Multiple Integration Models within an Enterprise

Point-to-PointUnmanaged / Decentralized

Suitable for small environments

Hub and SpokeManaged / Centralized

Supports “loosely coupled” systems

Message Broker

Centralized management

Service BusManaged / Decentralized

Common communication infrastructure

Routing embedded in message

Strict policies needed

Modern B2B Solutions

With BizTalk Server

Governance

Canonical Schemas

Advanced Messaging Patterns and range of integration options

Availability of native support for integration with various protocols and back office systems.

Testing and Reporting Procedures

Business to Business Integration

Trading Partner Management•Metadata Management•Trading Partner Portal

Industry Accelerators•SWIFT•HL7•RosettaNet

EDI Support

Interchange Generation & ProcessingInterchange Batching & De-batchingFunctional & Technical AcknowledgementGeneration & CorrelationInbound & OutboundTrading Partner ResolutionDynamic inbound Schema ResolutionPartner Agreement ManagementActivity & KPI Reporting through BAM8000SchemasL X12, HIPAA, EDIFACT, EANCOM

AS2 Support

Message Assembly & DisassemblySynchronous & Asynchronous Message Disposition Notification (MDN)MDN CorrelationPayload Agnostic (EDI & non-EDI Messages)Partner Agreement managementInbound & Outbound Trading Partner ResolutionSupport for Non-repudiation of Receipts (NRR)Message Signing & Signature VerificationMessage Encryption & DecryptionMessage Compression & DecompressionActivity Reporting through BAM

BizTalk B2B

Sustained Growth

Vertical based Solutions since BTS 2002* Supply Chain – Accelerator for RosettaNet, OAGIS* Financial – Accelerator for SWIFT *Healthcare – Accelerator for HL7 and built-in HIPAA

Horizontal Capabilities added in BizTalk 2006R2* EDI Messages over VAN or Internet via AS2•Standards supported X12, EDIFACT and EANCOM

Enhanced support in 2009 and beyond* HIPAA 5010* TRADACOM* ODETTE

Citizen Service and e-forms

Government Administration Collaboration

Electronic Health Records and Connected Health

Health Information Networks and Clinical Governance

Supply Chain Execution

Plant Operations

Multi-Channel Retail

Store Systems and POS

Industries

Manufacturing/Retail

Public/Healthcare

Extend Supply/Value Chain

Audit and Controls

Employee Self-Service

IT Provisioning

Sales Analytics

Customer Service

Asset Tracking

Horizontal Financial Services

Payments Processing(SWIFT B2B Integration)

Insurance Value Chain

Branch Integration

Channel Renewal

SWIFT

SWIFT NetCore SystemBizTalk ServerAccelerator for

SWIFT

SWIFT AllianceAccess/Gateway

Easy and affordable to

Implement Maintain Change Support new

standards Back-end system insulated

Translation Validation Business Process Enrichment Integration

A4SWIFT ViewSWIFT Network

Assemble

Receive PipelineSend

Pipeline

MTMX

MQSeries

Business Rules Engine

Reference Data

SchemaRepository

XSD

Disassemble Validate

FA /IA

Assemble Encode

Map

Adapter

Message Box

SAGRAHA

SAAMQSA

Financial System (SAP)

Idoc

Orchestration

Reconciliation & Business Monitoring

Create & Repair SWIFT Messages

SharePointPortal

InfoPathWorkstation

BizTalk ServerBAM Portal

BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT

Included in BizTalk Server 2006 R2 and 2009 License

Extends BizTalk Server to provide a reliable and scalable foundation for rapidly creating and deploying SWIFT based financial messaging solutions.

SWIFTReady Gold certified for Financial EAI since 2004

Supports SWIFT standards and provides SWIFTNet connectivitySupports MT Validation and ReconciliationSupports ISO20022 including MX Validation and ReconciliationSEPA enablement by supporting SEPA Routing Directory and SAG v6.1InfoPath forms for manual entry point

BizTalk Capabilities

Connectivity : MQSeries, DB2, SAP, OracleSupport for Web Services and XML standardsBusiness Process Automation, Monitoring, Business Activity Monitoring, …

Partner solutions for FIX, XBRL, FpML, …

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Modern EDI Solutions with a Holistic view

PAST

EDI would just integrate with one back office

system.

PRESENT

Now that information can be sent to many different

systems for action or review on devices

EDI is just a part of an organizations overall

integration strategy and architecture.

APPLICATION

BUSSINESS

PROCESSLEGACY LOB EMBEDDE

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TRADING PARTNER

SCLOUD

WEB 2.0

PORTAL

PACKAGED APS DEVICES

& PEOPLE

Modern EDI Solutions with BizTalk

Summary

AS2 capabilities reduce dependence on VANs.

BizTalk is an advanced platform for integration as well as B2B communication.

The robust set of adapters extends the platform easily into core back office systems such as SAP or Mainframes.

The .NET Platform and WCF allow extends the platform to the cloud and beyond.

The platform can be governed with System Center or other advanced SOA governance tools.

HL/7 Messaging

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ORM

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BizTalk Server + Accelerator for HL7

Pharmacy

Laboratory

ERP

Registration

Radiology

Other

OrdersOrders

How should Healthcare Integration Work?Re-thinking Healthcare Processes and messaging as a Set of Services / Capabilities / “Cloud” Services

Service Providers

Service Consumers

BizTalk Routing, Mapping, Transformation, Process Orchestration, Adapters, Publish/Subscribe

Services, End Point Resolution, Error Handling, …

Eligibility ServiceTrading Partner ServicePBM ServiceBilling ServiceElectronic Payment ServiceMember Services

Registration ServiceRadiology ServiceOrder Mgmt ServiceReporting ServicesClaims ServicesCredentialing Services

Validation ServicesMonitoring ServicesSecurity ServicesTranslation ServicesExternal Business Rules “Cloud” or SaaS Services (i.e. ICD-10

Services)

HIPAA Transaction Flow Overview

Plan Sponsor (Employer

Group)

Providers

Accounts Payable Premimum Payment

Subscriber (Member) Enrollment

Health Plan

Enrollment Contract (Plan Administration)

Premiums Received (Accounts

Receivable)Pre-Adjudication

Claims Adjudication / Processing /

Coordination of Benefits

Claims Payment Accts Payble

Patient Registration and

Admission Scheduling

Patient Mgmt / Clinical Care

Patient Billing

Accounts Receivable

BizTalk Server for EDI/HIPAA BizTalk Server

for EDI/HIPAA

834 - Enrollment

820 – Premimum Payment

870 – Eligibility Inquiry

871 – Eligibility Response

876 – Authorization Request

878 – Authorization Response

837 – Claim P.I.D

277 – Add info Req

275 – Claim Attachments

835 – Remittance Advice

277 – Status Resp.

275 – Claim Status Inq

Case Study-Meritain Health

• Large Healthcare customer running BizTalk 2009 for:

• Claims status request-respnse• Eligibility request-response• Re-pricing of claims• Processing of incoming claims and routing to

different LOB’s

Since 1994, we have compiled an impressive client list –

including pharmaceutical, healthcare and other large firms.

Pharmaceutical & Healthcare Client List

Some of those firms are: • Abbott Labs• Aetna• Affinity Health Plan• Axiom Systems• BCBS of Michigan• Bristol-Myers Squibb• Concentra• Eisai Pharmaceuticals• First Notice Systems• Genentech• GHI• GHI HMO• Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co., Inc.

• Independent Health• Intermountain Healthcare• Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation• Multiplan• MVP Healthcare• Noridian Mutual Insurance• Pfizer• PPOM• Private Health Care• Sepracor Inc.• Taro Pharmaceuticals• Tufts Associated Health Plans• Warner Chilcott

RosettaNet

Full RNIF 1.1 and RNIF 2.0

compliancySupport forChemical Industry Data Exchange (CIDX) Chem eStandards v2.0.2

Full RNIF 1.1 and RNIF 2.0 compliancy.

Establish new trading partner relationships.

Create, import, export, or reuse new process templates.

Manage all RosettaNet-based transactions and existing processes.

BizTalk Accelerator for

RosettaNet

Out-of-the-box public processes for all standard RosettaNet transaction patterns.

Benefits of BizTalk Server

Drive Business Efficiency through Automation

Extract Value from Existing IT Investments

Increase Business Agility

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What’s New in BizTalk?

BUSINESS TO BUSINESS

INTEGRATION

New Mobile RFID Platform

New RFID device management and industry standards support

Enhanced Support for EDI and AS2 Protocols and Drummond certification

Updated SWIFT Support and SWIFTReady Financial EAI Gold certification

DEVELOPER & TEAM PRODUCTIVITY

New Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) support

• Support for TFS - integrated source control, bug tracking, MSBuild automation

Enhanced Developer Productivity

• Visual Studio project system updates

UPDATED PLATFORM SUPPORT

Support for .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and Visual Studio 2008 SP1

• Take advantages of the latest developer tools

Support for Windows Server 2008and SQL Server 2008

• Hyper-V support• Increased

performance & scale

SOA & WEB SERVICES

New UDDI v3 Web Services Registry

New and enhanced LOB adapters (Oracle EBS, SQL)

Enhanced host systems integration (MQ, CICS, IMS)

Enhanced BAM support

ESB Guidance 2.0 delivers updated prescriptive guidance

“We would need as many as 20 additional employees to complete the same amount of work that this one automated system is performing.”- Chris Etzel

Manufacturing Engineer, Aidec

“Previously, the bank found it difficult to add new services due to its rigid IT infrastructure. “ - Chandrashekhar Sundaram, Architecture and Integration Manager for Dubai Bank

“BizTalk Server 2006 could also protect our previous IT investments because it easily integrates with other technologies.”- Faizal Eledath

CIO, Dubai Bank

“Our IT department is under pressure to get more projects done, faster and with fewer resources. We don’t have the luxury of allowing projects to take weeks or months anymore; we must finish them in days or even hours. BizTalk Server 2006 R2 supports an IT model that makes this speed and agility possible.”- Mike Sorrells

Infrastructure Analyst III, Scana

Customer Quotes

DRIVE BUSINESS EFFICIEN

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EXTRACT VALUE

INCREASE AGILITY

Call To Action

Recommend and use BizTalk Server as a cost effective platform for B2B communication.

Acti

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In the current economy, organizations need to evaluate the cost savings a modern B2B platform can provide.

Appendix

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