Liferay and SAP Integration

Presented By:
Tom Rodgers Head, US Delivery, CIGNEX Datamatics Saket Thakkar SAP Practice Director, CIGNEX Datamatics Parth Barot Sr. Consultant, CIGNEX Datamatics

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Date: March 14, 2012

Agenda
Liferay - SAP as User eXperience Platforms (UXP)
Liferay SAP Integration Case Study Supplier Collaboration Portal

About CIGNEX Datamatics

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Liferay SAP Integration as a User eXperience Platform

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UXP The Concept

Source: Gartner, March 2011

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Portal Ecosystem Vs UXP

Traditional Portal
User Experience is an afterthought Heaps of Functionality

Portals on UX Platform
User Experience is prime Pre-integrated suite that installs mostly off-the-shelf

Lack of usability

UX design & management features are coupled with usability centered designs and usability testing

User Experience Platforms are Consumer/User Driven IT

Source: Gartner, March 2011

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Portal mapping for UXP Offerings

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UXP components in Supplier Portal

Infrastructure Flexibility & Scalability Compliance to Standards Security Administration Integration Support Multi-tenancy UXP Components

Search
Web Content Management Document Management

Supplier Portal

Offline Editing Dashboards Collaboration Integration with Supply Chain applications B2B Integration

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Liferay SAP Integration

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Liferay + SAP Integration Architecture

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JCo based Integration

Features
RFC middleware based on the JNI (Java Native Interface) Support of SAP ECC -R/3 Systems and other mySAP components with BAPIs or RFMs (Remote Function Modules) Execution of function calls
Inbound (Java client calls BAPI or RFM) Outbound (ABAP calls Java Server)

Support for
synchronous, transactional, and queued RFC Connection pooling (important for Web servers) Various platforms Extensive code page handling, including multi-byte

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Web Services Based Integration

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Integration Scenarios
Liferay Services
User Groups and Roles Authentication Presentation Social Content Collaboration

Workflow BI & Reporting Forms

SAP ECC 6.0 - R/3

SAP CRM

SAP SRM

SAP GRC

SAP RPM

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A Global Leader in Reliable Power Conversion Solutions

Success Story: Supplier Collaboration Portals IBE - UXP using Liferay + SAP
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Client Overview
Headquartered in Fort Collins, Colorado, Client is the global leader in reliable power conversion solutions

Founded in 1981, and have regional centers in North America, Asia and Europe
Over 1400 employees are primarily engaged in the creation and supply of thin-film manufacturing, solar energy and semi-conductor devices
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Business Challenges
Problem Background
Client lacked a centralized system to collaborate with their suppliers. They used siloed approach where each communication (Fax, email, phone) was used independent of one another.

Business Challenges
Manual communication using spreadsheets and emails
Low Productivity & Time Consuming Increasing risk and costs Margin of error

Architecture Infrastructure
Client was searching for an alternative to SAP Enterprise Portal while achieving its capabilities. The challenges being
Enterprise Portal costs license and maintenance & associated cost to support the portal Functionality enablement within SAP ECC to support portal enablement Advanced portal functionality not available utilizing SAP Portal

Material requirement planning were slow to communicate with little collaboration Legacy systems lacked functionalities which were expensive to modify
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Technology Platform Components

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Key Solution Features

Client-Supplier collaboration through
Message Boards, Upload and download of documents Contact information with requisite permissions

Registration with approval for new suppliers users Facilities for suppliers on forecast and purchase order lines
Email capabilities to request information Special alerts on priority actions Excel download capabilities Popup and hover information

SSO enabled for client LDAP users

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Benefits
A Portal that enables supplier to forecast and procure purchase order along with seamless features Scalable solution in various SAP functions including ESS, CRM, MSS and more
SAP transactions to extend functionality out to the portal Features and functions compared that support collaboration and interoperability Support for EDI and XLS using SAP Netweaver PI

Estimated 50% savings in TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) for three year period
Eliminated the highly priced SAP resources for portal

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TCO Savings over SAP SNC Portal

Supplier Collaboration Software/Hardware Software Maintenance (3 Years) Implementation Staffing TCO 3 years SAP SNC Portal* $ 200,000 $ 150,000 $ 400,000 $ 750,000 $ 1,500,000 Liferay w/ SAP web services* $ 100,000 $ 36,000 $ 300,000 $ 400,000 $ 836,000

Over 50% savings on Total Cost of Ownership by adopting Liferay + SAP web service

* - All the figures are approximations Source: Based on comparative estimates done in Y2011

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Demo

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Forecast

Search Form

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Search Results

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Search Results with Pagination

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Material Information Dialog

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Create Discussion

Message Board

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Purchase Order
Search Results

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Vendor Proposed Delivery Schedule

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PO Admin email popup

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Buyer Dashboard Search Results

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Delivery Schedule Comment

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Customized Organization Chart

Customized Vendor Search Bar

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About CIGNEX Datamatics

A subsidiary of Datamatics Group Services Limited

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What Does CIGNEX Datamatics Do?

In the last 11 years, CIGNEX Datamatics helped clients save over US$ 500 Million by adopting Commercial Open Source Software across 200+ implementations

Saving
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Time

Where We Can Help You

web content management document management records management digital asset management big data business intelligence
DAM

portals intranets

e-commerce
social collaboration integration & ESB mobile apps SAP/ ERP apps big analytics...more

business process
enterprise search

Open Source Center of Excellence (CoE)

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Liferay @ CIGNEX Datamatics

Global Platinum Partner
Close working relationship since 2006

Conduct Liferay trainings in Asia, Middle East, UK and USA

Over 150 Liferay consultants Over 3500 posts in Liferay Community

Achievements
Deployed over 100 enterprise solutions Authored 5 Liferay Books Liferay Partner of the Year Award 2011, 2010 Community Excellence Award - 2011

Community Excellence Award, 2011

Liferay Partner of the Year, 2011

Liferay Partner of the Year, 2010

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SAP @ CIGNEX Datamatics

SAP Partner
20+ years of SAP implementation & Integration experience Experience of leading & managing 3rd Largest SAP Consulting Company (Rapidigm and Fujitsu Consulting) Integration with Open Source Products
Liferay Portals Alfresco ECM

SAP Expertise in

Magento e-Commerce Consulting services

SAP ABAP SAP Functional SAP BASIS

Adobe Forms Development ECC Upgrades Quality Assurance & Test Services Project Management, Training & Change management Netweaver

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Free Assessment Workshop

This workshop enables Enterprises to maximize existing IT assets and build a road map based on the integration of proven Open Source technologies that reduce software Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) in excess of 50% and help generate IT budget savings. The FREE Assessment Workshop includes:
Situation Analysis Gap Analysis Recommendations

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Q & A, Thank You for your time

Making Open Source work for the Enterprise

Tom Rodgers Head, US Delivery [email protected] Saket Thakkar SAP Practice Director [email protected] Parth Barot Sr. Consultant [email protected]
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