Enhance and MashUp SCM visibility via SOA with Model-Oriented Computing

July 05, 2007 (PRLEAP.COM) Technology News
In order to create Supply chain work flow document for Sarbanes-Oxley Act, SCM administrators had to write SQL code(s) and to filter table-based information to get right results and to rebuild its own Supply Chain network information. Reducing workflow documentation cost has been top issues for electronics and semiconductor manufacturing companies toward Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

Common Suppliz today proudly announce that "Common Suppliz Unicus.NET for i2 SCP Version 5.1 has introduced enhanced features to reduce documentation and report cost for Sarbanes-Oxley Act with its unique concept, unique architecture, and unique Visual Supply Chain interface.

With 64 bit RDBMS-less enviroment, Unicus.NET for i2 SCP ver. 5.1 allows to generate Microsoft Visio, PowerPoint, Excel and Word documentations with a few clicks directly out of SCM system.
Instead of using RDBMS, Unicus.NET for i2 SCP will run with DB-less ADO.NET SCQL Provider leveraging i2 Technologies Supply Chain Planner as unrelational SCM data warehouse. By accessing rich information its network model information through unrelationsl ADO.NET managed provider for i2 SCP, Unicus.NET for i2 SCP can generate network-based documents using Visio Stencils and Autoshapes without writing complicate SQL code to connect table-based information.

MashUp Supply Chain Model Sequence information with external system can be simply achived with SCP model sequence with User-Extended model (UEM), e.g gasoline, carbon dioxide, human resources etc. Each UEM will be assembled with external ERP, RDBMS , SNS or any sources into SCP model information. The SCP manager can view UEM information and SCP information within the same Supply Chain View. Those integrated UEM and SCP model can be used to reporting functionality as well.

Unicus.NET for i2 SCP documentation workflow is as simple as follows

1) Click to explorer Supply Chain network information with visual GUI.
2) Click to select Office application type (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Visio) to be exported.
3) Click to select output report style to be drawn within document.
4) Integrate Custom Model information into SCP Supply Chain Tree out of any system. ERP, SNS using SOA.
5) Click range supply chain network to be documented.

SCM administrators can select shapes to corresponding i2 SCP model or operations(manufacturing, delivery, on-hand, setup, tranport etc.) with rich GUI with Unicus.NET GUI which represents SCP's flow network structure and easy-to-use to expand further details of SCM information. Without spending ours to extract and filter SQL code for RDBMS, SCP administrator can report rich Supply Chain network-based information into various Office products using Common Suppliz's unique query language called 'SCQL'. Unicus.NET also allows to design exporting fields and graphical shape information for SCP's netowk model information. Unicus.NET allows import customized Visio Stencils.
Unicus.NET for i2 SCP uses its own Office Automation scheme (Common Office Interop Layer), and SCM adminitrator can run on Office 2000, XP, 2003, or 2007.


Unicus.NET for i2 SCP Page : http://www.suppliz.com/products.sup/Unicus_SCM
Unicus.NET for i2 SCP with SOX extension: http://www.suppliz.com/products.sup/UnicusOfficeSOX
ADO.NET Managed SCQL Provider : http://www.suppliz.com/products.sup/SCQL/

About Common Suppliz Inc.
Common Suppliz develops SCM Software-as-Service (SaaS) and provides consulting services. For more information about Common Suppliz, visit the companyfs web site at www.suppliz.com. Common Suppliz headquater is located in Japan as of Dec. 2006.

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