Network Appliance, Inc. (NetApp) is a world leader in unified storage solutions for today's data-intensive enterprise. Since its inception in 1992, Network Appliance has delivered technology, product, and partner firsts that simplify data management. NetApp® storage solutions include specialized hardware, software, and services, providing seamless storage management for open network environments. Major corporations and service providers, including Citicorp Securities, Lockheed, Merrill Lynch, Oracle, Texas Instruments, and Yahoo!, utilize NetApp global data management solutions.
Challenges:-
- NetApp's 3 Largest Distributors have requested Electronic Data Exchange with NetApp
- Existing Manual PO Submit Processes in unable to scale properly to take advantage of the PartnerEdge system (SAP)
- Order-to-Invoice Cycle Time too long
- Lack of Visibility to Order Progress hampered distributors ability to quickly communicate to their customers and adjust orders in a timely fashion.
- Several teams had to manually review each PO after it's submitted and before it's booked resulting in multiple invoices generated before they could be submitted to distributors.
Solutions:-
- NetApp realized it needed to transform and automate its Order Management and invoicing processes to speed the overall order the cash process and provide better customer & distributor service.
- Oracle BPEL Process Manager enables simple SOA integration with E-Business Suite
- Oracle BAM provides the ability to monitor the health of the system in real-time dashboards for efficient process management and exception handling
- NetApp is plugging many components together:· TIBCO Messaging · TIBCO B2B
- Oracle BPEL Process Manager & Oracle Business Activity Monitoring to deliver the complete solution
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High Technology |
| Revenue |
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US $ 2.8 Billion (FY2007) |
| Employees |
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6,600 |
| Company Website |
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WWW.NETAPP.COM
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| Products & Services |
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| All (Oracle Fusion Middleware) |
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