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SAP AG 1998 SAPTechEd 98, Karlsruhe (Rademann) / 1

Cay RademannSAP AG

ALE within theBusiness Framework -Cross A lication Processes


Summary

ALE Cross Application Processes

Business Framework Architecture

ALE Services

Topics


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With the constant increase of datavolumes and the necessity of reactions tofast changes in the market, monolithic andcentral solutions become insufficient andare hardly maintainable.

Diebold Management Report Nr. 1 - 98


Why Distributed Applications?

continental installation regional installation local installations

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Reasons for Distribution

zRegional distribution

z Organizational reasons

zIntegration of different systems

zFlexibility

z Costs

z Security

z

System availabilityz

Performance

z Political reasons


Business Framework Business Backbone

SAPCompo-

nents

LegacyAppl.

Comple-mentary

Prod.

Custom-specific

Funct.

InternetSolut.

Others

Business Framework for Competitive Advantage

z

Speed to marketT Fast deployment of new functionality without disruption

T Eased reuse and collaboration of different components

T Better focus on industry specific solutions

z Flexibility

T Dynamic reconfiguration of implemented systems

T Extended choices between complementary components

T Eased enhancement with custom-specific functionality

T Leveraging new technologies more easily

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Rules for semanticsynchronization between

business processes

Application 1

Open applicationprogramming interface at

business process level

Abstraction of thecommunicationinfrastructure

Application nM

ethodology

M

ethodology M

ethodolo

gy

Methodolo

gy

Interoperability Between IndependentBusiness Components Requires:


Business Framework

ALEApplication Link Enabling

Business Process Middleware

BAPIBusiness Application

Programming Interface

R/3 TechnologyInfrastructure

Application nGloba

lASAP

Globa

lASAP G

lobalASAP

Globa

lASAP

The Business Framework Architecture as aScalable Business Backbone

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InvestmentMgmnt

Business

Information

Warehouse

Treasury

SalesForceAuto-

mation

AdvancedPlanner &Optimizer

ABC-Management

Asset

InboundLogistics

Execution Manu-

facturingExecution

Outbound

LogisticsExecution

Order Fulfillment

WorkingCapital

GeneralLedger

Costing

EnterpriseMgmnt

Tax

Warehouse

B2BElectronicCommerce

Product

DataMgmnt

HumanResource

Independent Components of SAPs SolutionFamily


Generic ProductExample: SAP Scope

SAPNet

EH&S

SFASales Force

Automation

BWBusin. Inform.

Warehouse

B2BBusiness to

Business

ESSEmployee

Self Service

PDMProduct

Data Mgmt.WMS/

TMS

R/3R/3

APOAdvanced

Plann.&Optim.

SAP SCOPE

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Connectivity based on Open MiddlewareStandards

CB Connector Object Bridge

CORBA

BOR

R/3BusinessBackbone

INTERNET Business Connector DCOM BAPI Control DCOMComponent

Connector

JBAPI & JRFC

JBuilder

Access Builder

Java

BAPI

BAPI

BAPI

BAPI

BAPIBAPI

Proxy

Proxy

Proxy

ProxyProxy

Proxy

Proxy

Proxy


Summary



ALE Services

Topics


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The Business Framework Component Land

z Front-end applications, Internet Application

Componentsz Complementary software

z HR as a single component

z Separation of logistic and finance

z Separation of sales and manufacturing

z Business Information Warehouse for central reporting

z Multiple sales and manufacturing systems

z Advanced Planning & Optimizing

z Supply Chain Integration


CORBA

COM/DCOM

Java

HTTP

OAGIS

R/3

R/3BAPI

BAPI

BAPI

BAPI

BO

BO

BAPI

BAPI

BAPI

BAPI

BO

BO

WebBasis

DCOMComponent

Connector

WebBasis

JavaConnector

CB ConnectorObject Bridge

Mercator

Access to R/3 for Front-End Applications

z Access for new kind of users through front-endapplications and internet / intranet

z Connectivity to R/3 via BAPIs

z Major programming environments supported

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Complementary Software

R/3

Warehouse controlsystems

Production OptimizationSystem (POI)

Point-of-Sale

Time & attendance systems

> 250 BAPI Validated andBAPI Certified Partners

.....


Logistic,

Finance,...

CSP

HR

HR as a Distributed SAP Component

z Available with R/3 release 4.0A

z Same functionality as in integrated system

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HR

Logistic

CSP

Finance

Separation of Logistics and Finance

z Business Processes available since release 3.0A

z Not separate components yet


FI

HRCSP

Manu-facturing

Sales,Shipping,Invoicing

Separation of Sales and Manufacturing


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Central Reporting: Business InformationWarehouse

FI

HR

Sales

Manufacturing

CSP

BusinessInformationWarehouse

z

Available for 3.0D and later


FI

HR


Manufacturing1

CSP

Manu-facturing

2

Manu-facturing

3

Sales

Sales

Sales

Multiple Sales and Manufacturing Systems


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Sales,

Shipping,Invoicing

Sales,

Shipping,Invoicing

Advanced Planning and Optimizing

FI

HR


Sales

Manufacturing

3

Manufacturing

2

Manufacturing1

APO

CSP


FI

HR

BusinessInformation

Warehouse

Sales

Manufacturing3

Manufacturing2

Manufacturing1

APOCSP

ServicesCustomer

Supplier

Supply Chain Integration

z e-commerce

z EDI

z ...

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ALE Offers Distributed Business Processes

FI

Sales Manufacturing

WarehouseControl

z Example: Customer Order Processing

Customer

Bank

Supplier


ALE Business Processes: Accounting

z Distributed Financial Accounting

z Distributed Cost Center Acco

unting

z Distributed Special Ledger

z Consolidation Data

z Profitability Analysis

z Distributed Profit Center Accounting

z Treasury


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ALE Business Processes: Logistics

z Reallocation between Systems

z Distribution of Sales and Shipping

z Purchasing: Blanket Orders

z SOP

z Credit Limit Check

z Product Data Manag

ement

z

Enhanced Delivery Interface



ALE Business Processes: Information Systems

z Send Information from Logistic Systems toLogistic Information Systems

T Inventory

T Purchasing

T Sales

z Exchange Data between Information Systems

T For all Logistic Information Systems

z Business Information Warehouse

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ALE Business Processes: Human Resources

z HR results -> FI/CO

T Payroll resultsT Travel expense accounting results

T Results of personnel cost planning (synchronouscommunication)

z Completion informati

on Logistics -> HR

T Time tickets

T Attendances

z

HR as a single ComponentT

35 Interfaces



Master Data Distribution: General & Logistics

z

General

T

Customer

T

Vendor

T Material

T Characteristics

T

Classes

T

Classification

z

Logistics

T

Conditions (prices)

T

BOM (Bill of Materials)

T Variant Configuration

T Purchasing Info Rec.

T

Source List

T

Service Master Data

T

Article Master Data (retail)

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Master Data Distribution: CO, FI, HR

z CO

T

Cost CenterT Cost Center Hierarchy

T Profit Center

T Profit Center Hierarchy

T Cost Element

T Activity Type

T Tariff

z FI

T

G/L Accountz HR

T HR Master Data

T Organizational Data


ALE Business Processes to Non-SAP only

z Warehouse Management

z Accounting Interface to external systems

T OAG BOD 'Post Journal' for material movements

z Production Optimization Interface

z Transportation

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Summary



ALE Services

Topics



BAPIs as Interfaces

z ALE Business Processes use BAPIs as interfaces

z BAPIs are published and stable interfaces

z BAPIs can be invoked synchronously andasynchronously

z Asynchronous BAPIs make use of the IDoc-messaging

technologyT Separation between interface and messaging technology

T BAPIs can be invoked asynchronously through IDocs

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Interfacing on Application Layer

Database

Appli-cation

Presen-tationClient

z Communication controlled bybusiness logic

z High scalability andperformance

z Minimal network traffic

z Platform independence

Database

Appli-cation

Presen-tationClient


ALE Services

z Cross Application Processes require more thaninterfaces

T Harmonization of the sub-process

T Which system is the right server?

T Semantic synchronization

T Monitoring

T Error handling

=> ALE provides special Servicesfor this

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Harmonization of Sub-Processes

BusinessObject

BusinessObject

BusinessObject

BusinessObject

BusinessObject

BusinessObject

BusinessObject

BusinessObject

z A distributed Business Process consists of sub-

processes running on different componentsz These sub-processes have to be harmonized


Inventorycontrol

Inventorycontrol

Inventorymanagement

Inventorymanagement

Inventorycontrol

Inventorycontrol

Inventorymanagement

Inventorymanagement

Inventorymanagement

Inventorymanagement

Paris London

London

Brussels

BrusselsLyon

Lyon INVCON INVCON INVCON

Which System is the Right Server?

z ALE Distribution Model

Rome

Division

Division

01

01

BusArea

BusArea

1000

1000

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Semantic Synchronization= Mapping of Business Process activities into several databases

BusinessObject

BusinessObject

BusinessObject

BusinessObject

BusinessObject

BusinessObject

BusinessObject

BusinessObject

z Changes of business objects in one component

have to be synchronized with the other components


Consistency checks

z Consistency checks exist for the customized settingsin different areas:

T consistency between distribution model and customized dataon the outbound and inbound side (e.g. partner profiles)

T consistency check for the customizing in the linked applications

T consistency check for control data

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Monitoring

z Special monitoring functions exist for asynchronous

communication:T IDoc-Overview

T IDoc-Trace

T Asynchronous RFC

T ALE-Audit


Sendingapplication

Sendingapplication

Receivingapplication

Receivingapplication

application

messages

auditmessage

application links

process queue

statistic figures

Audit

ALE Audit

z Let the sender know the status of processing in targetsystems

z Provide a link between distributed business objects

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Applicationposting

ALE layer

M

Comm. layer

C

A C

!?

!?

!?

!?

Error-processingWorkflow

Outbound

Inbound

!?

!?

Error processing via Workflow


Summary



ALE Services

Topics

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Summary

z There are many reasons for distributed applications

z Distributed applications require cross applicationbusiness processes

z ALE provides cross application business processes

z ALE provides special services for distributedapplications

z ALE is a proven technology


ERDEnterprise Reference Data(master data maintenance)

IPOOperations

FICentral FI/CO

ReportingMgmt Reporting

Master Data Master Data

Master Data

FI/CODocuments, FI rollup,Special Ledger

Credit

Info

SpecialLedger

Legacy Systems

Legacy Systems

Sales InfoStructures

FI docs

Legacy Systems

CO docs

TM

Example: ALE at Digital Equipment Corporation