Presenter: Kevin Richard, Aras Do you have the need to exchange product data with suppliers or other partners? Join our requirements gathering for the upcoming Supplier Exchange Portal application as we discuss the wide range of use cases that may be needed.

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Supplier Exchange Portal
Product Workshop
Kevin Richard

3. Agenda
 Status
 What is it?
 Core Requirements (as of today)
 Cloud vs On-Prem
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4. Status
 ACE ‘15: Supplier Exchange Portal (SXP) Workshop
▫ Open discussion on SEP definition and scope – Lopa
 2015 – 2016: Requirements Development
 Feb 2016: Product Manager – Kevin Richard
 Today: ACE ‘16: Supplier Exchange Portal Workshop
 H2, 2016 - SXP 11 R1
▫ EOY / early 2017
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5. What is it?
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 Information exchange
 Secure
 Anyone

6. Core Requirements/Features
 Secure, two-way exchange of file data
▫ Compression, Encryption
▫ Use of MFT Services?
 Permissions/login controls content access
▫ Across and within organizations
▫ Self Registration?
 Events / Notifications (Audit trail)
▫ Time-based, Time limits
 Exchange of Item/Property information?
▫ I18N
 Automation
▫ Workflow
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7. Hosting
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Cloud On Premises
VS

8. Supplementary Features
 Tracking customer data
▫ Comments, Score cards, Analysis, Access to
customer databases
 Reporting
 Extended workflow access
 Communication Threads
▫ Document change tracking
▫ Collaboration
 RFx
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9. Use Case: Creating an Exchange Package
You
 Functions
▫ Selecting recipients
▫ Selecting content
 Packaging (i.e., Zip, Encryption)
▫ Specifying constraints (e.g., timeframe)
▫ ‘Posting’ the package
 Associated Use Cases
▫ Adding/Removing Accounts
▫ Events / Notification (to/from suppliers, customers)
 Messages, Access/Download
▫ Error Handling
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10. Use Case: Accessing Exchange Package
Customer
 Functions
▫ Logon / Authentication
▫ Visualizing Package Data
 Filtered by access privileges
▫ Retrieving posted content
 ‘UnPackage’ (i.e., Unzip, Decrypt)
 Associated Use Cases
▫ Events / Notification
▫ Responding to Exchange Package
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