This presentation discusses how GXS Managed Services can benefit SAP related B2B integration projects. The second part of this two part presentation describes the core components that make up the GXS Managed Services environment and how GXS provides connectivity to SAP systems. Please look out for the first part of this presentation which discusses some of the key findings from a recent ERP/B2B integration study conducted by AMR Research. Updated April 2013

1. Mark Morley, Industry Marketing Director
GXS Managed Services for SAP – Part 2

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GXS Managed Services
People, Process, and Technology

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GXS Managed Services Experience
Areas of Expertise
• Infrastructure
• Operations
• Implementation
• Support
• Recognised as Number One Transaction
Outsourcing Vendor
• Over 600 customers utilising Managed
Services today
• Extensive Transformation Capabilities
• Capacity to develop 10,000 maps
annually
• Over 30,000 maps and 200 document
types currently in production
• Areas of Expertise:
• Program management
• Global network infrastructure
• E-Commerce operations management
• 24x7 support, visibility and alerts

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GXS Managed Services Overview
People, Processes, & Technology for success

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SAP Expertise -
• Significant Expertise – GXS has
worked with many companies to
integrate their SAP and B2B systems
• Extensive Experience with SAP
Integration – Financials, Supply Chain
Management, Advanced Planning and
Optimisation modules
• Connectivity Options - FTP over VPN
or SAP ALE (certified)
• IDOC status messaging – provides
immediate verification or error status
SHPMNT03
INVOIC01
PEXR2001
PEXR2002
FINSTA01
DELVRY01
ORDERS01
PROACT01
PRICAT01
TRXSTA01
Example SAP IDOCs Supported

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GXS SAP ALE Integration Today

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GXS SAP PI Integration Today

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How can GXS Managed Services Help?
• Ensure projects remain on time and under budget with
scalable resourcing and SAP best practices
• Achieve faster ROI from new modules and transaction
types with rapid on-boarding of trading partners
• Less risk of connectivity loss impacting manufacturing
operations with high availability architecture
• Improved data quality for 1/3 of externally originated
information via ERP firewall

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Provide a Highly Available Platform
• GXS Managed Services operates across a high, 99.95%
available, B2B infrastructure with two data centres with built
in redundancy, disaster recovery and fail-over capabilities
SAP systems need to be able to
receive information from
external trading partners on a
24/7 basis....

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Implementing Document Maps
• GXS Managed Services provides extensive any-to-any mapping
services and can provide support for many different types of
SAP IDOCs
SAP/B2B integration projects can
require numerous document maps
to be created and maintained on
an ongoing basis....

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Connectivity with SAP
• GXS Managed Services can mediate between any
communications standard and provide direct SAP connectivity
via SAP ALE and SAP PI
SAP systems need to be
connected to numerous trading
partners using many different
global connectivity standards.....

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Managing Trading Partner Communities
• GXS Managed Services provides a comprehensive community
on-boarding service to allow trading partners of any size or
technical capability to be able to connect to a B2B Platform
SAP/B2B integration projects
require fast on-boarding of
trading partners, anywhere in
the world.....

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Proactively Monitoring Data Quality
• GXS Managed Services provides proactive monitoring of all
transactions so that if a problem is detected it can be resolved
before the customer or supplier is impacted
All external data needs to be
checked for accuracy and
conformance before entering an
SAP system.....

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Program Management
• GXS Managed Services offers dedicated program managers
who monitor the progress of the SAP/B2B projects and
address any integration issues as they arise
The complex nature of SAP/B2B
integration projects requires skilled
resources to keep these projects on
schedule.....

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Provide Global Support
• GXS Managed Services offers a 24/7 multi-lingual support
service so that problems can be addressed as quickly as
possible, anywhere in the world
Today’s SAP environment’s cover
multiple plants located in many
different regions of the world.....

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For Further Information
NA – http://www.gxs.com/resources/insights/3rd_edition/
EMEA - http://www.gxsinsights.eu/3rd_edition/index.htm
NA – http://www.b2bforsap.com
EMEA - http://www.b2bforsap.co.uk

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Thank You
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