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BizTalk is Microsoft’s Integration and connectivity server solution. A mature product on its sixth release, BizTalk Server 2009 provides a solution that allows organizations to more easily connect disparate systems. Including over 25 multi-platform adapters and a robust messaging infrastructure, BizTalk Server provides connectivity between core systems both inside and outside your organization. In addition to integration functionality, BizTalk also provides strong durable messaging, a rules engine, EDI connectivity, Business Activity Monitoring (BAM)

BizTalk in Business Process Automation (CIS)
BizTalk can be effectively used in the automation of the business process by integrating all the application within organization called Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) and integrating them with the external vendor and supplier systems know as Business to Business (B2B) Integration




All the systems and the data transfer in the BPA system can be monitored using the web portal and activity monitoring tools.


Typical hierarchy of the BPA system
    • Punchout (eCommerce)

      Punchout in eCommerce simply means accessing other domain (website) from a web application. It eliminates the need for suppliers to send whole catalogs to buying organizations. Instead, suppliers send just short index files that name their storefronts (store information), product categories, or products.

      Let say you have a website that sells computer parts and products, which are memory, printers supplies, desktop computers and servers, rather than providing these entire product catalogs, we can use existing website that sells printer supplies.



    • BizTalk (B2B eCommerce)

      Punchout with BizTalk
      Punchout is a mechanism that allows procurement (ecommerce) systems to direct employees to supplier websites to shop for items while still retaining context & knowledge of the buying system. After shopping & configuring, employees "check-out" through their regular procurement system. Cxml is the standard communication medium used for the transfer of data between the procurement and supplier system BizTalk is been used as the mediator between the procurement and supplier system.

      There are 3 steps in the Punchout
      • Setup request:- it’s the request from buyer to supplier as the employee "punches in" to the supplier website to shop and supplier will response to buyer acknowledging request & returning web store URL for employee to shop at
      • Shopping Cart Response :- from supplier to buyer concluding shopping experience and returning items selected for purchase
      • Order Request :- buyer to supplier for the creation of order for the shopping cart


    • Case Study

      Price Availability check from customer to vendor system (PnA)

      Scenario
      • Customer should be able to ping the vendor system to check for the connectivity of system
      • Customer can check for the availability of any product from any vendor at any time
      • Customer should be able to get price and product details from more than one vendor to compare the product
      • Flexibility to add more number of customers or Vendors
      Business Challenges
      • Different Platforms of Vendor and customer applications should be integrated into one platform
      Solution

      Using BizTalk Business process automation customer requirement and the challenges can be met with the minimum time and more benefits. Every customer and the vendor will be connected with the BizTalk


      BizTalk components used for the solution
      • Role Link:- Connecting the customer and vendors using role link will help in adding the new customer or vendor with the minimum effort and time
      • Orchestration :- Any business process like comparing of price and validating the data can be implemented using the orchestration
      • Business Rule :- Business rule engine will be integrated to help in managing the rule at anytime. changing the rule will effect from the date of its published and the old transactions which are in process will use the old rule which will help in maintaining the consistency in transaction
      • Adaptors :- Different type of adaptor helps in connecting the different platform application for example SAP adaptor can be used for the vendor who has the SAP as inventory
 
Key Features of BPA

  • BizTalk will be the one point communication to the any application in the process
  • Any data flow in the Business process can be monitored more effectively
  • Built in and Custom Reports can be generated out of BizTalk to analyze the process
  • Automated Notification system which will help in monitoring the process
  • Easy and faster way to add the new application in the process
Benefits of BPA

  • Flexibility of integrating the system which are based on in wide range from the file system to the high technology background
  • Publishing and Subscription model of BizTalk help us in adding any number of system at anytime in the BPA process
  • Custom and Built in adaptors of BizTalk help us in integrating different platform application
  • Automated mail notification will help in the better monitoring of process
  • BizTalk Administrative Console will help in monitoring the transaction in the BPA
  • Integrated Business Rule in the BizTalk help in Building the Rules in easy and better way, Rules can be changed anytime without effecting the system
 
     
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