Abbreviations

MES

MES

Manufacturing Execution System

ERP

Enterprise Resource Planning

CRM

Customer Relationship Management

SRM

Supplier Relationship Management

SOW

Statement of Work

MRP

Material Resource Planning

QAD

ERP Software (Quite A Disappointment)

RCM

Consulting

Boomi

A Messaging Middleware (ESB),

SOA

Service Oriented Architecture (how you construct a software system), "service" means it's communication protocol

ESB

Enterprise Service Bus; Messaging Middleware (Vehicle that transports data, system in middleware software architecture responsible for delivering data from one system to another)

Middleware

Handles communication between software systems with different vendors (could be same language, but different terminology in the software)

IBM

Computer company, competitor in a lot of markets, including ESB

WebSphere MQ

Competitor, One of the major ESB made by IBM, Java based, Message Queue

Oracle Fusion

Competitor, Software that handles databases, application development, Middleware, etc. bought Fusion Middleware, ESB vendor

Microsoft BizTalk

Competitor, ESB vendor

Lear

Huge automotive seat supplier

TipCo

Competitor (used by Lear), ESB vendor

KSS

Key Safety System, makes seatbelts and airbags

CIO

Chief Information Officer, manages IT systems

OEM

Original Equipment Manufacturer, makes some parts and assemble cars

BOM

Bill of Materials, what you need to make the product on multiple layers of complexity

Integration Solution

Integrate different softwares

Double Data Entry

Integration tried to avoid this

PLM

Product Life Management, manages creation of product, used BOM and part number (model number)

XML

Text based universal language, structures

aaS

Software as a Service, on the cloud, not buying software installed on PC, buying right to use service on the cloud. Subscription. Advantage: Not responsible for hardware, easy for deployment, doesn't have to be installed on several PCs. Very trendy.

On-Premise

On site, Microsoft Exchange, Exchange is a physical server

Single-instance

True Cloud

One server has software on it, multiple companies can use it at the same time

Not-True Cloud

One company on each server, because ERP is sensitive and security risk (QAD)

Synchronus

Committed to action until it completes, waits for response before continuing

Asynchronus

Message sent, can do other things without having reply, doesn't need reply

Batch

(Batch and Real Time are a different set of definitions) everything gathered in a batch, then released at same time

Real Time

Doesn't wait for things to build up into batch

Continuous

Not waiting, so asynchronous

Enterprise integration scenarios

Different scenarios in which data exchange is needed

Native Cloud

Software specifically made for cloud

Use Case

A scenario

B2B

Business to business

EDI

Electronic Data Interchange

HL7

Healthcare, exchanging data to government and insurance companies

Boomi

Very important behind the scenes

Boomi Atom

Runtime environment: software execution component, runs the middleware (Java process)

Boomi Atomsphere

Collect of Atoms (runtime environments), software component, actually does the work on the hardware (on server)

Multiple installation instances

Traditional software solution where multi-tenancy achieved via multiple install instances,

Java

Language, also a platform; has its own runtime environment, which means a part of the hardware is allocated to it. Server side technology

Single integration platform

Single entry point, like single web address,

Meta-data

Describes the structure of data, visibility of data

Relational Database

Most common database, different tables with multiple fields and such, database defined by relationships between tables

Backflush

1. Reports inventory changes, updates inventory 2. Based on BOM, reports how many components (raw materials) it used 3. Financial reporting, transaction log, VERY COMPLEX

ACH

Automated Clear House: purchase order payment sent directly through banks

RCA

Root Cause Analysis; used for exception handling, first step for errors is to figure out why

Event Based

Real time, immediately sends a trigger ("event"), disadvantage; difficulty handling large volumes, sending thousands of messages/transaction, multiple ones fail, lots of errors difficult to manage

DDP

Direct Data Publishing; batches, easier to handle large volume, (can still do single messages), bc one big files instead of lots of small ones, easier to manage errors

QXI

QXtend Inbound

TCP/IP

Network protocol, IP addresses and port numbers

DNS

Domain Name Service, gives IP address for browser addresses

Backflush Transaction

Transactions not done real time, done at end of day for repetitive predictable processes; Report inventory, credit inventory (seats into inventory), at the end of day based on BOM calculates amount of material used (ex) 2 fabric for each seat, 38 seats made), then update materials