November 13, 2006

2006 InfoWorld 100 Awards: Distribution/Supply Chain

Avnet www.avnet.com
Rebate Management System for SOA Environment

Project Lead: Bill Chapman, CTO
Project Description: Rebate Management System was conceived as a part of Avnet's enterprisewide SOA. The solution was developed using Fair Isaac's Blaze Advisor business rules management solution, with Avnet creating Java EJB services to attach it to Avnet's SOA. Avnet used Web services, Oracle Stored Procedures, and JMS messages to call the business rules engine and to process massive amounts of Oracle-based data. This provided the latest rebate information and real-time monitoring for customers against dynamic sales goals. Avnet created the rules framework with reusable components, establishing the scope of knowledge and logic foundation. It used WebMethodsand Informatica software as the middleware layers to integrate ARMS with more than 10 systems, including order management, invoicing, CRM, ERP, and HR.

Con-Way Transportation Services www.con-way.com
SOA/Application Infrastructure Transformation

Project Lead: Praveen Sharabu, Director of Enterprise Architecture
Project Description: Modeled shipment functions across the transportation lifecycle -- from pickup request to pickup, intermediate transit and storage, delivery, and finally to billing and payment. Implemented data warehouse into its SOA. Deployed Tibco’s EAI as its primary integration tool and to connect Con-Way Freight to parent company’s Oracle Financials system.

2006 INFOWORLD 100 WINNERS

Top 10 Finalists
Computing/Tech                                          Distribution/Supply Chain
Education                                                      Financial Services
Government                                                  Health Care
Insurance                                                      Manufacturing
Media/Multimedia                                        Pharmaceuticals
Retail                                                              Services
Sports                                                             Telecommunications
Transportation                                              Unspecified







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