Enterprise Information Factory

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Extraprise Information Factory
An Architecture for Next generation of eBusiness
Applications
searchSAP.com October 30, 2001
Naeem Hashmi Chief Technology Officer Information
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Evolution of Business Applications

• Evolution of Business Applications
• The ERP Evolution
• The eBusiness Building Blocks
• The Extraprise Information Factory an Model for
  Next Generation of Enterprise Applications
• QA

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Evolution of Information Architectures

• TA1
• VITAL
• TA2

Data Collection Right Side
Data Access Left Side
Business Applications
Data Warehouses
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The Corporate Information Factory

• This term Information Factory is often used to
  describe information life cycle within an
  organization from its concept to its active
  end-of-life and beyond.
• The Corporate Information Factory, as proposed by
  Bill Inmon, is an architecture that defines wide
  array of data stores and associated processes to
  run the Information Factory but limited to
  decision support applications.

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Corporate Information Factory - Inmon
Bill Inmons CIF
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The ERP Evolution
Internet e-Business
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The EIF Architecture
TA2 to EIF
Strategic
Content
Intelligent Infragistic
CRM
Data Collection Right Side
Data Access Left Side
Analytics
Tactical
B2x
Portal
Collaboration
Integration
Information Flow
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The Extraprise Information Factory
Definition
The Extraprise Information Factory is a
Technical Architecture to construct and deploy
scalable, extendable, distributable and
integrated solutions needed to support business
critical applications. The Strategic, Tactical,
eBusiness, Business Intelligence and Operational
applications are tightly integrated under common
infrastructure. The integration is value based
rather technology focuses and business
Intelligence is at the core of business critical
applications.
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Ten Guiding Principals for an EIF

1. Tightly Integrated with Strategic and Tactical
   Business operations and Internet ready
2. Consistent Infrastructure for most Business
   critical Operations
3. Business Intelligence is not an after thought
   rather an integral part of strategic business
   planning
4. Portal Centric
5. Collaborative Environment

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Ten Guiding Principals for an EIF

• Change-aware
• API centric
• Platform Independent
• Open, Extendable, Scalable, Distributable
• Global Operations

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eBusiness Business Domain
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eBusiness Components
Suppliers
Distributors
Collaboration
Resellers
Partners
Supply Chain Management
LOGISTICS
PRODUCTION
DISTRIBUTION
INTELLIGENT INFRAGISTICS for eBUSINESS Body Parts
ERP
EMPLOYEES
ENTERPRISE APPLICATION INTEGRATION
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
PLM
ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL HR / ORDMS / PURCHASING
FINANCE/ACCOUNTING MANAGEMENT CONTROL
STAKEHOLDERS
RD
CRM
MARKETING
CUSTOMER SERVICE
SALES
Selling Chain Management
Collaboration
Resellers
Internal
Customers
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eBusiness Core Infragistics
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The EIF Technical Layer
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Can We Implement an EIF?

• Yes. By exploiting ERP Infrastructure
• For Example
• SAP
• ORACLE
• PeopleSoft
• Probably Not if you start from scratch. It is
  just too complex
• Also depends on your
• Business Model
• Current applications landscape
• Financial state
• Culture

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Extraprise Information factory
OPEN FOR DISCUSSION
Naeem Hashmi Chief Technology Officer Information
Frameworks e-mail nhashmi_at_infoframeworks.com Web
http//infoframeworks.com