MavenWire OTM / GTM Consulting Whitepaper

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http://www.mavenwire.com 866.343.4870 (US) +44 (0) 1285 652835 (International) Copyright © 2008 MavenWire All Rights Reserved. Oracle, OTM, GC3 and G-Log are trademarks of Oracle. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. MAVENWIRE CONSULTING SERVICES FUNCTIONAL CONSULTING With their OTM Knowledge and Supply Chain industry experience, our Functional application consultants make a real difference to the project team and the international clients they serve. Of course following the MavenWire ethos – imparting that knowledge of application configuration details and sharing best practice is all part of the service. TECHNICAL CONSULTING OTM is a complex multi-tier application, which requires extensive experience in order to successfully install, configure and tune. Key MavenWire members were involved in the development of OTM’s technical architecture, installer, and platform optimization. Leveraging this experience, MavenWire has become the foremost leader in OTM technical services, including installation, performance tuning, scalability, and architecture design. As volumes ramp up and additional business units come online, many customers face performance and scalability issues, stemming from poor hardware sizing, lack of application tuning and configuration issues. Utilizing our experience, we’re able to take a holistic view of our OTM instance, including hardware, network infrastructure, OS / platform choice, DB optimization, JVM tuning, application thread tuning, scalability (SCA) and functional configuration. Each of these play critical roles in the performance of OTM and performance issues can impossible to resolve without taking each into account. Our services include: Architecture Design Hardware Sizing Installation and Configuration Version Migrations Performance Tuning Scalability / Clustering Implementation Integration Mapping & Development DBA & Data Schema Reverse-Proxy / Load Balancer Integration Security Auditing & Hardening Authentication (SSO & LDAP) OTM 6.x Migrations Leverage our years of advanced functional experience to fully utilize OTM / GC3: Transportation Order Management Freight Rate Management Transport Planning Visibility Freight Settlement Freight Forwarding Master Data Management Operational & KPI Reporting Data Loading Order Processing Exception Management Workflow Management Supply Chain Event Management Utilize the experience of best practice OTM adoption: Requirements gathering Proof of Concept scenario modeling Solution Architecture and design Configuration of feature rich OTM capabilities Testing and project support Optimize OTM value through best practice configuration Go-live Support and deployment

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http://www.mavenwire.com 866.343.4870 (US) +44 (0) 1285 652835 (International)

Copyright © 2008 MavenWire All Rights Reserved. Oracle, OTM, GC3 and G-Log are trademarks of Oracle. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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With their OTM Knowledge and Supply Chain industry experience, our Functional application consultants make a real difference to the project team and the international clients they serve. Of course following the MavenWire ethos – imparting that knowledge of application configuration details and sharing best practice is all part of the service.

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OTM is a complex multi-tier application, which requires extensive experience in order to successfully install, configure and tune. Key MavenWire members were involved in the development of OTM’s technical architecture, installer, and platform optimization. Leveraging this experience, MavenWire has become the foremost leader in OTM technical services, including installation, performance tuning, scalability, and architecture design. As volumes ramp up and additional business units come online, many customers face performance and scalability issues, stemming from poor hardware sizing, lack of application tuning and configuration issues. Utilizing our experience, we’re able to take a holistic view of our OTM instance, including hardware, network infrastructure, OS / platform choice, DB optimization, JVM tuning, application thread tuning, scalability (SCA) and functional configuration. Each of these play critical roles in the performance of OTM and performance issues can impossible to resolve without taking each into account.

Our services include: Architecture Design Hardware Sizing Installation and Configuration Version Migrations Performance Tuning Scalability / Clustering Implementation Integration Mapping & Development DBA & Data Schema Reverse-Proxy / Load Balancer Integration Security Auditing & Hardening Authentication (SSO & LDAP) OTM 6.x Migrations

Leverage our years of advanced functional experience to fully utilize OTM / GC3:

Transportation Order Management Freight Rate Management Transport Planning Visibility Freight Settlement Freight Forwarding Master Data Management Operational & KPI Reporting Data Loading Order Processing Exception Management Workflow Management Supply Chain Event Management

Utilize the experience of best practice OTM adoption: Requirements gathering Proof of Concept scenario modeling Solution Architecture and design Configuration of feature rich OTM capabilities Testing and project support Optimize OTM value through best practice configuration Go-live Support and deployment

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http://www.mavenwire.com 866.343.4870 (US) +44 (0) 1285 652835 (International)

Copyright © 2008 MavenWire All Rights Reserved. Oracle, OTM, GC3 and G-Log are trademarks of Oracle. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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PPRROOJJEECCTT MMAANNAAGGEEMMEENNTT Complex logistics business processes and evolving Oracle OTM functionality make it essential to have an in-depth knowledge across the disciplines. MAVENWIRE’S PROJECT MANAGEMENT skills provide best in breed OTM solution delivery based upon experience of Domestic and International supply chains. Experienced program and project management experts use MavenWire’s dynamic and effective DDEELLIIVVEERR methodology to help your company:

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Rapid time-to-value through scoping and gap analysis against business objectives, requirements and configuration designs, plus deployment methodologies that apply and adapt the pre-defined configurations of OTM Accelerators to DDEELLIIVVEERR a best of breed Customer solution.

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Multi-phased OTM deployments incrementally so you can continually DDEELLIIVVEERR significant value and improve the maturity of your OTM solution without overwhelming your organization with change and excessive adoption challenges.

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Stability to your OTM solution at the end of deployment phases to maximize your current investment. Our Project Managers will plan and co-ordinate the tuning of your OTM solution, provide DDEELLIIVVEERR knowledge transfer to your IT staff and solution overviews for your end users, assist with production rollout and make recommendations that can speed adoption or further develop your OTM solution maturity and business value.

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OTM Roll-Out services for you to achieve expected productivity gains and increase adoption rates during successive roll-outs across your organization. Planning and co-ordination of roll-out tasks, operational readiness, OTM environment scaling, upgrades and the preparation for localized configuration.

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