Rosendin Electric Uses Oracle SOA Suite 11g to Automate B2B Electronic Data Interchange with Major Vendors

Rosendin Electric, Inc (www.rosendin.com/) . has implemented Oracle SOA Suite 11g (www.oracle.com/us/technologies/soa/soa-suite/index.html) to automate the procure-to-pay process, helping enable the company to maintain quality service and increase profitability.

Rosendin Electric is an employee owned electrical engineering, power and communications provider and is the largest privately held electrical contractor in the United States.

The company wanted to automate the procure-to-pay process so it could more accurately and efficiently place orders with vendors and process invoices, helping to ensure that its projects remain on schedule and on budget.

Rosendin Electric chose Oracle SOA Suite 11g (www.oracle.com/us/technologies/soa/soa-suite/index.html) and Oracle WebLogic Suite 11g (www.oracle.com/us/products/middleware/application-server/weblogic-suite/index.html) , components of Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g (www.oracle.com/us/products/middleware/index.html) , to integrate the procure-to-pay processes with its top vendors through the Oracle SOA Suite 11g B2B Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) functionality.

Leveraging the standards-based infrastructure and comprehensive connectivity of Oracle SOA Suite 11g, Rosendin Electric is able to integrate its Oracle E-Business Suite (www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/ebusiness/index.html) Financials, Purchasing and Projects applications with the EDI solution, eliminating the need to manually place and confirm the receipt of orders via phone, fax, and e-mail when doing business with its major vendors.

Rosendin Electric achieved its aggressive time to market goals leveraging the B2B platform within Oracle SOA Suite 11g. Oracle WebLogic Suite 11g plays a key role as the application server and the infrastructure platform for this implementation, and is also fundamental to the execution of the company’s critical business processes.

Rosendin Electric used Oracle BPEL Process Manager 11g (www.oracle.com/us/products/middleware/application-server/bpel-home-066588.html) to automate purchase approval for select items below a set dollar limit, further accelerating order placement.

Additionally, the company can more consistently manage and take advantage of early-pay discounts on a growing portion of its annual purchases.

The solution provides a repeatable standard for communication between internal and external data systems, and a streamlined structure that is able to grow with Rosendin Electric’s business.

The system is expected to deliver substantial savings for the company and create a platform for future growth.

“We’ve been able to transform the way we do business with Oracle SOA Suite 11g,” said Anand Tamboli, Director, Business Applications, Rosendin Electric. “With accurate and timely access to data, we are better able to work with our partners, service our customers and manage our business.”