CSS Implementation At Regal Beloit A Case Study Rob Rush Regal Beloit Gary Yang Roundview Technologies Speakers Rob Rush Regal Beloit Corporation IT Manager IT Business Solutions Group Regal Beloit Corporation ID: 384444
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CSS Case Study – Regal Beloit
CSS Implementation At Regal Beloit: A Case Study
Rob Rush, Regal BeloitGary Yang, Roundview TechnologiesSlide2
Speakers
Rob Rush – Regal Beloit Corporation
IT Manager
IT Business Solutions Group
Regal Beloit Corporation
MWUG MemberGary Yang – Roundview TechnologiesPresident and Principal ConsultantFrequent Speaker At QAD User ConferencesMWUG Member
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Regal Beloit Corporation (RBC)
Manufacturing Leader
Electric motors
Mechanical and electrical motion controls
Power generation products
Serving markets throughout the worldHeadquartered in Beloit WisconsinManufacturing, sales, and service facilities throughout the worldS&P Mid Cap 400 Index & Russell 2000 IndexCSS Case Study – Regal BeloitSlide4
Choose A B2B Solution
Regal Beloit Needs A B2B Presence
Meet customer’s requirements
Help streamline the order processing
Choices
Home grown systemQAD CSSOthersQAD Customer Self-Service Was ChosenRegal Beloit (A O Smith EPC at that time) licensed to use CSSTight integration with QAD ERPFeatures satisfy most requirementsGood platform to build additional functions
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Strategy:
Development Model
Best Practices Validation
Web Team &
IT Supplier Input
Leadership
Inputs
Company Values
& Strategies
Competitor Research & Analysis
Customer Research & Analysis
Web
Strategy
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Strategy: Leadership
InputsInteractiveVisit repeatedlyEasy to do business
withBrings added valueEasy to navigate
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Highest Priority Deliverables
Visibility Features
Inventory AvailabilityPricingOrder Status Including Shipment InformationOrder EntryProduct Cross Reference
Technical Information
Drawings, Diagrams and Photos
Nameplate and Rating DataPerformance DataFeaturesCSS Case Study – Regal BeloitSlide8
Initiative Objectives
Brand imageEasy to navigate
Manage content quicklyEasy access to data
Ecommerce
Promote
an atmosphere for revenue growthCSS Case Study – Regal BeloitSlide9
Challenges
Product CatalogWhat to publish?How to publish?When to publish?Using Trade Management Data
Determines if the item should be in CSSDetermines “My Products” categoryPerformance issuesParametric SearchIn CSS or outside CSSHow to integrate if developed outside QAD
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Design & Development
CSS Implementations & Customizations Look & Feel can be adjusted with Cascading Style Sheets, images and System RegistryBusiness functions can be configured with the flexible CSS designCustomizations are still needed when requirements cannot be met with configuration changes Use of CSS customization extension layer to execute the customizations
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Design & Development (Cont.)
Customer Portal and Public Portal
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Design & Development (Cont.)
CSS Data Replications – An ExampleCSS Case Study – Regal BeloitSlide13
Design & Development (Cont.)
Parametric SearchDeveloped on Ektron / .Net platform by another vendorUsing AJAX to integrate the Ektron pages with CSS page
Developed CSS XML interfaces for AJAX to query CSS data and create transactionsUse dedicated WebSpeed agents for AJAX callsCSS Case Study – Regal BeloitSlide14
Advance Catalog
SearchThe IntegrationSearch from Public Portal or Customer Portal
Customer Portal search includes additional customer-centric information:Customer part numberAvailable inventoryCustomer’s net price
Ability to add to cart
Integration of:
Public Portal databases (Data Repository)QAD CSS (Secure customer login)Ektron (Web – User Interface)CSS Case Study – Regal BeloitSlide15
Advance Catalog
Search
The IntegrationCSS Case Study – Regal BeloitSlide16
Demo
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CSS Case Study – Regal Beloit
Questions?
Contact Rob Rush
At rob.rush@RegalBeloit.com
Or
Gary Yang At gary.yang@roundviewtech.com / LinkedIn