1. User Case Study: QXtend Implementation At Visteon – Session I
John Pearson, Visteon Corporation
Gary Yang, RCM Technologies

2. Introduction

3. Introduction

4. Reorganization
Filed for Chapter 11 protection in the U.S. on May 28, 2009
Continuing operations throughout the reorganization process
Focused on emerging a strong, financially sound company, well-positioned to succeed in the global automotive industry

5. Product Portfolio Engine Induction HVAC Systems Powertrain Cooling
Compressors
Fluid Transport
Cockpit Modules
Instrument Panels
Consoles
Door Trim
Audio and Infotainment
Instrumentation and Displays
Powertrain and Feature Controls
Control Panels
Front/Rear Lighting
As an automotive supplier, we focus on the three key areas where we excel – climate, interiors and electronics – which includes lighting.
Shown here are the primary product lines that make up these product groups.

6. Customers Are Key
Clearly customer as key. And with a strong global footprint, Visteon supports vehicle manufacturers all over the world. This slide shows just a few of Visteon’s largest customers.

7. Global Manufacturing Capabilities
74 global facilities*
Asia Pacific 21
Europe 28
North America 19
South America 6
Our focus:
Lean, flexible production
Continuous quality improvement
World-class safety levels
Lowest delivered cost to customer
Here is a look at Visteon's global manufacturing capabilities. Currently we have 74 facilities globally which includes our consolidated joint ventures in Asia Pacific.
As you can see, the geographic footprint is almost evenly distributed, further emphasizing our diversification
Our focus is on lean flexible production; continuous quality; world-class safety and lowest delivered cost to the customer.
Balanced by Region and Product Group
* As of Dec. 31, Includes consolidated joint ventures.

8. Case Study QAD Implementation IT Challenges
Multiple ERP solutions, including Ford legacy system
Reduce TCO, promote global financial reporting (product line, region, customer, etc.)
Hundreds of integration points (regional, enterprise & legacy apps)
Heavily customized financials
>>The largest QAD implementation in 2007 and 2008<<
IT Challenges
Need a robust integration infrastructure
Need a global master data replication strategy to meet complex business requirements
Customizations that need to be scalable

9. Case Study QXtend As Interface Architecture
QXtend Inbound interfaces with master data and transactional screens
QXtend Outbound allows the event based or on demand data transmission to external systems
One of the first clients of QXE 1.4, a re-architected release with WSDL support, enhancements in QXO, and improved QDoc structure

10. Case Study QXtend Inbound vs. CIM
CIM Was Used Very Often In Integration Solutions, But…
Sequence sensitive
Easy to break
Only works with character interface
Difficult response tracking / exception handling
Difficult to work across servers / databases / domains
Maintenance programs with UI triggers (wrappers, ICT, TailorPro) will fail
End of life approach
QXtend Is The Answer To The Problems With CIM

11. Case Study Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
SOA is a business operations strategy for leveraging information to meet the enterprise’s objectives and deliver business capacity
SOA provides a set of principles of governing concepts used during phases of system development and integration
With loose coupling of services, SOA fulfils intra and inter-enterprise services reuse and process interoperability
SOA will automate business functions and deliver solutions cheaper, better and faster

12. Case Study QXtend Inbound Supports versions eB through QAD 2009
Receive QDocs via Web service and processed by a pool of sessions (multi threaded)
Supports both standard and custom QDocs
Security checking
QAD Enterprise Applications authentication
XML message validation
alerts
Minimize custom programming for interfaces
Pre/post-processing available for added functionality

13. Enterprise Interfaces
Case Study
QXtend Inbound (QXI)
Enterprise Interfaces
QXtend
Inbound
QAD App
QXtend Outbound
QDoc
QAD App
QAD App
SOAP (XML)
Over HTTP
QAD Custom Programs

14. Case Study QXtend Outbound Provides outbound QAD integration
Event-based publish subscribe model
Direct Data Publishing model (DDP)
Publishes QDocs or other XML documents
Delivers to subscriber via web-service or file
Real time or batched
Built-in alerts

15. Case Study QAD Bank Interfaces MES BOM Shipping Info For Customs (2TS)
(SRM) Spend
Management
QAD .Net UI Or Batch Initiates
Messaging (Event Or DDP)

16. Case Study Shared Service Model QXO UI Source Application Subscriber
QDocs
MFG/PRO #1
QXO
Server
MFG/PRO #1
(via QXI)
Adapter
MFG/PRO #2
(via QXI)
MFG/PRO #2
Adapter
MFG/PRO #3
(via QXI)
MFG/PRO #3
Adapter
JCAPS (EAI)

17. Case Study

18. Case Study Solutions Developed With QXtend Interfaces
Sun JCAPS as the messaging middleware (EAI)
Inbound interfaces: MES, exchange rate, PLM, AP
Outbound interfaces: MES, AR, AP, GL, NAFTA custom
Global Master Data Replications
QXtend Outbound publishes master data event
QXtend Inbound receives master data
Use Of QXtend Inbound In Customizations
Created QXtend API for developers
Easy to use / understand
Cross domain / database transactions become transparent

19. Case Study Interfaces Challenges
WSI compliance (WSDL, XML schema, etc.)
Working with a team not familiar with QAD
Exception handling
Inbound Interfaces Built With JCAPS/QXtend Solution
MES: backflush, shipment
PLM (GBC): item master, product structure (BOM), supplier item
Exchange rate and account payable (check cancellation)
Outbound Interfaces Built With JCAPS/QXtend Solution
MES: BOM, Kanban, customer item xref
AP: PositivePay, vendor report card, Spend Management, EAM PO, checks
AR: ARCollect, invoice history
GL: PeopleSoft, Hyperion, payroll
Chart of account replication to JCAPS

20. Case Study

21. Case Study

22. User Case Study: QXtend Implementation At Visteon – Session II
John Pearson, Visteon Corporation
Gary Yang, RCM Technologies

23. Case Study Global Master Data Replications
Business Requirements & Challenges
The Master Data Management (MDM) Solution
Single master repository
On demand, near real time data replication
Capability to target multiple database and or multiple domains – on the same or different servers
Capability to replicate values globally (all database / domains) or to targeted databases and domains
Capability to configure replication pattern by field
Always send
Receive at target one time only
Never send
Ability to report “what” has been sent and “what” has been received by target
Potential use of replication to load new environments versus CIM loads
No physical constraints on volume of data

24. Case Study Global Master Data Replications
Solution With QXtend Inbound / Outbound
User creates/modifies record in master data domain
DB schema triggers used to record an event in QXtend
QXtend extracts the raw data from QAD Enterprise Applications as an asynchronous from user’s session - Minimized performance impact
A QDoc is generated and sent to QXO subscribers (via Web service to QXtend Inbound)
Real-time publication of QDocs
alerts, archive and delete
Replicate reports allows the business to review, clean up or even retry replication failures

25. Case Study Global Master Data Replications
How To Handle Locally Controlled Fields
Using of QXO Delta Profile
Problem With Using QXO To Control The Fields That Are Locally Controlled
QXO Has no knowledge of the data in target domain/database
Using QXtend Inbound Pre-Processor
Can intercept QDoc before it is processed
Easy to deploy business logic which depends on the target system data

26. Case Study Global Master Data Replications The Keys To Success
One source of the truth – globally
Global and filtered targeting
Selectable fields
Ease and speed of use
Scalable
Configurable
Business should be empowered with good tools to monitor the replications

27. Case Study

28. Case Study

29. Case Study Use Of QXtend In Customizations
When There Is A Need To Send Data To QAD Maintenance Screens……
Traditional Approach: CIM
Sequence sensitive
Easy to break
Only works with CHUI
Difficult response tracking / exception handling
Difficult to work across servers / databases / domains
Maintenance programs with UI triggers (wrappers, ICT, TailorPro) will fail
End of life approach

30. Case Study Use Of QXtend In Customizations
When The Visteon Project Begins……
We Developed the QXtend Inbound Progress API
QXtend Inbound API is an ABL (4GL) solution
Based on WebService model of QXtend
More flexible than CIM
Domain / database / server becomes transparent
Easy to learn temp-table application interface for request / response
Works with UI triggers
Complete exception handling with response QDoc
Lower upgrade barrier
Ready for new QAD architecture (component based development)

31. Case Study

32. Case Study

33. Case Study Enhancements To QXtend
AIX kernel parameter tuning gave 10-fold improvement on QXI performance
Data replication management report
QXtend Inbound log report
QXtend Outbound BO/Profile migration tool
QXtend Outbound session monitor script
QXtend Inbound Connection Pool monitor script
Extensive use of QXI pre-processors
A lot of patches

34. Case Study

35. Case Study QXtend Solutions
Dramatic reduction in errors and duplicate data entries
20 Event based QXtend Outbound interfaces
10 Direct Data Publishing QXtend Outbound interfaces
10+ Data objects for Master Data Replication
Over 50 programs currently use QXtend Inbound API
Business Benefits: “A Platform for Global Deployment”
Users can manage master data in a complex environment with minimal IT intervention
Integrations are simpler to create, modify and support now that the infrastructure exists
Customizations affecting multiple domains and regions are simpler to develop and support

36. Case Study Possible Future Enhancements
Expand QXtend interfaces to legacy QAD systems (eB, eB2)
Use of QXtend Query Framework in interfaces (pre-validation)
Use of QXtend in plant launches / data conversation
More data replication objects
Configurable QXO DB delete / archive utility
Build QXtend Query Framework ABL API
Build asynchronous QXtend Inbound ABL API
Use of Service Interface (SI) API

37. Questions? QXtend Contact John Pearson At jpearso2@visteon.com or
Gary Yang At / LinkedIn