eBusiness Solutions NIC Components Corp. eBusiness Contact: NIC EDI contact (John Johnson) fax (USA): | phone (USA): x165 NIC EDI contact

E-Commerce Options Electronic Data Interchange XML Data Exchange Web connectivity to Corporate data Open Order Status Shipment History Automatic of mission critical data Open Order Status Ship Confirmations Promise Date Changes KANBAN Replenishment Internet Based RF Terminal Based Connection to Corporate Mainframe Internet Dial-up IBM Global Services (Advantis)

Electronic Data Interchange  Just in Time response to needs –Customer MRP tracking –Vendor Managed Inventory –In House Store  Reduce time necessary to complete business transactions –Reduce faxing and phone calls  Increase accuracy –No duplicate entry  Conduct business in a paperless environment

EDI Documents Supported  ANSI X12/EDIFACT Standard Support Invoice820 - Remittance Advice Planning Schedule Request for Quote Response to RFQ846 - Inventory Advice Purchase Order855 - Purchase Order Ack Advance Ship Notice860 - Change Order Receipt Advice Shipping Schedule Message Text Change Order Ack Order Status943 - Stock Transfer Req Stock Xfer Recpt Advice997 - Functional Ack DELFOR - Delivery Forecast ORDERS/ORDSP - PO / Response-Ack INVOICE - Invoices INVRPT - Inventory Report

EDI Documents As Desired  850/855 - No more paper PO’s  860/865 - No more paper change orders  Immediate notification of shipments  No keying of invoices  Financial EDI - Automated clearinghouse for money exchange

EDI Forecast with Release  Effective solution for JIT inventory management  The 830 allow asset management to be prepared to keep on top of your needs based upon your rolling forecast  When material is needed a release is issued against the forecast, triggering a shipment from NIC

EDI Forecast With Release Week Forecast Integrated into Buyers System 830 Release against forecast Create/Add Purchase Order 810 Ship/Bill material SAME Day  Buying is done based on Letter of Intent  Material Bonded to ensure availability  Rolling forecast

EDI In House Store In House Store / Consignment Inventory Customer site treated as NIC warehouse - “CUS” Inventory levels maintained based on 830 (Customer Forecasts) NIC receives Shipping Schedule (862) from Customer which automatically creates a ship only/no bill order. Customer sends an Receipt Advice (861) when the product is received. We update the CUS warehouse inventory. As material is used, Customer sends Purchase Order (850/856) which depletes the CUS warehouse inventory and invoices customer.

EDI In House Store Appears on Buyers Screen Week Forecast 861 Receipt Advice Update CUS Qtys 850/856 Material Pulled from in-house store 862 Shipping Schedule Ship / No Bill Create/Add Purchase Order Ship from CUS Whse / Relieve Inventory 810 Invoice PM’s Maintain Proper Inventory Levels

EDI Kanban Replenishment  Two sets of inventory bins per part number  One set of bins on production floor  Second set of bins in stock room  Production floor bins replenished from stock room  When stock room bins are empty, scan into system to transmit 850 EDI PO

EDI In House Store/VMI  Most comprehensive vendor managed inventory Customer site treated as NIC warehouse - “CUS” Optimal inventory levels determined by Customer forecasts (830) NIC automatically replenishes based on current levels and optimal inventory level Warehouse transfers are issued automatically to replenish stock (943/944) As material is used, Customer sends advice of such usage which triggers billing of material - (850/856)

EDI In House Store/VMI Determine Optimal Stocking Level Week Forecast Whse Qty < Stocking Qty 943/862 Issue Whse Transfer 850 Material Pulled from in- house store 944/861 Whse Transfer Receipt/Update CUS Whse Inventory Create/Add Purchase Order Ship from CUS Whse / Relieve Inventory 810 Invoice

EDI Requirements Mapping and translation of EDI data is essential to implementation of EDI. PC/LAN (MS/Windows) Peregrine TSI www.tsisoft.comwww. Midrange Systems (HP, AS/400, Sun) Peregrine Perwill EDI Sterling Mainframe Systems (DOS/VSE, MVS, 43XX) Peregrine TSI www.tsisoft.comwww.tsisoft.com EDI Software Solutions

EDI Requirements EDI Value Added Networks The value added network provides the transmission of the data from on companies mailbox to another. 1. MCI-EDI MCI-EDI 2. IBM Advantis IBM Advantis 3. GE Information Services 800-EDI-KNOWGE Information Services 4. Sterling Software / CA Sterling Software / CA 5. Peregrine Peregrine 6. InternetS/MIME – FTP More Information on the web Data Interchange Standards Organization American National Standards Institute e-comm.internet.com/e-comme-comm.internet.com/e-comm The Electronic Commerce Guide

EDI/XML Over the Internet  Peregrine Trusted Link EDI Mapping and Translation XML Mapping Support Custom / RosettaNet / BizTalk  Trailblazers EDI/IP S/MIME V1 Compliant Interoperable with other products that incorporate this same standard  File Transfer Protocol Interoperable with other products that incorporate this same standard

Custom XML Exchange XML over the Internet using the latest encryption technologies –FTP/PGP –S/MIME All XML transactions integrated into back end systems Any type of transaction is possible NIC will conform to your DTD or use ours

Extranet Web Access Order Status Selection

Extranet Web Access Order Status Detail

Extranet Web Access Part Search / Quote / Sample / Order

Extranet Web Access Shopping Cart

Corporate Mainframe Access

Internet Connectivity Corporate Mainframe Real-time access to NIC Mainframe computer. Use the same option internal users use to access up to the minute information. Requirements: Dedicated Internet connection Fixed IP Address pool Distinct Intelliterm 5250 Emulation Software (Other options exist for emulation package) Internet

Real-time access to NIC Mainframe computer. Dial Services to the NIC Corporate Mainframe using the AT&T global network Connectivity to Corporate Mainframe

Extranet Notifications Regularly Scheduled Delivery of Mission Critical Data Customer Site Advance Ship Notice Invoices Open Order Status NIC Extranet Server

Business Process Modeling Business Process Analysis PIP Development (Partner Interface Processes) Dictionaries XML Based

n Cluster 3: Order Management u Segment A: Quote and Order Entry F PIP3A2 Query Price and Availability F PIP3A4 Manage Purchase Order F PIP3A5 Query Order Status F PIP3A6 Distribute Order Status F PIP3A7 Notify of Purchase Order Acceptance

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