Actra Business Systems
Mountain View, California
Order Expert TM
Business Models
Understanding our Target Markets
Version 2
NetBuy - NetSell - Merchant 2.0
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Table of Contents
1. BUSINESS MODELS................................................................................................................................ 4
1.1. COMMON CONCEPTS IN BUYER-SELLER BUSINESS MODELS ................................................................. 5
1.2. SIMPLE SELLER MODEL ......................................................................................................................... 5
1.3. BUSINESS TO CONSUMER MODEL .......................................................................................................... 8
1.4. SIMPLE BUYER MODEL.......................................................................................................................... 9
1.5. SELLER - BUYER MODELS ................................................................................................................... 10
1.6. AGENT MODEL .................................................................................................................................... 11
1.7. COMPLEX BUYER MODEL.................................................................................................................... 13
1.8. COMPLEX SELLER BUSINESS MODEL................................................................................................... 15
1.9. SUPPLY CHAIN BUSINESS MODEL ........................................................................................................ 16
1.9.1. Server-To-Server Pipeline ........................................................................................................... 17
3. ACTRA PRODUCT ORIENTATION - ORDER EXPERT ................................................................ 20
2.1.1. NetSell ......................................................................................................................................... 20
2.1.2. NetBuy ......................................................................................................................................... 20
2.1.3. Merchant 2.0 ............................................................................................................................... 20
2.1.4. Business Document Gateway ....................................................................................................... 21
2.1.5. Agent - Seller - Buyer Combinations ........................................................................................... 21
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Business Models
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Business Models
The Actra Purchasing Server is designed to provide support for both sides of the business transaction. The
Product is designed for several different modes of operation: For Example:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
A Customer/Browser based User interacting with a Purchase Server (Simple Seller Model)
A Buyer/Browser based User interacting with a Purchase Server (Simple Buyer Model)
A Distribution Company that is both a Seller and a Buyer (A Seller-Buyer Model)
An Agent Company that is going to provide an Electronic Market for many buyers and sellers
(Agent Model).
A Purchasing Server interacting with a Purchasing Server (Complex Buyer/Seller Model)
A Multi Divisional Company with many suppliers working with a common purchasing system
(Complex Buyer Model).
Two Companies in a supply chain relationship that both have Actra Servers (Supply Chain Model)
Buyers
Sellers
N
N
Sales Agent
Seller Model
Customer
Purchasing
Server @
Seller
Seller Model
Application
Software
Integrated
Product Catalog
Buyer
Purchasing
Server @
Buyer
N
Supply Chain Model
Buyer Model
Application
Software
Complex Buyer or Seller Model
Integrated
Product Catalog
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Supplier Specifc
Actra
Product Catalog
Complex Buyer Model
Non Actra
Product Catalog
Figure 1 Business Model Overview
The business models are comprehensive and all have a different requirements for packaging of the functionality.
The simple cases usually involve the interaction between a user with a browser, and a server. The more complex
cases involve multiple browsers, or remote access to an electronic product catalog.
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Electronic Product Catalogs will be located locally or remotely. The term local or remote defines the ownership
and editorial control of the catalog. The EPC API will be the same to the application engine whether an EPC is
located on the same machine, a local LAN, or a WAN. The dotted lines in these diagrams represent different
organizations.
The design criteria is to “Build” a single software engine that will work in all business models, and will be
configured, packaged, and delivered as different products for different markets.
The possibility for a Two Purchasing Servers to interact, will enable a buyer at one company to processes a
complete buying transaction. The presence of the purchasing server at any one site will allow the buying
transaction to be managed within the context of the business model (i.e. Buyer, or Seller).
The Purchasing Server will also have the ability to integrate with legacy systems, and integrate with the transfer
of information on an EDI basis. Once the EDI transactions have been accepted by a Purchasing System they
become part of the Purchasing Servers Information Data Base.
1.1.
Common Concepts in Buyer-Seller Business Models
There is a high degree of commonality between the two models, however they have differences in orientation
and nomenclature. For example:
Buyer Model
Supplier, Vendor
Purchase Orders
Buyer Company
Buyer
Concept
Bought From
Orders
Sold To
Active User Role
Seller Model
Seller
Sales Orders
Customer Company
Customer
Buy-From, Bill-to, Ship-to
Buyer Nomenclature
Buying Company, Selling
Company
Names & Addresses
Products
Pay-To, Bill-To, Ship-To
Seller Nomenclature
Selling Company, Buying
Company
Authority & Control
Loca / Remote EPC, & Foreign
PC
Catalog
Local or Remote EPC
Requisition
Master Purchase Orders
Repeat Requisitions
Pre Commitment Document
Master Agreements
Repeats
Sales Quotes
Sales Agreements
Repeat Sales Orders
Inventory On Site
Cost to Acquire
In Bound
Inventory
Pricing
Transportation
Figure 2 Business Models & Nomenclature
Inventory for Sale
Price to Customer
Out Bound
The conceptual model treats Purchase Orders, Sales Orders, Requisitions, and Shipments as representations
of a common business object - an Order.
1.2.
Simple Seller Model
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The Purchasing Server is designed to support a Company that is a Seller that has one to many
customers, which have one to many buyers (users). A simple Seller Model has multiple browser users
(Buyers) using the purchase server to place orders.
Seller
Buyers
Customer Company A
N
N
Seller Admin
N
Optional
Buyer
Admin.
Buyer
Admin.
Purchasing
Server @
Seller
N
N
Buyers
Buyers
Buyers
Customer Company B
N
Application
Software
N
Buyer
Admin.
N
N
Buyers
Product Catalog
N
N
Buyers
Buyers
Buyer
Admin.
Customer Company C
N
N
Buyer
LDAP Server Admin.
Buyers
N
Buyers
N
Buyers
Figure 3 Simple Seller Model
The “Seller Model” has an orientation of being owned by a selling company, and may be operated by that
company or another company in the Agent Model. The “Seller Model” is a Sales Order Processing System.
The primary business roles are:





Seller - the organization that is providing products or services, usually called the Pay-To.
Customer/Buyer Company - the organization that is receiving the products or services usually
called the Bill-To.
Customer/Buyer (Member) - the individual, who represents the customer/buyer company, usually
known as the Ship-To.
Purchase Order - or Sales Order - that represents an agreement to transfer products and services
from a seller to a buyer.
Supplier - a third party organization that supplies products and services to the seller (“Seller
Model”).
The basic orientation of all of the business policies, privileges and rules are oriented around the Seller. In the
“Seller Model” the seller (Seller Admin.) controls the granting or revoking of all privileges to the buyer
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company (Buyer Admin.), who in turn grants/revokes privileges to the individual Buyer (Member). The Three
examples in this diagram show:
1.
2.
3.
A Buying Company with a Single Buyer Admin. and multiple Buyers (Users). The Buyer
Administration function can be performed by either a person working for the seller or a person
working for the buying company.
A Buying Company (probably a very large company) with Multiple Buyer Admin. (by
organization), each with multiple buyers.
A Buying Company with LDAP Services which allow the Buyer Administrator to better manage a
large number of buyers. The LDAP capability will allow the individual buyer to use the system
without using the User/password dialog to establish identity.
The simple seller model is expected to be able to cover both the commercial and retail markets.
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Business to Consumer Model
The Business to Consumer Business Model makes the assumption that the seller will sell to almost anyone. This
assumption also implies that the price, terms, and quality of service are consistently applied to a basically
“Unknown” or “Casual” Shopper. In fact, it is expected that the consumer is unknown to the seller prior to
concluding the order taking function.
The specific details for this model need to be filled in, and will represent the needs and requirements of the
existing Merchant X.X series of products.
The primary differences will be:
1. The Consumer is “Transient” and only needs to identify themselves when they purchase something.
2. The Product Catalog is available to the “Public”
3. The T&C of doing business are standardized to a small set of choices
4. The ability to “customize” the StoreFront, and Catalogs is very important
5. Tracking of the activity, logging, and user preferences is important
6. Providing the ability to advertise, and influence buying behavior is important
The ability to Up-sell, Cross-Sell, and promote products is important.
Seller
Buyers
N
N
Buyers
N
Seller Admin
N
Buyer
Admin.
Purchasing
Server @
Seller
Buyers
N
W.W.W
Buyers
N
Buyers
Application
Software
N
Buyers
Product Catalog
N
Buyers
N
Buyers
Figure 4 - Business to Consumer
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Simple Buyer Model
The Purchasing Server is also designed to support a Company that is a Buyer and has many suppliers (Sellers).
This model supports many users (Buyers) placing orders against suppliers (Sellers).
Sellers
Buyer
Seller Supplier Company A
N
Direct Administartion
Seller Admin
Purchasing Server
@ Buyer
Seller Supplier Company B
Application
Software
N
N
Buyer Admin
Seller Admin
Integrated
Product Catalog
FTP
Seller Specific
Product Catalog
N
N
N
Buyers
Buyers
Buyers
Seller Specific
Product Catalog
Seller Supplier Company C
N
Seller Admin
Seller Specific
Product Catalog
FTP
Figure 5 Simple Buyer Model
The “Buyer Model” has an orientation that represents the needs of a buying organization dealing with a large
number of parts and a large number of suppliers(sellers). The sellers to this organization may maintain their
business relationship in several different manners.



A buyer maintained catalog of parts and suppliers. This approach would be implemented in an
environment where the suppliers do not have the ability or the desire to provide a prepared set of
information to the buying company. The buying company maintains there own integrated product
catalog with whatever information is provided.
A seller maintained catalog of parts and suppliers, with each supplier having the ability to
administer “their” products in a common catalog.
A separate seller maintained catalog, that is transferred to the buying company as a single set of
information. This product catalog is accessed and maintained by the seller and transferred to the
buyer for access.
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Later in this document we will cover the “Complex Buyer Model” which may have a multiple step approval
process (WorkFlow) where the original requirement is expressed as a purchasing requisition. The requisition
may then go through an approval process, and be processed into a purchase order.
Requisitions represent the needs of a specific buyer, which may be satisfied by multiple suppliers(sellers).
Requisitions may map to Purchase Orders on a many-to-many basis. Each line item on a requisition may track to
many other line items on purchase orders.
Purchase Orders in the “Buyer Model” become Sales Orders in the “Seller Model”.
1.5.
Seller - Buyer Models
Many organization have a need to be both a seller (sales) and a buyer (purchasing). The Sales Processing
Systems (Order, Ship, Bill) may include an ACTRA Seller System.. The Inventory Management Systems (Plan,
Make, Buy) may include an ACTRA Purchasing System. These organizations are in business to “Distribute”
product.
These ACTRA Products are connected by internal legacy systems that process information from sales,
purchasing, forecasting, and marketing systems.
Suppliers
My Distribution Company
Purchasing
Server @ Seller
Supplier One
N
Supplier Admin
Sales
Management
Staff
"Seller Model"
\
Sales
Orders
Application
Software
N
Buyers / Customers
Customer Company
A
Buyer
Administrator
N
Customer
s
N
N
N
SupplierTwo
Integrated Product
Catalog
Seller Admin
N
Supplier Admin
Buyer
Administrator
N
N
Purchasing
Server @ Buyer
Application
Software
N
Supplier Admin
N
Buyer
Administrator
Purchase
Orders
Inventory
Management Staff
N
Integrated Product
Catalog
N
Customer Company
C
"Buyer Model"
Supplier Four
N
Customer
s
Forecasting
ERP, DRP, MRP
Sales
Supplier Three
Supplier Admin
Customer Company
B
N
Customer
s
N
N
N
Buyer Admin
Figure 6 Buyer / Seller Model
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The distribution company can use the system in two different ways. First, using the “Seller Model” to manage
their relationships with their customers. Second, using the “Buyer Model” to manage their relationship with their
suppliers.
This becomes a complex model with multiple servers playing different roles. The Inventory Management
Function within a company then balances current sales orders with current inventory and determines the amount
of new product to buy to put into inventory or ship to customers.
1.6.
Agent Model
The “Agent Business Model” sets up an electronic marketplace where a larger number of electronic sellers and
electronic buyers may interact. The Agent would be a company that intends to provide a service to any number
of buyers and sellers. The Agent would provide the capability for the buyers and sellers to conduct electronic
commerce on an individual basis. This would follow a “Service Bureau” like approach.
Both Models can be supported under an Agent Relationship, where the systems are setup, administered and
supported by a third party (Like as Service Bureau). Both of these business models assume the use of browsers
for access, and local ownership of product information. The product information in these simple configurations
is expected to be maintained by the system owner.
Sellers
Buyers
Agent Model
Customer Company A
Purchasing
Server @ Agent
Buyer Administrator
N
Buyers
Seller Administrator
Application
Software
N
N
N
N
Seller Administrator
Product Catalog
Seller A
N
Customer Company B
Buyer Administrator
N
Buyers
Product Catalog
Seller B
Seller Administrator
N
N
N
N
Product Catalog
Seller C
Customer Company C
Buyer Administrator
N
Seller Administrator
N
Agent Administrator
N
Buyers
N
N
N
Figure 7 Agent Model
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The Agent Model also supports the awareness of multiple suppliers and sellers into a single environment. In this
environment the Buyers will have access to a Suppliers catalogs, and the privileges will be maintained by the
agent in charge of that electronic marketplace.
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Complex Buyer Model
The next step in integration is the ability for multiple sellers, and buyers to maintain their own Product Catalogs,
and share that information with many other Purchasing Servers.
For example, a major manufacturer has many suppliers for MRO products (Buyer Model), there may have 5
major sources of supply. Each one of those suppliers may have their own electronic catalog, and is willing to
share that catalog with any of their major customers.
The Electronic Catalog for each one of the suppliers may be:
1.
Maintained by the Buying Company, and combined into a single integrated product catalog at
the buying companies site. (Buyer Model).
Maintained by the Selling Company. But located at the buying company’s site as a separate
electronic product catalog.
Maintained by the Selling Company. But located at the Selling company’s site as a remote
electronic product catalog.
Maintained by the Selling Company, and is not an Actra Electronic Product Catalog.
2.
3.
4.
Sellers
Buyers
Internal Departments
N
Purchasing
Server @
Buyer
Supplier A
Admin.
Buyer Administrator
for Dpeartment 100
N
Buyers
N
Products in the
Integrated
Catalog
N
N
Application
Software
Internal Departments
Buyer Administrator
for Department 200
Product Catalog
Supplier B
Seperate
Product
Catalog
N
Supplier B
Admin.
N
SupplierC
Admin.
Product
Catalog
Remote Product
Catalog
File Transfer
Integrated
Product Catalog
N
Buyers
N
N
N
Product Catalog
Supplier B
Product
Administrator
Users in Work Flow Roles
Product
Requistions
IN
Workflow
Control
Out
N
WorkFlow
Role
Product
Catalog
Product Purchase
Orders
Remote Forign
Product Catalog
Figure 8 Complex Buyer Model
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The product catalog used in any of these relationships must exist with the Purchasing Server, and may exist on
another Purchasing Server that represents a supplier. Therefore, any one Purchasing Server may have one or
more Local Product Catalogs, or None to many Remote Product Catalogs.
The Purchasing Server will be able to search both local and remote product catalogs.
The “Complex Buyer Model” which may have a multiple step approval process (WorkFlow) where the
original requirement is expressed as a purchasing requisition. The requisition may then go through an approval
process, and be processed into a purchase order.
Requisitions represent the needs of a specific buyer, which may be satisfied by multiple suppliers(sellers).
Requisitions may map to Purchase Orders on a many-to-many basis. Each line item on a requisition may track to
many other line items on purchase orders.
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Complex Seller Business Model
The complex seller model is for a seller who has multiple customers in multiple markets. The seller maintains
multiple sets of product catalogs, with each catalog having a different representation of the products the
company has to sell. For Example:
1.
2.
3.
A general commercial product catalog
A GSA Catalog
A Military “MilSpec” Catalog
All of these catalogs may / may not have the same products. However, the products stored in these catalogs may
have entirely different descriptions, categorization, and nomenclature.
Buyers
Seller
Purchasing
Server @
Seller
N
Seller
Admin.
Buyer Administrator
for Company A
N
Buyers
N
N
N
Application
Software
Product Catalog
Commercial
Buyer Administrator
Dept of Navy
N
Buyers
N
N
N
Product Catalog
GSA
Product
Administrator
Product Catalog
Military
Buyer Administrator
GAO
N
Buyers
N
N
N
Figure 9 - Complex Seller
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Supply Chain Business Model
The ultimate extension of Electronic Commerce will be the extension of the Supply Chain from the consumer
back to through the supplier chain.. The capability that Actra will add is the ability for each company in that
supply chain to interact with every other company in the supply chain in a seamless manner.
Supply Chain Model
N
Customer
Requirement
N
N
Sales Agent
Purchasing Server @ Seller
Sales Agent
Paper to Paper
(Old Way) Purchasing Server @ Seller
Application
Software
Application
Software
Integrated
Product Catalog
Integrated
Product Catalog
N
Buyer
MRP /
DRP / ERP
/ Legacy
Purchasing Server @ Seller
Application
Software
Integrated
Product Catalog
Legacy
Shipping
Billing
Invoicing
Local
Inventory
Local
Inventory
Sales Agent
Server - to - Server
(New Way)
Legacy
Shipping
Billing
Invoicing
Legacy
Shipping
Billing
Invoicing
MRP /
DRP / ERP
/ Legacy
N
Local
Inventory
N
Buyer
MRP /
DRP / ERP
/ Legacy
N
Buyer
Figure 10 Supply Chain Model
The real benefit from electronic commerce will come when an entire “Supply Chain” can react to consumer
demand in a seamless way. That all of the companies in the supply chain have setup information systems that
participate in a integrated information and product flow model.
The exchange of EDI information from server to server will happen on an interactive basis. This level of
interaction will require a very effective definition of business rules, and workflow controls.
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Server-To-Server Pipeline
The Actra Product Line is being designed to reduce the overall overhead, and commitment of resources
necessary to support an efficient supply chain. The use of Actra Products, or any interactive EDI products, will
result in a cross - enterprise electronic commerce systems.
Old Way
Order / Ship / Bill
Plan / Make / Buy
Integrated Company
Information Systems
Purchasing
Sales
Company A
Company B
Company C
N
Order / Ship / Bill
Order / Ship / Bill
Order / Ship / Bill
Customer
Plan / Make / Buy
Plan / Make / Buy
Plan / Make / Buy
Actra
Actra
EDI
Actra
EDI
Integrated Supply Chain Information Systems
The Server-To-Server Business Model is a special case of two ACTRA servers having a dialog to process an
order. Conceptually, the both systems will be business “Stand-In’s” for their respective organizations.
The capability then exists for an entire range of activities to occur without human intervention.
For Example:
A mechanic needs a electric switch, and fills out a material request. The material request is filled on the
spot with inventory from the spares locker. The material request, and it’s fulfillment results in a
Materials Management System recognizing the need to order more switches to maintain its normal
supply level. This results in the creation of a resupply requisition. These are all features to be expected
of a legacy system.
The requisition from the legacy system is then imported into an ACTRA Purchasing Server System.
Assuming that the resupply request, passes all of the normal tests, and business rules, the resupply
request is processed into a purchase order. The Actra Purchasing Server will then have a dialog with
the ACTRA Selling Server at a supplier’s organization.
This dialog will have both servers playing the role of a “buyer” or of a “seller”. The business rules and
data requirements will be enforced by both servers. Assuming that this purchase order conforms to all
of the sellers rules, the purchase order is accepted as a sales order and a confirmation is sent back to the
buyers purchasing server.
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The sellers selling server then communicates the sales order to it’s own legacy systems for shipment
and billing.
The end result is a $500 order has been fully processed by both companies without the absolute need for anyone
to get involved in the process.
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Actra Product Orientation - Order Expert
The Order Expert Product line is designed to support three basic business channels. The overall product
definition covers both Retail and Commercial channels :
Order Expert TM
N
Retail
N
Int
et
ra n
Tele
Marketing
Consumers
Inte
N
rne
e
Int
t
Internet
N
In
et
Buyers
&
Requestors
Merchant
2.0
t
N
Internet
World
Wide
Web
Field
Support
n
tra
rne
Field
Sales
NetBuy
NetSell
Intr
a ne
t
N
EDI
BDG
EDI
Inside
Sales
Commercial
Figure 11 - Order Expert Family of Products
2.1.1.
NetSell
The NetSell Product is targeted at those companies that primarily sell to other commercial organizations. They
may be manufacturers, distributors, or wholesalers.
2.1.2.
NetBuy
The NetBuy Product is targeted at those commercial organizations that want to organize their purchasing for
direct and indirect products.
2.1.3.
Merchant 2.0
The Merchant 2.0 Product is targeted at those sellers that are primarily selling to consumers of the end products.
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Business Document Gateway
The Business Document Gateway Product will be targeted to those organizations that would like to interact with
EDI, through the Internet.
2.1.5.
Agent - Seller - Buyer Combinations
The combination of these products into the entire supply chain can be accomplished by combining multiple
products. The following figure is an example of that process.
Multi Tiered Business Model
N
Buyer / Consumer
End User / Consumer / Customer
NetSell
Order
Expert
Software
Integrated
Product Catalog
Legacy
Systems
Manufacturer / Distributor / Wholesale
Legacy
Systems
Major Distributor / Manufacturer Products
Legacy
Systems
Basic Materials Manufacturer / Importer
NetBuy
Catalog
Information
Purchase Orders, Sales Orders,
Confirmations, Shipping Notices, Receipts,
Claims, Invoices, Credits
NetSell
Order
Expert
Software
Integrated
Product Catalog
NetBuy
Catalog
Information
Purchase Orders, Sales Orders,
Confirmations, Shipping Notices, Receipts,
Claims, Invoices, Credits
NetSell
Integrated
Product Catalog
Order
Expert
Software
Figure 12 - Multi Tiered Business Model
The Multi Tiered Business Model opens up the information flow in the Supply Chain. Each Compnay in the
chain becomes a component part of the overall process. The companies involved in this type of information
sharing will have a competitive advantage over companies not in the process.
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