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NIC Components Corp.eBusiness Contact: NIC EDI contact (John Johnson)fax (USA): 1-631-396-7575 | phone (USA): 1-631-396-7500 x165

E-Commerce OptionsElectronic Data InterchangeXML Data Exchange Web connectivity to Corporate data

• Open Order Status• Shipment History

Automatic Email 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

810 - Invoice 820 - Remittance Advice830 - Planning Schedule 840 - Request for Quote843 - Response to RFQ 846 - Inventory Advice850 - Purchase Order 855 - Purchase Order Ack856 - Advance Ship Notice 860 - Change Order861 - Receipt Advice 862 - Shipping Schedule864 - Message Text 865 - Change Order Ack870 - Order Status 943 - Stock Transfer Req944 - Stock Xfer Recpt Advice 997 - Functional Ack

DELFOR - Delivery Forecast ORDERS/ORDSP - PO / Response-AckINVOICE - InvoicesINVRPT - Inventory Report

EDI Documents As Desired

850/855 - No more paper PO’s

860/865 - No more paper change orders

856 - Immediate notification of shipments

810 - 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

83024-52 Week

Forecast

Integrated intoBuyers System

830Release against

forecast

Create/AddPurchase Order

810Ship/Bill material

SAME Day

Buying is done based on Letter of Intent

Material Bonded to ensureavailability

Rolling forecast

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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

830 24-52 Week

Forecast

861 ReceiptAdvice

Update CUS Qtys

850/856

Material Pulled from in-house

store862 Shipping Schedule

Ship / No Bill

Create/AddPurchase Order

Ship from CUS Whse / Relieve

Inventory

810Invoice

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

DetermineOptimal Stocking

Level

830 24-52 Week

Forecast

Whse Qty <Stocking Qty

943/862Issue Whse

Transfer

850

Material Pulled from in- house

store

944/861Whse Transfer

Receipt/Update CUS Whse Inventory

Create/AddPurchase Order

Ship from CUS Whse / Relieve

Inventory

810Invoice

EDI Requirements

Mapping and translation of EDI data is essential to implementation of EDI.

PC/LAN (MS/Windows)Peregrine 800-578-4334 www.peregrine.comTSI 800-334-2120 www.tsisoft.com

Midrange Systems (HP, AS/400, Sun)Peregrine 800-578-4334 www.peregrine.comPerwill EDI 216-891-0096 www.perwill.comSterling 614-793-7000 www.sterlingcommerce.com

Mainframe Systems (DOS/VSE, MVS, 43XX)Peregrine 800-578-4334 www.peregrine.comTSI 800-334-2120 www.tsisoft.com

EDI Software Solutions

EDI RequirementsEDI Value Added Networks

The value added network provides the transmission of the data from on companies mailbox to another.

1. MCI-EDI 800-228-3164

2. IBM Advantis 800-284-5849

3. GE Information Services 800-EDI-KNOW

4. Sterling Software / CA 614-793-7000 5. Peregrine 800-638-52316. Internet S/MIME – FTP

More Information on the webwww.disa.org Data Interchange Standards Organizationwww.ansi.org American National Standards Institutee-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 AccessOrder Status Selection

Extranet Web AccessOrder Status Detail

Extranet Web AccessPart Search / Quote / Sample / Order

Extranet Web AccessShopping 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 Email Notifications

Regularly Scheduled Email 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

http://www.rosettanet.org

Cluster 3: Order Management Segment A: Quote and Order Entry

PIP3A2 Query Price and Availability PIP3A4 Manage Purchase Order PIP3A5 Query Order Status PIP3A6 Distribute Order Status PIP3A7 Notify of Purchase Order

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Getting Started…

NIC Components Corp.eBusiness Contact: NIC EDI contact (John Johnson)fax (USA): 1-631-396-7575 | phone (USA): 1-631-396-7500 x165

Website: http://www.niccomp.com/edi.html-ssi