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February 18, 2008. Hewitt Associates. Outline. Hewitt Overview Accounts Payable sources for vouchers Why XML and cXML Issues when implementing cXML Future. Overview of Hewitt Associates. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Hewitt Associates
February 18, 2008
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Outline
• Hewitt Overview
• Accounts Payable sources for vouchers
• Why XML and cXML
• Issues when implementing cXML
• Future
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Overview of Hewitt Associates
Hewitt Associates (NYSE: HEW) is the world’s foremost provider of human resources outsourcing and consulting services. The company consults with more than 3,000 organizations and administers human resources, health care, payroll and retirement programs on behalf of more than 340 companies to millions of employees and retirees worldwide.
HROutsourcing
Health Care
Retirement
Talent
Outsourcing
Consulting
HROutsourcing
Health Care
Retirement
Talent
Outsourcing
Consulting
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Overview of Hewitt Associates
Put simply, our business is people. Our clients understand that people are their most important asset—and they count on us to maximize their human resources (HR) investment. The bottom line: we're the world's largest provider of multi-service HR business process outsourcing (BPO), and the only firm fully integrating HR outsourcing and consulting.
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Key Facts
Achieved global revenue of approximately $2.8 billion in fiscal 2006.
Recognized as one of America's Most Admired Companies (Fortune, 2004, 2005, 2006).
Leads the HR Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry with the greatest market share (TPI, October 2006, based on contracts covering 10,000 employees or more, by number of clients).
Ranked as the 6th largest diversified outsourcing company in the U.S. (Fortune, 2006).
Named China's HR Outsourcing firm of the Year and Consulting Firm of the Year for Change Management (ChinaSTAFF Magazine, 2005).
Recognized as Outstanding HR Consulting Firm in China (SMART Fortune, 2004, 2005).
Featured as one of the 100 Best Places to Work for IT (Computerworld, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005).
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Located in 35 countries around the world, Hewitt has offices across Asia Pacific, Europe and the Americas, and employs approximately 24,000 associates.
Office Locations
FL, GAFL, GA
TXTX
LincolnshireLincolnshire
CanadaCanada
IndiaIndia
BelgiumBelgium
NetherlandsNetherlands
SwitzerlandSwitzerlandNY, NJ, CT, MANY, NJ, CT, MA
MD, DC, PAMD, DC, PA
MN, WIMN, WI
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico
CACA
SingaporeSingaporeBrazilBrazil
MO, OH, TNMO, OH, TN
NC, SCNC, SC
ThailandThailand
Hong KongHong Kong
S. KoreaS. Korea
PolandPoland
UKUK
Plus over 50 recruiting locations
AustraliaAustraliaChileChile
ChinaChina
FranceFrance
GermanyGermany
VenezuelaVenezuela
Italy, GreeceItaly, Greece
JapanJapanRussiaRussia
SpainSpain
MIMI
New ZealandNew Zealand
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Our Mission: To Make the World a Better Place to Work
Our organization is guided by three fundamental objectives:
To serve our clients exceptionally well
To enhance associate engagement
To strengthen our business
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Accounts Payable – Voucher Sources
• Hand keyed with help from imaging system
• Expense report interface
• Temp staffing interface
• Dell cXML invoice
• UPS has custom XML invoice
• Future Temp staffing cXML invoice
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Electronic Invoicing Options
• Hewitt Custom – this is best for internal systems like expense reports
• Vendor Custom – an example is UPS who has a custom XML standard
• EDI – a standard that was created in 1979 by ANSI X12 committee
• OAG XML Standard – this is a new standard and could not well accepted
• cXML - is Commerce eXtensible Markup Language and was started in February of 1999. If you have PeopleSoft ePro and use punchout, you are using the cXML standard for purchase orders.
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The EDI format is inferior for the following reasons:
A) This standard is 28 years old and is limited by the technology that was available in 1979.
B) Too much gray area in interpreting the standard.
C) EDI requires a third party tool like Gentran.
D) EDI (X12) is moving to XML. ASC X12 is collaborating on an international standard using XML called Electronic Business XML or ebXML. However, cbXML is limited because of dependencies on the old EDI format.
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cXML invoice is superior for the following reasons:
A) Uses eXtensible Markup Language
B) This is the same standards group that we use to send purchase orders in ePro
C) The initial survey of five vendors indicated that three vendors support cXML.
D) You can add more elements like accounting information.
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cXML Website quote from FAQ section
"Most other XML B2B protocols are an attempt to translate the EDI business process and documents into the syntax of XML. As such, they generally encounter the same problems that have plagued EDI: The need for point-to-point mappings makes them unsuitable for the Internet. cXML attempts to come at the problem from another angle (informed by EDI but not following it) and avoid those issues."
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Schema Checker – XML Spy Tool
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Validating cXML File - Data Definition part of a XML File
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Issues when Implementing cXML
• Internal knowledge
– Hired a consultant to help implement first vendor.
– Technical developer took PeopleSoft Integration Broker class
• No image of invoice in imaging system
– XML Spy tool to view cXML invoice
– Rename the invoice to vendor name plus invoice number
– Store the cXML invoice for seven years
• One vendor claimed to have cXML but had a custom format.
– Send vendor link to cXML website
– Ask vendor for sample cXML file
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Future
• Implementing a temp staffing company with accounting information in the cXML file
• Adding additional vendors based on time saving versus current method
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Appendix
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Process Flow for Each cXML Invoice
Code Set
cXML Invoice
FTP to Hewitt
PS Message SubscriptionVoucher Build Message
Integration Broker
PS Quick Voucher Entry
eXtensible Style Language
Transformation (XSLT)
PS Application EngineMime and Synchronous Msg
Message back to App Engine
Message to Integration
Broker
Run Control InternetW3
XSLT