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Data Exchange Platform

Foundation for Collaborative Computing

The Data Exchange Platform (DXP) is designed to meet the most demanding business needs regarding global B2B integration. DXP, a service oriented architecture (SOA)-based integration platform, has been built with the latest technology to offer state-of-the-art performance, scalability and flexibility when integrating local and global trading communities using industry best practices.

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 The DXP and our SaaS model provide and enable the following key benefits:

  • Rapid service ramp-up and deployment.
  • One solution to all of your trading partner integration needs
  • Lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) - reducing the need to invest in and maintain databases, application servers and hardware
  • Support for all message formats and standards, transfer protocols and processes
  • Custom workflow and logics to enable any business processes
  • Reinforces end-to-end enterprise demand and supply-chain SOA strategy
  • Global reach - providing messaging hubs where your core business is in North America and Europe

Enterprise Level Online Service Framework

Complementary to direct messaging (system-to-system) integrations, DXP also provides a robust framework and the necessary knowledge and resources to meet dynamic business specific requirements.

  • Platform for custom SaaS applications built with the latest web technologies and components
  • Productized solutions for specific business needs such as: procurement automation, supply chain and inventory visibility, eInvoicing etc.
  • Message archival makes 120 days of archived message data available on-line as standard (up to 10 years per EU regulations)
  • In-line translation translates between any of EDI, XML, flat file using standard or proprietary formats
  • Services choreography is provided through the SOA pipeline
  • Custom web services, both within and outside the Liaison network
  • Message handling services such as advanced routing, choreography identification, advanced search identifier storage, message transformation (translation), storage/retrieval of key identifiers, data transformation, unique identifier generation by customer pattern, and choreography provided through advanced configuration tools by trading relationship
  • Advanced workflow engine allows for workflow-based choreography including exception management and user intervention
  • Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) functionality available via HubConsole, our web-based interface
  • Message enhancement for explosion of key product attributes
  • Data validation confirms standard and custom schema-based XML and flat files, format validation, data validation, all with configurable exception processes by trading relationship and transaction
  • Functional acknowledgement reconciliation
  • Additional components to enable scalable solutions for small and medium sized trading partners.
  • Customized exception reporting

 

Contact Us

If you have specific business integration needs that you would like to discuss, or if you would like to understand more about Liaison's SOA-based platform, contact us at services@liaison.com.