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CSS Implementation At Regal Beloit: A Case Study. Rob Rush, Regal Beloit Gary Yang, Roundview Technologies. Rob Rush – Regal Beloit Corporation IT Manager IT Business Solutions Group Regal Beloit Corporation MWUG Member Gary Yang – Roundview Technologies President and Principal Consultant
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CSS Implementation At Regal Beloit: A Case Study Rob Rush, Regal Beloit Gary Yang, Roundview Technologies CSS Case Study – Regal Beloit
Rob Rush – Regal Beloit Corporation IT Manager IT Business Solutions Group Regal Beloit Corporation MWUG Member Gary Yang – Roundview Technologies President and Principal Consultant Frequent Speaker At QAD User Conferences MWUG Member Speakers CSS Case Study – Regal Beloit
Manufacturing Leader Electric motors Mechanical and electrical motion controls Power generation products Serving markets throughout the world Headquartered in Beloit Wisconsin Manufacturing, sales, and service facilities throughout the world S&P Mid Cap 400 Index & Russell 2000 Index Regal Beloit Corporation (RBC) CSS Case Study – Regal Beloit
Regal Beloit Needs A B2B Presence Meet customer’s requirements Help streamline the order processing Choices Home grown system QAD CSS Others QAD Customer Self-Service Was Chosen Regal Beloit (A O Smith EPC at that time) licensed to use CSS Tight integration with QAD ERP Features satisfy most requirements Good platform to build additional functions Choose A B2B Solution CSS Case Study – Regal Beloit
Strategy: Development Model Company Values & Strategies Best Practices Validation Leadership Inputs Web Strategy Competitor Research & Analysis Web Team & IT Supplier Input Customer Research & Analysis CSS Case Study – Regal Beloit
Interactive Visit repeatedly Easy to do business with Brings added value Easy to navigate Strategy: Leadership Inputs CSS Case Study – Regal Beloit
Visibility Features Inventory Availability Pricing Order Status Including Shipment Information Order Entry Product Cross Reference Technical Information Drawings, Diagrams and Photos Nameplate and Rating Data Performance Data Features Highest Priority Deliverables CSS Case Study – Regal Beloit
Brand image Easy to navigate Manage content quickly Easy access to data Ecommerce Promote an atmosphere for revenue growth Initiative Objectives CSS Case Study – Regal Beloit
Challenges • Product Catalog • What to publish? • How to publish? • When to publish? • Using Trade Management Data • Determines if the item should be in CSS • Determines “My Products” category • Performance issues • Parametric Search • In CSS or outside CSS • How to integrate if developed outside QAD CSS Case Study – Regal Beloit
Design & Development • CSS Implementations & Customizations • Look & Feel can be adjusted with Cascading Style Sheets, images and System Registry • Business functions can be configured with the flexible CSS design • Customizations are still needed when requirements cannot be met with configuration changes • Use of CSS customization extension layer to execute the customizations CSS Case Study – Regal Beloit
Design & Development (Cont.) Customer Portal and Public Portal CSS Case Study – Regal Beloit
Design & Development (Cont.) CSS Data Replications – An Example CSS Case Study – Regal Beloit
Design & Development (Cont.) • Parametric Search • Developed on Ektron / .Net platform by another vendor • Using AJAX to integrate the Ektron pages with CSS page • Developed CSS XML interfaces for AJAX to query CSS data and create transactions • Use dedicated WebSpeed agents for AJAX calls CSS Case Study – Regal Beloit
Advance Catalog SearchThe Integration • Search from Public Portal or Customer Portal • Customer Portal search includes additional customer-centric information: • Customer part number • Available inventory • Customer’s net price • Ability to add to cart • Integration of: • Public Portal databases (Data Repository) • QAD CSS (Secure customer login) • Ektron (Web – User Interface) CSS Case Study – Regal Beloit
Advance Catalog SearchThe Integration CSS Case Study – Regal Beloit
Demo CSS Case Study – Regal Beloit
Questions? • Contact Rob RushAt rob.rush@RegalBeloit.com • Or Gary Yang At gary.yang@roundviewtech.com / LinkedIn CSS Case Study – Regal Beloit