Oracle BPEL Process Manager at Center of Click Commerce SOA

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Click Commerce Uses Oracle(R) Fusion Middleware to Integrate Applications and Deliver New Product Offerings

Oracle BPEL Process Manager at Center of Click Commerce SOA

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., 24-JAN-2007 05:15 AM Click Commerce, Inc., a leading provider of on-demand supply chain management solutions, is using Oracle(r) BPEL Process Manager, a component of Oracle Fusion Middleware, to integrate its existing product portfolio and to deliver new offerings. As part of its strategic, long-term vision, Click Commerce is using Oracle BPEL Process Manager to power the company's Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) that enables organizations to build composite applications, comprised of Click Commerce and third-party applications.

Headquartered in Chicago, Click Commerce provides a range of on-demand solutions that support the unique business processes of multiple industry segments such as manufacturing, aerospace and defense, and high-tech. Over the past six months, Click Commerce has used Oracle Application Server 10g, Oracle BPEL Process Manager and Oracle Database 10g to create a composite application framework and an SOA. The first composite application delivered on this framework is the Click Commerce Service Supply Chain Solution. In addition, the company is using Oracle software and the composite application framework to create the Click Commerce Extended Order Management solution, which orchestrates the management of orders from businesses and consumers across an extended network of company-owned and third-party facilities.

The Click Commerce Service Supply Chain Solution relies on Oracle software to flexibly integrate several products including warehouse management; returns and repairs management; supply chain execution and service parts optimization. The new offering will provide real-time visibility and inventory control into service operations across the extended enterprise, helping to improve service levels, reduce costs for customers and provide market differentiation.

"As customers see their margins squeezed, they are looking for additional revenue generating services. By increasing visibility into the extended enterprise supply chain, we are able to help companies improve service levels and identify new revenue opportunities," said Steve Cole, senior vice president of Product Management at Click Commerce. "With Oracle Fusion Middleware, we are able to combine our own applications to create new composite applications that better serve our customers, as well as provide our customers with a set of technologies they can use to create their own composite applications that reflect their unique business processes."

Serving as the foundation of the Click Commerce SOA, Oracle BPEL Process Manager provides the flexibility to create a wide range of composite applications that span Click Commerce, third-party and legacy applications. Now, Click Commerce customers can create solutions according to their own business processes, instead of being forced to work in a predefined framework.

Click Commerce, Inc., a leading provider of on-demand supply chain management solutions, enables millions of users in 70 countries to collaborate in real time, with business partners across the extended enterprise. Click Commerce solutions support the unique business processes of multiple industry segments such as manufacturing, aerospace, and defense and high-tech. Click Commerce enables corporations including Alaska Airlines, BASF, Citibank, Eastman Kodak Company, Jabil Global Services, Pier 1, Ryder and Verizon to coordinate and optimize business processes, accelerate revenue, lower costs and improve customer service.

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