Integration landscape of a medical supply distributor

Views in this map

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   The landscapeTwenty-three systems trade orders, stock, prices and money through three hubs.
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   By protocol and frequencyHow each connection moves, and how often. Fourteen files run at night.
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   Order to cashOne hospital order, from its 850 to the cash applied, crossing the hubs.
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   A late fileThe stock file lands four hours late, and the web store sells stock that is gone.
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   The cutoverS/4HANA replaces ECC: its links are rebuilt, three retire, stock moves as events.

The landscape ‹ › By protocol and frequency ‹ › Order to cash ‹ › A late file ‹ › The cutover

Flows to play

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  A hospital’s orderA 420-bed hospital orders 40 cases of nitrile gloves, from the 850 to the cash applied 30 days later. Order to cash: from the hospital’s 850 through the hubs, ECC, the WMS and the carrier, to the 856, the 810 and the lockbox.
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  The stock file is lateTuesday 13 October 2026: the nightly stock file lands at 07:40 instead of 03:30. A late file: from the WMS’s long cycle count to the web store’s stale stock, 312 backordered lines and 260 calls.
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  Stock, as it happensAfter the cutover, one pick changes the web store’s stock within seconds. The cutover: the WMS publishes a stock event and the web store reads it, with no nightly file to wait for.

The model behind it

76 records of 5 types. Every box on the map is one of them, so the filters and the record panel read the same data.

• Interfaces 34
• Systems 24
• X12 transactions 10
• Trading partners 5
• Hubs 3

Filters

Domain and At the cutover: pick a value and everything else fades.