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CEI Develops Back Office Billing and Accounting Subsystem for Leading Logistics Company

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Business Issue
This client is an industry leader in providing logistics/transportation and procurement synergy to shipping customers, carriers, and suppliers. The client needed to develop and deploy a back office billing and accounting subsystem to manage the routing of payment, invoicing, billing, account payables (AP) and account receivables (AR). This subsystem would integrate within the current logistics application and provide core billing, tracking and auditing capabilities.

CEI Solution
CEI’s solution is a blended sourcing model in which requirement analysis and final integration will occur on the client’s site. Off site activities will involve UI design, general and detail design, implementation, test case development and unit and system testing. Key features of the application include manual and electronic capture of AP invoices via Web-based screens and XML, invoice validation based upon AP charges versus estimated charges, XML interfaces to the internal financial system and AR generation and interface to customers via XML. The subsystem will leverage a current intricate data driven schema and extensive J2EE environment utilizing BEA WebLogic, Oracle 9i and TIBCO components.

Results
CEI has delivered high quality software and associated artifacts to extend the engagement to multiple phases. CEI and the client’s teams worked seamlessly on all aspects of development (including requirements, design, implementation, integration, test and project management). Core development occured off site at the CEI Pittsburgh Facility thereby minimizing team costs.
Technical Environment
Arrow BEA WebLogic
Arrow Oracle 9i
Arrow TIBCO
Arrow J2EE
Arrow UML