Built-in Services

All Sockeye Supply Chain solutions include an array of sophisticated built-in services. These include:

Business Process Management

• Business processes can be graphically generated using Sockeye Supply Chain Business Process Studio
• Business processes can be nested (one business process can invoke another)
• Business process execution is supported by a suite of built-in services
• Agents can be deployed as plug-in services to accomplish complex tasks in business processes

Alert/Event Management

• Real-time event generation and propagation
• Publish & Subscribe based event delivery
• Real-time business alerts generation and notification
• Alert lifecycle management and problem escalation
• Email and other PCS event pushing

Business Agent Framework

• Graphical design and creation of business and integration agents
• Suite of pre-defined agent components and design templates
• Agents leverage other built-in services allowing them to be "lightweight" and easily adapted
• Agents can be deployed on remote servers to support data synchronization and integration

Historical Metrics Data Processing Flow

• Powerful math engine for computing statistics
• Bucketizer for aggregating events into planning periods - telescoping periods supported

Business Reporting & Analysis

• Web-based reporting and analytics environment
• Graphical wizards for easy creation of business reports & analyses
• Multi-dimensional data aggregation and visibility
• User definable dimensions for analytical purposes

System Management

• Web-based system management console
• Supports distributed system management in a multi-partner environment
• Run-time monitoring of system components
• Alerts and email delivery on critical system exceptions
• Supports standard network management protocols such as SNMP