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Ordering Application
For Service Provider Sellers
For Service Provider Buyers
For Enterprise Buyers
Network as a Service
Available as a SaaS and Operable via GUI or API the Ordering Application is a Self-Service Front End Interface between Buyers & Sellers Covering Ordering for Ethernet & IP Connectivity
Workflow & Features
Capabilities & Architecture
Benefits & Takeaways
Workflow & Features
A Streamlined Buyer & Seller Workflow for Product Orders, Readiness & Inventory
Workflow
Order Operation
Order Guidebook
Ready-to-Use Product
Partner Onboarding
Seller Workflow
Order Guidebook
Seller specifies Ordering Settings
Partner On-Boarding
Seller grants Partner Privileges
Order Operations
Seller processes Orders
Product Deployment
Seller deploy ordered Product on network
Product Readiness
Seller updates Product readiness status
Product Inventory
Seller adds in-service Product to Product Inventory
Buyer Workflow
Partner Privileges
Buyer views Its Granted Privileges
Product Build
Buyer imports Order-Ready Product
Order Operations
Buyer submits Orders
Product Readiness
Buyer tracks Product readiness status
Product Inventory
Buyer views its Inventory of in-service Products
Ordering Guidebook
Everything Buyers Need to Know to Perform an Order Operation from the Get-Go
Set of settings such as XXX defined by a Seller to provide guidance to its onboarded buyers on how to perform Order Operations.
A Seller can have multiple Guidesheets for example one with settings suited for local partners and one suited for international partners.
Ready-to-Use Product
Making an Ordered Product Ready-to-Use
Ready-to-Use Product
Order Items
As ordered by the Buyer
Fulfillment Attributes
Seller sets remaining attributes and parameters required for deployment
Product Deployment
Seller deploy product on network per order items and fulfillment attributes
Product Readiness
Seller updates buyer on Product readiness status
In-Service Product
Seller includes ready-to-use product in Product Inventory
Partner On-Boarding
On-Board Any Partner Right Away by Granting Easy-to-Manage Privileges per Your Business Preferences
Sellers can grant & revoke privileges to buyers at anytime so they strictly control who can do what
Order Guidebook
Seller grants Buyer privileges to access Order Guidesheets
Order Operations
Seller grants Buyer privileges to perform Order Operations
Capabilities & Architecture
Many Efficient Ways for Buyers and Sellers to Interact and Gradually Evolve Towards Full Business Automation
Cloud Hosted
GUI & API Modes
One-to-Many API
Standard & Custom
Sister Applications
Cloud Hosted
It's All in the Cloud
Everything is hosted in the cloud so all can be securely accessed from anywhere at anytime!
GUI & API Modes
Built from the Ground Up to be Operated in GUI or API Mode Interchangeably
All resources are converted and available in both HTML and JSON format making them usable via both GUI and API seamlessly!
So we can be completely automated and do business with a mix of automated and non-automated Buyers :)))
And we can gradually switch over customers and ultimately phase out all our legacy systems!!!
So we can stay relevant and keep our business with our large automated buyers even though we are not yet automated!!!
And we can gradually switch over to APIs and ultimately be ourselves fully automated :)))
One-to-Many API
Reach All Your Partners with Just a Single API Connection via Lab in the Sky
'One API' versus 'n APIs'
The Ordering API replaces the need to implement, maintain and upgrade complex APIs with every single partner!
'Relay API' versus 'Intrusive API'
The Ordering API simply acts as a relay / bridge between Buyers and Sellers in a non-intrusive way!
So we can simply use a single API to buy from our many Sellers around the globe and no longer have to deal with each specific Seller's API!!!
And we can finally buy Products in a consistent and systematic way across all our Sellers via API :)))
So we can simply use the GUI to buy from our Sellers as we don't have in any way, shape or form the volume and the means to automate!!!
And we can finally buy Products in a consistent and systematic way across all our Sellers via GUI :)))
It’s All Based on Standards and Also Fully Customizable to Fit the Real World
Standard-Based
It's based on the many standards the MEF and TMF have developed for product specification!
Fully Customizable
It's also designed to add custom options and extensions whenever something is lacking in the standards or defined too rigidly!
Catalog Application
Designed to Work in Tandem
with the Catalog Application
All the products specified in the catalog can be ordered!
Network Application
Designed to Work in Tandem
with the Network Application
All the products ordered can be fulfilled on the network!
Benefits & Takeways
It's Complete, Ready-to-Go
and Pivotal for Automation
Complete Yet Simple
Ready for Immediate Use
Pivotal Point for Automation
Unique
It's Very Complete Yet Kept Very Simple
The Ordering Application features and capabilities fulfill major buying and selling functions all in an intuitive and friendly way for the user!
Effective
It's All Ready-to-Go for Immediate Use
The Ordering Application is an off-the-shelf product allowing you to get started right away without costly, complex and labor-intensive development!
Pivotal
It's a Pivotal Point for Automation
The Ordering Application being a pivotal ‘link in the chain’ provides the underpinning data structure bridging the business and network domains critical to the end-to-end automation!