Facilitating European Trade

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Fac i l i t a t ing Global Trade- an i nt roduc t ion i nt oeCustoms

Barbara Flgge,ITAIDE TeamSAP Research St. Gallen


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SAP AG 2007, 7th SAP Public Services Ecosystem Summit 2007/ B3 / 2

One of the great challenges for European governments is solvingthe paradox of increasing security in relation to international trade,while at the same time reducing the administrative overhead carriedby commercial as well as public administration organisationsinvolved in the business of trade.

Quoted in the proposal of ITAIDE, 2005

There is insufficient synchronisation between legislation, businessprocess redesign and IT developments.The lack of a single European identification mechanism andharmonisation of concepts uniform and structured informationexchange about and/or for traders between Member States hinders

Member States to make progress in redefining and/or redesigningtheir business and IT processes.

Quoted in the study Benchmarking Customs IT Architecture, 2005

In t roduc t ion


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Rapidly evolving border security requirements, changing needs foradvance information and an increasing number of business partnersinvolved in demanding flexible supply chains, the collection andtransfer of information related to processes, data and messages is acritical success factor.

Quoted by SAP experts involved in implementationprojects related to Global Trade, 2006

Customs and Tax authorities will apply a wide variety of controls inthe fast moving goods environment of today in a consistent manneracross the Community and across its business and governmentalpartners worldwide.

Quoted by the European Commission inIntroduction to the Customs 2007 programme

Envis ioning Global Trade


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Customs Procedures

In t roduc ing eCus tom s

The Key Elements o f eCus toms evolve from cu l t u ra l,

o rgan izat iona l , p rocess re la ted, tec hn ica l and regu la t orycharac te r i s t i cs :

Tax Procedures

Industry SpecificRegulations

EU Regulations

Companies SpecificProcesses

Non-EU Regulations

ERP and local applications

Standardization initiatives

Enterprise Service

Oriented Architectures

Data, Messages and Formsrelevant to Customs

Business ProcessModelling Techniques

Language independent ,semantics free

CulturalDifferences

People andOrganizational

Skills


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eCustoms solutions will cooperate with specialists, serviceproviders and the ecosystem partners like Tax authoritiesapplying dedicated tools and software applications tofacilitate common public customs related processes.

Quoted by the ITAIDE SAP project team 2006

to allow small, medium and large enterprises toseamlessly collaborate regardless their private ITinfrastructure.

Quoted by the ITAIDE SAP project team 2006

Env is ion ing Globa l Trade In t roduc ing ITAIDE

ITAIDE is an integrated project funded by the 6th Framework Programmeof the EU addressing some of the key issues related to cross-border trade


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ITAIDE Project Setup

WP6 Inter Organisation Innovation Excellence (Dissemination)

WP1Methodology forStandardizableBusinessInformationExchange &Process

Information

WP2ApplicationInteroperabilityValidation &Testbed for WP1

WP3DesignMethodologyFor ControlProcedures

WP5.1 Beer Living Lab

WP5.2 Paper Living Lab

WP5.3 Food Living Lab

WP5.4 Drugs Living Lab

WP7 Programme Management

WP4NetworkOrganizationInnovation

Academic Partners Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL) Copenhagen Business School (DK)

University College Dublin (IE) University of Maribor (SL) University of Muenster (DE)

Technology/Standards Partners SAP Research (CH) UNECE United Nations Economic

Commission for Europe (CH) IBM Switzerland (CH) Result Maker (DK)

Governmental Partners Dutch Customs & Tax Office (NL) Danish Customs & Tax Office (DK) Irish Customs & Tax Office (IRE) Finish State Treasury (FI)

Ecosystem Partners Heineken (NL) United Paper Mills (FI) Nordea Bank (FI) Lappeenranta Innovation FI) Project Business (FI)

SAP is contributing actively for the entire lifecycle from 01/2006 to 06/2010


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Research for eCustom s The Ecosystem

Bear ing in mind t he example o f the ecosys tem o f t heFinnish Paper Indust ry ,

The key parameters to define an Ecosystem are the following:

Business and Governmental Partners interact

They provide different views on processes and information models

They have their individual industry specific approach

They still contribute to the core business of a Multi National Company (MNC)like UPM (United Paper Mill Finland) for example

focusing on a business-oriented interaction

still having different views on successful business relationshipsstill aiming for achievable results such as revenue, usability,profitability and efficiency

All required Business and Governmental Partners such as suppliers,

logistics service providers and shipping companies, customs and taxoffices and further enterprises such as SMEs are participating in theproject.


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Determine theInteroperability

Factor!

In t roduc ing eCus tom s

Four key invest iga t ion areas wi l l be necessary to get

c loser to eCus toms:

How are the ecosystem(s)structured that are relevant

to customs?

Where does collaborationstart and end in the customs

business?

Whatistheapprop

riate

standardizationapproachfor

data,messages,forms

andprocesses

?

Whatarecommonbusiness

andfunctionalviews

rela

tedto(e)Customs?


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Research for eCustom s SAPs Cont r ibu t ion

Customs Procedures

Tax Procedures

Industry Specific Regulations

EU Regulations

Companies Specific Processes

Non-EU Regulations

ERP and local applications

Standardization initiatives

Enterprise Service OrientedArchitectures

Data, Messages and Formsrelevant to Customs

Business Process ModellingTechniques

Language independent ,semantics free

CulturalDifferences

People and

OrganizationalSkills

Value Framework fromvarious perspectives

of the ecosystem

ESOA Approachfor eCustoms

SAPs Taxation,

customs, trade andSCM solutions

based on collaborative scenarios and conceptsrelevant to all involved participants


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How Do w e Get There?

We are focus ing our research t o the fo l low ing areas:

Data Management

Risk Management

Declaration Handling

Inspections

Shipping lifecycle

Verify products authenticity at any place and any time Post-arrival Processing

Enterprise Services

Collaboration and Partnerships

Customs

OfficesTax OfficesEnterprises


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Provide taxpayer centric services for companies (and citizens)

Provide regulation recommendations and setup for optimized auditingprocesses

To enable collaboration between taxpayers and agencyas well as among agencies

How Do w e Get There?

Main objec t ive o f Tax and Custom sadmin is t ra t ions i s to

identify, develop and apply working modern practices

in the areas of

Pre- and post-clearance audit,

Risk analysis,

Customs and tax controls related to consumption taxes

Sampling and simplified procedures Intelligent reporting


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How Do w e Get There? Sta ndards , Sta ndards

ITAIDE and SAP are apply ing t he UN/CEFACT st andard,prov id ing semant ic m ethods for bus iness and funct iona l v iews:

Determine the

Interoperability

Factor!

Howare theecosystem(s)

structured that are relevant

to customs?

Where does collaboration

start and end in the customs

business?

Whatistheappropriate

standardizationapproach

for

data,messages,

forms

andprocesses?

Whatarecommonbusiness

andfunctionalviews

relatedto(e)Customs?

TechnicalImplementation

(Functional Service View)

Business Semantics(Business Oriented View)

ebXML(ebMS, RegRep,

CPPA)

Web Services(SOAP, WSDL,

BPEL, )

EDI(EDIFACT,

TPA, AS2?)

Semantic Methods for

Collaborative

Business Processes

Business

DataReference


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SAP Research Col laborat es With . . .

European and Int e rnat ional p ro jec t s andi ns t i t u t io ns s uc h a s :

ATHENA (EU Project)

GENESIS (EU Project)

SToP (EU Project)

Institute Risk and Fraud Management

Enterprise Interoperability Centre (EIC)

SAP Initiatives and Solutions such as:

Ecosystem Initiative

Enterprise Services Community

eCustoms Demonstrators like TradeIT and ProveIT based on SAPs GTS,PROVE, eTax and ESOA


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Stay t uned . ..

What c om es nex t ?

SAP Research is working on ESOA for eCustoms, integrating servicesthat derive from SAP GTS, PROVE and eTax concepts

SAP Research will establish an Enterprise Services Community invitingyou to participate actively in the definition, conception and delivery ofEnterprise Services

ITAIDE Seminar for eCustoms goes on tour (starting March 8, 2007)

Free seminar conducted in all European capital cities will allow you and yourecosytem to discuss, learn and provide feedback and input

The tour calendar and the seminar program will be published onwww.itaide.org and www.eic-community.org
http://www.itaide.org/http://www.eic-community.org/http://www.eic-community.org/http://www.itaide.org/


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How To Stay in Touch Wi th Us?

your SAP contact partners:Erika Lindinger, SAP IBU Public Services

[email protected]

Volkmar Zahn, SAP IBU

[email protected]

Nina Kissel, SAP Research

[email protected]

Barbara Flgge, ITAIDE Project Manager SAP

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR

ATTENTION !

QU EST ION S SU GGEST ION S DI SCU SSION


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