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BMW Group Application Story

Solution Gives BMW's European Rover Dealers Access to Legacy Systems Via a Corporate Extranet

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Rover, a subsidiary of auto manufacturer BMW Group, will use MODCOMP's ViewMax® Web-to-host solution to convert its European dealer systems for use over their corporate extranet.

BMW Group will use the solution to Web-enable the Rover NSC (National Sales Company) HP3000-based dealer systems. These systems incorporate such business applications as vehicle ordering, warranty claims, stock locator, sales file, invoicing, and local market updates. The solution will present Rover dealers in Italy, Spain, Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands with real-time access to data via a Virtual Private Network (VPN - Extranet). The solution will integrate nearly 1,200 screens into seven different languages. This marks the beginning of BMW's convergence of Rover's systems into a single BMW Group extranet for its regional offices and dealers worldwide.

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BMW Group Corporate Headquarters in Munich, Germany

"The ViewMax solution will give Rover dealers continued access to existing business applications as BMW Group installs modern Web technology based systems," said Rob Crigler, Vice President of Internet Marketing for MODCOMP's E-Commerce Division. "We are pleased to offer BMW Group such a seamless E-business solution."

The initial requirement for a rapid E-business implementation was driven by Millennium issues with the existing X-25/Videotext services. The MODCOMP solution was implemented with no changes to backend applications or systems. This allowed the dealers to move to the new Web-based technology without any retraining whatsoever.

"With MODCOMP and its unique ViewMax Web application tool, the BMW Group IT department has delivered an E-business solution in the time it normally takes to write the specification," said Jack Richter, Project Manager and Senior Technical Architect for Rover. "MODCOMP's integration and development staff helped us roll out this project very quickly so that we could meet the business' needs for January 2000. MODCOMP delivered the full system a month early and our users are extremely happy."

"It was critical that the vendor chosen understood the automotive industry, had a European support team, and had proven experience Web-enabling HP3000 systems very quickly," said Richter. "MODCOMP impressed Rover management from the beginning with their worldwide experience and understanding of our business and system needs."

MODCOMP provided administration, technical training, project management, application development, installation, and documentation for this E-business project.

ViewMax
ViewMax is an application integration server that allows developers to add functions and apply math and logic to existing mission critical application programs without modifying the source. ViewMax supports Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, and Windows NT operating systems. ViewMax Web-to-host solutions are implemented using only HTML.

About BMW Group
With over 118,000 employees and more than one million vehicles sold every year, BMW Group is one of the leading industrial corporations world-wide.

About MODCOMP
MODCOMP, Inc. is a CSP Inc. subsidiary based in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. The company's E-Commerce Division is a leading provider of Internet software solutions and systems integration. MODCOMP works with third parties to develop customized application solutions in the global E-commerce markets and has offices in the U.S., U.K., France, and Germany. For more information about MODCOMP, Inc., call (800) 322-3287, e-mail info@modcomp.com, or visit http://www.modcomp.com.