Oracle Magazine, July/August 2017
ORACLE MAGAZINE JULY AUGUST 2017 23 Whether the data comes from the cloud or the data center is no longer a big concern Berringer says Greenfield Integration The Factory Oracle Integration Cloud works hand in hand with Oracle Mobile Cloud Service to connect front end apps with back end services handling security and data management as well as to simplify federated authentication with third party applications such as Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp These unified cloud platform services enabled The Factory to revolutionize one of the worlds largest B2B markets the automotive auctions that move approximately 22 million vehicles in the United States each year According to Lynn Clark CEO at The Factory most auto dealers acquire vehicles and sell off unwanted inventory through auction houses an unpredictable process that hasnt changed much since the days of the horse and buggy Buyers attend these auctions to physically inspect appraise and bid on vehicles a cumbersome process that is fraught with delays and excessive paperwork The Factory created a software as a service SaaS app to streamline these transactions not only during automotive auctions but whenever buyers want to evaluate used car inventory Working with Oracle Platinum Partner Sunera Technologies The Factory used Oracle Cloud to create an online marketplace to simplify wholesale vehicle sales among automotive brokers and dealers Our mobile app standardizes the appraisal process and gives dealers all the information they need to make buying decisions she notes Its a lot easier than carrying around a clipboard to appraise vehicles and it allows dealers to appraise vehicles in a standardized way Each appraisal record contains 4 pictures and 24 points of description along with as many as 9 text or voice descriptions Oracle Integration Cloud interfaces with third party cloud services Seeing Is Integrating The Visual Integration Designer in Oracle Integration Cloud lets you drag and drop components to develop integrations Configure adapters model data mappings and activate integrations all with zero coding
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