Worthington Industries WInfoNet Worthington Information Network February 25, 2003.

Worthington IndustriesWInfoNet

Worthington Information Network

February 25, 2003

Worthington Overview

• A leader in value-added steel processing and metal fabricated parts since 1955– 3 primary business segments

• Processed Steel Products• Pressure Cylinders• Metal Framing

– 7 joint ventures– $2 billion annual sales

• Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Worthington employs over 8,000 people and operates 64 facilities in 23 states and 10 countries.

Locations - Domestic

Locations - International

Business Segments

Processed Steel

Products

65%

Metal Framing

18%

Pressure Cylinders

17%

Processed Steel Products

• Automotive• Construction• HVAC• Furniture & office

equipment• Hardware

• Electrical Control• Leisure & recreation• Appliance• Agriculture• Lawn & garden

• Worthington Steel Company is an industry leader serving over 1,200 customers across a broad range of markets:

Metal Framing

• Dietrich Metal Framing is the leading North American metal framing producer serving the building construction market– 28 production facilities– National distribution– Untapped growth opportunity in residential market

Pressure Cylinders

• Worthington Cylinders is the leading global producer of pressure cylinders– Most extensive product line

• LPG• Refrigerant

• Industrial gas• Specialty products

– 7 facilities including 4 international

• Canada• Austria

• Czech Republic• Portugal

Web Architecture – Overview

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Production Environment

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Web Architecture – OverviewDevelopment & QA Environment

Developer

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Web Architecture - Details• Hardware & OS

– HP RP2450, L3000; HP-UX 11i

• Web Server– IBM HTTP Server (IHS) – Apache 1.3.19

• Application Server– IBM WebSphere Advanced Server 4.03

• Database Server– Oracle Enterprise Server 9.2

• Development Tool– IBM WebSphere Studio Application

Developer

WInfoNet Overview

• History– Originally called the Material Release

System (MRS)– Written in Server Side JavaScript (SSJS) to

run on Netscape Enterprise Server (NES)– Functionality, management, and user-

capacity hit a wall. – Needed the new architecture installed to

address issues– WInfoNet project: re-platform the MRS

application on the new architecture

WInfoNet Overview

• The Worthington Information Network (WInfoNet) is a Customer Self-Service Application that our customers access over the Internet to perform the following actions:– View and release available material at

Worthington.– Create new order requests.– Review material release requests (i.e., requests

for shipment).– View chemical and mechanical properties of

material.– Enable Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) by

updating inventory consumed by customer.

WInfoNet – Product Summary

WInfoNet – Create Shipment

WInfoNet – Material Properties

WInfoNet – Manage Inventory

WInfoNet – Inventory Status

WInfoNet Benefits• Added functionality, improved

application response-times, and added more customers.

• Software written to industry standards (J2EE) instead of proprietary language

• Application redesigned and implemented on scalable architecture

• Developed reusable software components for use in other projects

• Positions WII for improved B2B connectivity

WInfoNet Future Plans

• Implement end-user authentication through LDAP instead of local database

• More legacy integration with IBM MQ Series middleware– Currently using FTP to send data from the

mainframe to WInfoNet