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Reduced IT Costs and Training
“At least one supplier interface changes monthly, which means we’re constantly working to maintain compatibility. By implementing PSP, we can standardize our dealer-to-manufacturer communications while providing a simple, efficient and streamlined experience for our dealers.”
 
Steve Stinson , Cofounder of c-Systems Software .

Testing Support

We facilitate our testing service under the PSP Certified program. This program is designed for industries to drive adoption of the PSP standards and certify a stable interoperable foundation to support their trading partners.

Overall Goal

  • DSPs and Suppliers test with the PSP Testing Service to minimize point to point testing and insure quality and interoperability.

Benefits

  • DSPs write once, test once, deploy to many dealers, and interoperate with many suppliers.
  • Suppliers write once, test once, deploy and interoperate with many dealers using different business systems.
  • Lessons learned through testing are provide feedback to the PSP specifications, reference code, guideline documentation, and the Testing Service.

What is it?

  • To a DSP
    • Acts like a configurable supplier
    • Web site to maintain testing and view results
  • To a supplier
    • Acts like a configurable DMS
    • Web site to maintain testing and view results
  • Useful throughout the development cycle
    • Initial connectivity testing
    • Development testing
    • Testing to the certification test plans
    • Certification testing

Testing

Test Plans for Supplier and DSP

  • PSP Web Service Specification
    • Basic Profile – Using WS-I Testing Tools
    • WS-Addressing
    • WS-Security
    • STAR Transport
    • STAR Web Service
    • MetadataExchange
    • SOAP 1.1
    • WSDL 1.1
  • Messaging Rules Specification
  • BODs Specifications
    • Parts Order
    • Parts Shipment
    • Parts Locator

Testing Tools

  • Soap Sender
  • BOD Sender
  • View Test Run Results

Test Control BOD

  • Control Panel

Reporting Tools

  • Web Site
    • DSP Web Service
    • Supplier Web Service Client
    • Management Interfaces