diff --git a/src/org/camunda/latera/bss/logging.groovy b/src/org/camunda/latera/bss/logging.groovy
index 970a2f19..5165c125 100644
--- a/src/org/camunda/latera/bss/logging.groovy
+++ b/src/org/camunda/latera/bss/logging.groovy
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package org.camunda.latera.bss.logging
 
 import org.camunda.bpm.engine.delegate.DelegateExecution
+import org.camunda.latera.bss.utils.DateTimeUtil
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter
 import org.slf4j.Logger
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
 
@@ -29,28 +31,23 @@ class Logging {
 class SimpleLogger {
   String processInstanceID
   String homsOrderCode
-  String dateFormat
+  DateTimeFormatter dateFormat
 
   SimpleLogger(DelegateExecution execution) {
     this.processInstanceID = execution.getProcessInstanceId()
-    this.homsOrderCode = execution.getVariable('homsOrderCode')
-    this.dateFormat = execution.getVariable('loggingDateFormat')?:"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"
+    this.homsOrderCode = execution.getVariable('homsOrderCode') ?: 'ORD-NONE'
+    this.dateFormat = execution.getVariable('loggingDateFormat') ? DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern(execution.getVariable('loggingDateFormat')) : DateTimeUtil.dateTimeFormat
   }
 
   void log(Object message, String level = "info") {
-    String timestamp = new Date().format(this.dateFormat)
+    String timestamp = DateTimeUtil.now().format(this.dateFormat)
     String logPrefix
 
-    if (homsOrderCode) {
-      logPrefix = "${timestamp} ${processInstanceID} [${homsOrderCode}] ${level.toUpperCase().padRight(5, ' ')} - ".toString()
-    } else {
-      logPrefix = "${timestamp} ${processInstanceID} ${level.toUpperCase().padRight(5, ' ')} - ".toString()
-    }
+    logPrefix = "${timestamp} ${processInstanceID} [${homsOrderCode}] ${level.toUpperCase().padRight(5, ' ')} - ".toString()
 
     message.toString().split('\n').each { it ->
       println(logPrefix + it)
     }
-
   }
 
   void debug(Object message) {
diff --git a/src/org/camunda/latera/bss/utils/Base64Converter.groovy b/src/org/camunda/latera/bss/utils/Base64Converter.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1f529e00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/org/camunda/latera/bss/utils/Base64Converter.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package org.camunda.latera.bss.utils
+import java.util.Base64
+
+class Base64Converter {
+  static String to(byte[] bytes) {
+    return Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(bytes)
+  }
+
+  static byte[] from(String str) {
+    return Base64.getDecoder().decode(str)
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/src/org/camunda/latera/bss/utils/DateTimeUtil.groovy b/src/org/camunda/latera/bss/utils/DateTimeUtil.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..afce9184
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/org/camunda/latera/bss/utils/DateTimeUtil.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package org.camunda.latera.bss.utils
+
+import java.time.LocalDateTime
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter
+import groovy.time.TimeCategory
+
+class DateTimeUtil {
+  static DateTimeFormatter ISOFormat = DateTimeFormatter.ISO_OFFSET_DATE_TIME
+  static DateTimeFormatter dateFormat = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern('dd.MM.yyyy')
+  static DateTimeFormatter dateTimeFormat = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern('yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss')
+  static DateTimeFormatter simpleDateTimeFormat = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern('dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm:ss')
+
+  static def now() {
+    return LocalDateTime.now()
+  }
+
+  static def parse(
+    String dt,
+    def format = this.simpleDateTimeFormat
+  ) {
+    return LocalDateTime.parse(dt, format)
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/src/org/camunda/latera/bss/utils/IO.groovy b/src/org/camunda/latera/bss/utils/IO.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4b9bd5d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/org/camunda/latera/bss/utils/IO.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package org.camunda.latera.bss.utils
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream
+import java.io.InputStreamReader
+
+class IO {
+  static def getBytes(
+    InputStreamReader input
+  ) {
+        
+    ByteArrayOutputStream buffer = new ByteArrayOutputStream()
+    int nRead;
+    byte[] data = new byte[1024]
+    while ((nRead = input.read(data, 0, data.length)) != -1) {
+      buffer.write(data, 0, nRead)
+    }
+ 
+    buffer.flush()
+    byte[] byteArray = buffer.toByteArray()
+    return byteArray
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/src/org/camunda/latera/bss/utils/JSON.groovy b/src/org/camunda/latera/bss/utils/JSON.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f3f88a75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/org/camunda/latera/bss/utils/JSON.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package org.camunda.latera.bss.utils
+import groovy.json.JsonSlurper
+import groovy.json.JsonOutput
+
+class JSON {
+  static String to(Object obj) {
+    return JsonOutput.toJson(obj)
+  }
+
+  static Object from(String json) {
+    return new JsonSlurper().parseText(json)
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/src/org/camunda/latera/bss/utils/Oracle.groovy b/src/org/camunda/latera/bss/utils/Oracle.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c61df42e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/org/camunda/latera/bss/utils/Oracle.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package org.camunda.latera.bss.utils
+
+class Oracle {
+  static Object encodeNull(value) {
+    if (value != 'NULL' && value != null) {
+      return value
+    } else {
+      return 'NULL'
+    }
+  }
+
+  static Object decodeNull(value) {
+    if (encodeNull(value) == 'NULL') {
+      return null
+    }
+    return value
+  }
+
+  static Object encodeBool(value) {
+    Object result = encodeNull(value)
+    if (result != 'NULL') {
+      return value ? 'Y' : 'N'
+    } else {
+      return result
+    }
+  }
+
+  static Boolean decodeBool(value) {
+    return value == 'Y'
+  }
+
+  static Object nvl(nullable, replacement, args = []) {
+    Boolean result = decodeNull(nullable)
+    if (result != null) {
+      return result
+    } else {
+      if (replacement.metaClass.respondsTo(replacement, 'call')) {
+        return replacement.call(*args)
+      } else {
+        return replacement
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/src/org/camunda/latera/bss/utils/Order.groovy b/src/org/camunda/latera/bss/utils/Order.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d4741c85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/org/camunda/latera/bss/utils/Order.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package org.camunda.latera.bss.utils
+import org.camunda.bpm.engine.delegate.DelegateExecution
+
+class Order {
+  static LinkedHashMap getData(DelegateExecution execution) {
+    LinkedHashMap data = [:]
+    for (e in execution.getVariables()) {
+      if (e.key =~ /^homsOrderData/) {
+        String dataKey = e.key.replaceFirst(/^homsOrderData/, "")
+        dataKey = (dataKey.getAt(0).toLowerCase() + dataKey.substring(1)).toString()
+          data[dataKey] = e.value
+      }
+    }
+    return data
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/src/org/camunda/latera/bss/utils/StringUtil.groovy b/src/org/camunda/latera/bss/utils/StringUtil.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f7aa366f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/org/camunda/latera/bss/utils/StringUtil.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package org.camunda.latera.bss.utils
+import java.nio.charset.Charset
+
+class StringUtil {
+  static byte[] unicodeToVarchar(String input) {
+    if (input) {
+      return input.getBytes(Charset.forName("ISO-8859-1"))
+    }
+    return null
+  }
+
+  static String varcharToUnicode(String input) {
+    if (input) {
+      return new String(input.getBytes(Charset.forName("ISO-8859-1")), "UTF-8")
+    }
+    return null
+  }
+
+  static byte[] unicodeToCP1251(String input) {
+    if (input) {
+      return input.getBytes(Charset.forName("CP1251"))
+    }
+    return null
+  }
+
+  static String cp1251ToUnicode(String input) {
+    if (input) {
+      return new String(input.getBytes(Charset.forName("CP1251")), "UTF-8")
+    }
+    return null
+  }
+
+  static Boolean notEmpty(String input) {
+    if (input) {
+      return (input?.trim() as boolean)
+    }
+    return false
+  }
+
+  static Boolean isEmpty(String input) {
+    return !notEmpty(input)
+  }
+
+  static Boolean isString(def input) {
+    return (input instanceof CharSequence)
+  }
+
+  static Boolean isByteArray(def input) {
+    return (input instanceof byte[])
+  }
+}
+