B2B Data Integration and Transformation Blog

Many companies continue to use their existing EDI translation software because it is comfortable, familiar, and working.

The Challenge

A national logistics company relies on BizTalk to integrate with their trading partners via X12 EDI and XML messages. They were faced with slow performance, heavy human support requirements, and very slow time-to-revenue for new trading partners due to an inefficient implementation, overly customized processes, and non-existent maintenance procedures.

Thanksgiving is the beginning of the trifecta of holidays for our family - Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's. While it is always nice to get out of the regular routine and spend time with family and friends, there are always stresses. For me, it is the unpredictability of the day. I am an organizer, so I like to know what the game plan is. Who is bringing what? What time are guests arriving? What time will we eat? What time do we need to put the turkey in the oven? .. and the list goes on and on.

The Challenge

Through a large acquisition, a leading eCommerce solution provider was challenged with the need to discover a unique way to expedite the EDI map migration from their existing EDI solution to their new EDI environment to maintain outstanding trading partner relationships. With their existing legacy IBM Gentran Server UNIX maps, there was no direct migration path to move their existing EDI maps to their new environment, IBM B2B Integrator.

The Challenge

REMEDI’s client, a global leader in infrastructure solutions for communications networks, acquired a division of another global organization that would test their legacy infrastructure to support the acquisition and makes the merger of the two integration environments a success. The acquisition quickly tripled their existing trading partner relationships from seventy to over 225+, and they were growing rapidly. Their legacy integration and EDI platform was not robust enough to handle the growth and support the new requirements requested by the new relationships they were acquiring.