Business Integration (B2B & EDI)

Business Integration is the linkage of systems and process inside and between businesses.   In an event based supply chain the management of collaborative supply chain processes with business partners and service providers is essential.

Key characteristics of productive and efficient business integration are:

• Closely linked and interdependent relationships with trading partners
• Collaborative processes
• Sophisticated interactive processes and decision making
• High degree of automation of business rules and processes
• Frequent real-time event driven interactions between trading partners
• Multiple internal systems sharing information in near real time
• Seamless sharing of information with trading partners
• Alerts and notifications based on processes, business rules, and real time supply chain events.

Integration opportunities addressed by OrderWare’s Business Integration Solution include:

• Operating in a global market - competing in global markets by leveraging international partnerships for sourcing and serving unique local markets
• Participating in Local and Global Trading Networks – participating in complex multi-modal sourcing and supply processes that cross-borders and oceans.
• Productivity and responsiveness – improving productivity and returns by reducing the barriers to leverage supply chain processes and assets, a traditional issue when looking to integrate across systems and trading partners.  
• Simplifying supply chain complexity:  - supporting and increasingly complex network of partners with a high degree of automation and integration.
• Outsourcing:  - coordination and integration with logistics and other service providers as if they were an internal division.
• Improving time-to-market  - getting products to market swiftly through collaboration with suppliers in joint engineering, collaborative demand planning, and coordinated supply chain management.
• System integration  - integration of in-house systems, software service providers, and linkage to business partners for seamless execution of supply chain demand and fulfillment processes.
• Reducing Transaction Costs – through the use of the internet there can be a significant reduction in charges assosciated with transmitting business documents with trading partners

To find out more about the benefits of Integration solutions from us or for more information contact us to discuss your solution requirements.