Direct business benefits by improving Supplier Integration

Getting products to the market faster has never been so important. Receiving accurate information from the suppliers faster is the first step to achieving that objective. Supplier integration is a model for improving the link of the supply chain between manufacturers and their tier of suppliers of materials for their products. Cooperating, both parties sharing … More Direct business benefits by improving Supplier Integration

Operational Intelligence and B2B Integration for Customer Integration

Customer integration is the component of customer relationship management, which puts technology in place that allows customers to process their own transactions and to have direct contact with the organization. This means that the need for intermediaries is reduced. This requires a good B2B integration platform, and monitoring of the processes involving customers, such as … More Operational Intelligence and B2B Integration for Customer Integration

AS4: the integration standard of the future

How you integrate your applications and data flows with your suppliers, customers, partners and regulators is more than an IT issue. It is also a critical business issue, since B2B processes (such as order fulfillment, delivery, invoicing and payments) affect everything from revenue and expenses, to risk management and compliance, to growth strategies and multi-national … More AS4: the integration standard of the future

EDI and API: complementary solutions for all integration needs

EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) is a proven technology since early 1980s for the exchange of information between enterprises and organizations. EDI formats such as EDIFACT, ebXML and EDIG@S are the standards for data exchange in major industrial sectors such as transport and logistics, distribution, manufacturing and utilities. The use of EDI is particularly prevalent in … More EDI and API: complementary solutions for all integration needs

Industry 4.0: a question of integration

Industry 4.0, or the industry of the future, will guarantee the autonomy of production lines, made smarter by the combination of ever more advanced technologies. It is however, necessary that these technologies are able to communicate with each other, within increasingly large and complex ecosystems, in order to streamline, secure and optimize the production and … More Industry 4.0: a question of integration