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whitepaper Vehicle Parts Manufacturer Streamlines Production and Delivers New Customer Value2008-10-01 Microsoft
  Accuride had an IBM iSeries - based Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) solution that required frequent attention from IT personnel and was expensive to operate. The company used the Microsoft application platform to build a new solution that not only improves integration, but also streamlines production planning and provides customers visibility into certain manufacturing processes. Developed in four months with assistance from MPS Partners, the solution has improved factory operations and delivers new customer value. Accuride is realizing technical benefits as well, including high developer productivity, minimal deployment costs, reduced ongoing costs, and a decreased IT workload. Furthermore, the solution's scalability, reliability, flexibility, and ease of management will help Accuride take advantage of the solution in the future.

Tags: Application Development		   
whitepaper SCANA Streamlines Development, Cuts Costs With Business Process Management Solution2008-02-01 Microsoft Tips
  SCANA is a holding company that includes electric and natural gas utilities in the Carolinas and Georgia. Years ago, SCANA deployed Microsoft BizTalk Server 2002 to support critical Business Process Management (BPM) functions such as billing, payroll, and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) transactions with vendors. By 2006, the number of EDI transactions had grown too large to manually audit and reconcile. Additionally, SCANA wanted to more fully implement an efficient Service Oriented Architecture and to streamline development of BPM applications. To address these challenges, SCANA upgraded to Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2, part of the Microsoft application platform.

Tags: Electronic Data Interchange, Business Management		   
whitepaper Wood Products Manufacturer Streamlines IT With Integrated Electronic Data Interchange2008-01-01 Microsoft Tips
  Roseburg Forest Products manufactures and markets a range of building materials and specialty products to customers throughout North America. The company had migrated many of its business systems to a platform based on Microsoft software, but it still used an IBM-based system for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) with its trading partners. This system required the support of an outside consultant. Additionally, following a corporate acquisition, the company had to quickly integrate the business processes of seven newly acquired manufacturing facilities. To streamline IT and to integrate the new facilities, Roseburg implemented Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2, part of the Microsoft application platform.

Tags: Electronic Data Interchange, Business Management		   
whitepaper Stork Craft Manufacturing Inc. - Doubling Operational Capabilities and Reducing Turnaround Time by More Than Half With Dell Technology2008-01-01 Dell
  Stork Craft Manufacturing Inc wanted to take an inefficient, under-achieving shipping operation and rev it up to conquer a rapidly growing workload from the world's top manufacturer of infant and juvenile furniture. As a solution the company deployed $100,000 worth of Dell technology and expertise, including load-balancing terminal servers, a full-fledged EDI solution, in-house email and network administration and a secure online business portal that completely eliminates the need for manual order tracking. By implementing a state-of-the-art order processing model, operational capabilities doubled within less than eight months and turnaround time reduced by 60%.

Tags: Infrastructure Management, Electronic Data Interchange		   
whitepaper Manufacturer Improves Information Exchange, Visibility, and Reliability With Real-Time EDI0000-00-00 Microsoft
  Automotive and industrial manufacturer Canadian General Tower (CGT) lives or dies by its relationships with its customers, vendors and other trading partners. Until recently, CGT depended on a set of legacy systems that was unreliable and inflexible. Realizing these systems were adversely affecting relationships with customers and partners, CGT chose to build on its previous experience with Microsoft BizTalk Server and Microsoft Dynamics AX. The new EDI solution is based on these technologies and the GXS Trading Grid, which funnels all transactions through a single connection in real time.

Tags: Electronic Data Interchange, Business Management		   
whitepaper BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Improves Reliability of Critical Business Processes2007-09-01 Microsoft Tips
  The latest release of the Microsoft business process management solution, Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2, provides enhanced support for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), as well as EDI over the Internet (AS2). Because the testing of this product in a production environment is an important part of the validation process, IT selected five internal customers to participate in the Technology Adoption Program (TAP) for R2. The participants chosen were five internal business customers who were using complex business processes. These internal customers now are able to simplify and consolidate their business processes. In addition, they will save money and can transmit important files more securely because of the new EDI and AS2 functionality of BizTalk Server 2006 R2.

Tags: Electronic Data Interchange, Business Management		   
whitepaper Sterling Commerce case study: Ball Corporation2007-08-01 Sterling Commerce
  Learn how Ball Corporation streamlined their supply chain processes while integrating several acquisitions, replaced legacy EDI platforms, and extended B2B solutions and strategies to their trading community.

Tags: Electronic Data Interchange, Supply Chain Management, Procurement - Purchasing, Strategic Planning		   
whitepaper Manufacturer Cuts Costs and Boosts Productivity With Electronic Data Interchange2007-08-01 Microsoft
  Renova is a leading European manufacturer of paper products including toilet paper, paper towels, and napkins. The company was using three applications to support Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) with some of its partners. However, managing the different products was challenging, and they didn't provide all the functionality the company needed. In 2006, Renova sought a new, more flexible EDI foundation built on one consolidated application. After evaluating numerous solutions, Renova joined the Technology Adoption Program for Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2. This product provides the functionality offered by the previous solution. In addition, it supports digital signatures, XML documents, and multiple communication protocols including Applicability Statement 2. With the new solution, Renova is reducing costs, increasing agility, expanding opportunities, and boosting productivity.

Tags: Electronic Data Interchange, Application Development		   
whitepaper Ingredia Streamlines Business Processes and Improves Productivity0000-00-00 Oracle
  A market leader in the development and marketing of functional dairy ingredients, Ingredia works with the world's food processing industry. The company wanted to replace an aging information system with a modern, open, upgradeable system that can be deployed rapidly in multiple locations. The challenge was to enable production of operational and strategic reports and optimize distribution chain flows, from purchases of raw materials to transport of the finished products. They also wanted to improve productivity between internal sites and partners. Ingredia implemented Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne applications over a wide functional spectrum (CRM, distribution, production, and logistics) to replace a VAX-based information system with a more flexible, easily deployed solution.

Tags: Electronic Data Interchange, ERP		   
whitepaper Hanger Orthopedic Group Uses Idera SQL Compliance Manager to Help With Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance2007-03-20 Idera
  Founded in 1861, Hanger Orthopedic Group is the largest provider of orthotic and prosthetic patient care services and products in the US. As an active user of Microsoft's platform, Hanger relies heavily on SQL Server. It serves as the backbone to mission critical applications including the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) system that is used to transmit patient and insurance information in a HIPAA-compliant manner, and their proprietary orthotic and prosthetic billing application. Due to Sarbanes Oxley, Hanger has very strict control processes and policies in regards to making changes on SQL Servers. They must validate to investors and auditors that they are taking measures to keep data valid, safe, and ensure that all changes to the data are monitored.

Tags: Application Servers, Database Management		   

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