Case Studies
Learn about companies that have completed successful EDI integration with GXS. The first section addresses the steps that small-to-medium sized companies take in EDI implementation. These case studies explore the different ways in which EDI services and solutions allowed these same companies to start trading with their partners electronically. Further, these case studies will also explore the business benefits each organization gained through EDI implementation.
J.O. Sims
J.O. Sims is a U.K.–based company that specializes in importing, growing and supplying food ingredients to major retailers, produce markets and food manufacturers. To handle orders automatically, J.O. Sims contacted GXS for an EDI system that is user-friendly and simply to use.
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Duradiamond
A specialty tools and equipment manufacturer responded to a customer's request for a business to business EDI solution, and found even more advantages in its own back-office operations.
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Monarch Towel Company
This New Jersey-based company needed EDI services to help bring their hotel robe and towel distribution business to an international level and to serve as a logistics warehouse for a Brazil-based factory. GXS worked with the Monarch Towel Company to integrate our Trading Grid Messaging Service into their current business process.
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Organic Farm Foods
A continuous investment in IT and a constant goal of supply chain optimization, makes U.K.-based Organic Farm Foods a pioneer in technology initiatives, including EDI, within the fresh produce industry.
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G.H Meiser
As their trading community became increasingly dependent on electronic data interchange (EDI), G.H Meiser contacted GXS with the urgent need to implement an e-business EDI system that addressed each member's unique needs.
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The following case studies focus on companies competing in a global market. They illustrate how each of these companies, each with unique needs, have used EDI services and solutions to improve supply chain performance the world over.
Further, each case study discusses how EDI integration with back-office systems created efficiencies extending from a more complete EDI system while some of these case studies illustrate the complexity of an EDI system in certain situations. While many small-to-medium sized businesses will not need an EDI system to go as deep as some larger companies, this information is valuable as it allows smaller companies to see what is necessary to fit into a large global company's supply chain logistics as well as the industry standards for basic business interaction.
Dixons Group plc
To help increase the speed and efficiency of communication and business processes, Dixons, a leading consumer electronics retailer in Europe, worked with GXS to implement an EDI system to streamline business with suppliers.
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JC Penney Company, Inc.
Being able to track and barcode label shipments and send Advance Ship Notices were important goals of JC Penney, one of the largest department stores, drugstores and catalog retailers in the US. To improve their supply chain performance, they contacted GXS to implement an e-commerce EDI solution.
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Bsteel
The IT unit of the Shanghai-based Baosteel Group, Bsteel deploys and manages all corporate B2B e-commerce strategies on a global level. To help them synchronize all Baosteel's internal business units, suppliers and customers, they contacted GXS for EDI integration services. By utilizing the GXS Enterprise Gateway and Trading Grid Messaging Services, Bsteel can now support the gathering of data as well as translation and integration to help streamline their supply chain and trading community.
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Chrysler
While Chrysler's major suppliers were using business-to-business EDI applications, orders from smaller suppliers would take weeks because the process used traditional paper methods. To address this issue, Chrysler needed a simple, inexpensive EDI solution for small, low-volume suppliers whose products were essential to production.
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FedEx
To help support more than a hundred million electronic transactions and support the delivery of nearly five million shipments every day, FedEx Corp., chose GXS to deliver an EDI and supply chain management solution to increase business efficiency.
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Eastman Kodak Company
In their search for a B2B EDI solution that could be integrated with fully SAP-certified products, photography, imaging and scanning leader Eastman Kodak Company, contacted GXS.
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Liz Claiborne
With women's apparel and accessories available throughout the world at more than 22,000 different retail locations, Liz Clairborne requires streamlined communication with all members of the trading community. By employing a GXS e-business EDI system for supply chain management to ensure efficient communication, the corporation has been able to remain agile and seamlessly add new members to their trading community on a regular basis.
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Royal Mail
EDI integration proved to be an integral part of the success of Royal Mail. With over eight billion dollars in sales each year, this UK Government–owned company delivers 82 million items to 27 million addresses successfully every day.
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