Our client, one of the largest private wood manufacturers globally, operates extensively in the United States and Canada. They produce a diverse range of wooden products for various construction and building sectors. To enhance their operational efficiency and maintain their leadership in the industry, they collaborated with HCLTech to upgrade their electronic data interchange (EDI) system for efficient data management across their supply chain and distribution networks.
The Challenge
Overcoming the limitations of legacy communication systems to foster growth
The outdated BizTalk EDI system was hampering the manufacturer’s ability to manage increasing data exchange volumes and complexity, integrate with newer cloud-based services and applications, and handle maintenance efficiently. They needed a scalable and flexible EDI solution to improve their B2B and application-to-application (A2A) interactions, aligning with their strategic goals.
The Objective
Implementing a robust EDI solution to support business scalability
The company planned to migrate from their current system to a robust EDI platform capable of handling their extensive B2B and A2A interface requirements. This new system would not only enhance current data exchange processes but also scale to accommodate future business growth and technological advancements.
The Solution
Engineering a frictionless transition to the Boomi AtomSphere platform
HCLTech deployed the Boomi AtomSphere platform – an advanced integration solution – to elevate the company’s data exchange capabilities. The journey began with several key initiatives that included:
- Conducting a thorough assessment and analysis of the existing EDI system, which established a solid foundation for the migration project
- Developing a comprehensive blueprint for migrating 99 B2B and 61 A2A interfaces, which ensured a clear transition strategy for each
- Examining existing integration patterns in detail, which laid the groundwork for customized solutions to meet the client's complex needs
- Adopting Boomi's integration platform, which increased agility and responsiveness in the client's EDI transactions
- Implementing custom configurations and developing new service components, which designed a solution tailored to the client's operational framework
- Ensuring precise integration into the existing system, which enhanced key processes like logging and auditing
- Automating the testing of new services, which utilized Azure DevOps tools to secure the highest quality and reliability
- Executing Boomi’s EDI maps for various transaction sets, which included X12-810 (Invoices), 850 (Purchase orders), 860 (Purchase order changes), 855 (Order acknowledgments), 858 (Shipment information), 830 (Planning schedules), EDIFACT-ORDERS, INVOIC (Invoice) and DESADV (Dispatch advice)
The Impact
Achieving new levels of data transaction efficiency and precision
The migration to Boomi significantly improved the company’s EDI infrastructure, resulting in:
- An increased EDI platform efficiency, facilitating smoother data transactions and management
- A 20% reduced operational costs due to implementation of modular design and logging/exception-handling frameworks
- A 30% faster development cycle with the adoption of extensible and reusable processes and sub-processes following a microservices architecture
