MURRAY INC. WORKS WITH STERLING COMMERCE TO ACCOMPLISH SHORT- AND LONG-TERM PARTNER INTEGRATION AND DATA SYNCHRONIZATION GOALS
Improved data quality promises bottom-line results
February 18, 2004 Columbus, Ohio – Murray Inc., a leading manufacturer of lawn mowers, snow throwers, and other outdoor power equipment, needed a solution to manage multiple influential customer requests. Sterling Commerce, a leading provider of business integration solutions, helped the company implement a solution to comply and handle upcoming initiatives to streamline supply chain operations.
Murray evaluated a variety of solutions after the company was asked to send documents to customers securely over the Internet using AS2 and realized early on this was the first of many business integration projects required to meet the requests of its largest customers.
“We needed an AS2 solution, but we knew that we would have to come up with a solution for implementing UCCnet services in the not-too-distant future,” said Tim Bolton, EDI Manager for Murray. “So we sought out a platform that could provide a growth path matching our needs.”
Gentran Integration Suite, the solution selected by Murray, is a strategic integration platform that supported Murray’s need for UCCnet services connectivity and formatting as well as business rules processing, and provided the company with functionality to allow the data to be managed and, if necessary, routed to the appropriate personnel for review and approvals.
“We could have purchased a stand-alone AS2 solution that was cheaper, but it would not provide us with the flexibility for additional integration projects,” said Bolton.
The modular design of Gentran Integration Suite permits incremental progression from basic supply-chain transactions management to more sophisticated business integration as needed, making business process technology migration less disruptive and more ROI-friendly.Murray is using the UCCnet services connectivity project to improve business processes by cleansing and centralizing the data for better control and management.
“Meeting UCCnet services connectivity requirements only keeps us in the game with our customers,” said Bolton. “The true bottom-line benefits from data synchronization will come when we capitalize on our improved data quality.”
“Murray has a long history with Sterling Commerce and has realized significant benefits from the exchange of EDI documents,” said Sam Starr, president and CEO, Sterling Commerce. “The company also realizes that tremendous benefits can be gained from ensuring that this same data exchanged with customers is 100 percent accurate.”
Sterling Commerce
Sterling Commerce, a wholly owned subsidiary of SBC Communications Inc. (NYSE:SBC), is one of the world’s largest providers of business integration solutions. For Global 5000 companies and their customers, suppliers and partners, Sterling Commerce software and services help maximize business performance and improve business metrics through integration of applications, external partner systems and people. With more than 25 years of experience serving more than 30,000 customers in a vast range of industries, Sterling Commerce is a recognized pioneer in electronic commerce through its longstanding expertise in EDI. Today, as customers explore new ways to improve business performance via the Internet, Sterling Commerce continues to innovate its software and services to further the global adoption of e-commerce while offering its customers strategic solutions that leverage existing technology. For more information, visit www.sterlingcommerce.com.
SBC Communications Inc. (www.sbc.com) is a diversified communications company, owning several of the world`s leading data, voice and Internet services providers. Through world-class networks, SBC companies provide a full range of voice, data, networking and e-business services, as well as directory advertising and publishing. A Fortune 30 company, SBC Communications Inc. owns America`s leading provider of high-speed DSL Internet Access services and one of the nation`s leading Internet Service Providers. SBC companies currently serve 55 million access lines nationwide. In addition, SBC companies own 60 percent of America`s second-largest wireless company, Cingular Wireless, which serves more than 24 million wireless customers. Internationally, SBC companies have telecommunications investments in 26 countries.
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