lightwell b2b framework infographic: detail
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A Proven, Mature Technology
10Years
+ A proven, mature technology that has been developed and refined for
over a decade
Plays a critical role in some of the largest companies
across the globe, including many of the Fortune 100
Backed by customer support and R&D teams to ensure the best experience
for our customers
Has reliably processed hundreds of millions of B2B
and MFT transactions
100,000,000+
Leveraged by leading companies across numerous industries,
including Retail, CPG, Pharmaceuticals, Financial,
Logistics, Healthcare, and more
Easy re-processing or re-sending
• Make it easier for your partners to work with you
• Reduce the time and costs of lost or failed transactions
Time and effort required to fix errors, re-send an order or
remediate a failed transaction
360° life cycle tracking
Difficulty determining the status of a transaction and related transactions in a workflow
Role-based access and visibility for internal business
users
• Empowers internal business users to quickly and securely review transactions—and even resolve issues on their own—without IT involvement
• Reduces costs, increases efficiency across departments and frees up IT staff
Difficulty managing and responding to inquiries and
requests from customer service, sales, marketing, and accounting personnel
Self-service, role-based access for customers and
partners
• Empowers customers and partners with greater visibility into their transactions
• Increases efficiency and reduces the burden on your IT staff
• Improves satisfaction through increased responsiveness
Time and delays involved responding to customer and
partner status inquiries
WHAT B2B FRAMEWORK
PROVIDESBENEFITS
Simplified trading partner onboarding and management
• Reduce trading partner onboarding time from days or weeks to minutes
• Reduce or eliminate custom business process development
• Improve responsiveness to partner needs
Challenges onboarding trading partners, accommodating their needs, and managing
their requests
Individualized dashboards and
reports for technical managers
• Empowers each user to configure reports for their specific needs
• Provides managers 24X7 access to detailed reports needed to identify trends and address performance issues
• Administrators benefit from detailed reports that help to identify and address errors
Lack of visibility into data needed to manage and
optimize B2B operations
Highly configurable,
role-based dashboards for business users
• Empowers select executives, customer service, logistics, and sales personnel with direct, real-time insight into the areas that made most to them
• Individuals can choose what they see, and how they want to see it – and easily change it on the fly
• Empowers them to quickly identify trends, address issues and make better decisions —without involving IT staff
Time and effort required to fulfill the numerous
reporting requests from business executives, managers and staff
CHALLENGES AND NEEDS
Centralized visibility & control
• Increase efficiency by quickly accessing, tracking, and reporting any and all transactions processed by the system
Excessive time spent digging through multiple systems to
manage B2B transactions
End-to-end visibility
• Save time and effort required to locate the how, when, and where details from a centralized source
Identifying the status of transactions as they flow to/from partner systems
Enhanced visibility and control for IBM
Transformation Extender (ITX) and
IBM Transformation Extender Advanced
(ITXA)
• Enables rapid identification and remediation of errors in a high-throughput environment
• Reduces time spent researching, tracking and reprocessing transactions
• Helps to ensure compliance while reducing risk of penalties
Difficulties identifying and addressing issues when
processing high volumes of complex data
Out-of-the-box integration
between B2B Integrator and SAP
• Exchange a full range of SAP IDoc status messages, with no custom business development required
• Quickly see status details in one place, versus searching through multiple interfaces
• Avoid the time, effort and potential errors associated with creating and maintaining multiple map sets for multiple SAP clients
Inefficiencies, costs and poor visibility due to lack of integration between B2B Integrator and SAP
A single interface for managing IBM
Sterling B2B Integrator, ITX,
and ITX Advanced
• Benefit from the powerful capabilities of each solution while centralizing management tasks and reporting
• Gain enhanced visibility and control across multiple solutions, helping to better manage and optimize operations
Complexity and cost of managing multiple B2B
integration solutions needed to meet industry requirements
Over 300 pre-built processes, maps, style
sheets, and services
• Reduce up-front implementation time and cost by up to 70%
• Simplify ongoing management
Need to implement IBM Sterling B2B Integrator quickly
and minimize disruption
• Easily find and track all transactions, regardless of type, that pertain to the life cycle of any workflow
Over 300 pre-built components
and assets
Pre-defined, configurable rules-based processes
for most common communication, translation,
and routing needs
Centralized visibility and control of documents
and processes
End-to-end visibility and 360° life-cycle tracking
Secure, role-based access for business users and partners
Simplified trading partner onboarding and management
Individualized dashboards and
reporting for business and technical users
Greater efficiency and control in their B2B operations
Enhanced visibility as they communicate with their partners,
suppliers, and customers
Faster time-to-benefit for IBM Sterling B2B Integrator
A Powerful Toolset That Helps Companies Achieve...
The Lightwell B2B Framework Difference
HOW IT HELPS
WHAT IT OFFERS
FRAMEWORK