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"While we assessed our integration options, we knew that EAI had too high a cost for us to really consider. We didn’t want to go with custom code either but that looked like the only option until we found the Cast Iron Integration Appliance. Its a fast, simple, and reliable solution for our integration problems."Tim Murphy Director, IT
| Case Study Summary | |
|---|---|
| Industry | Food & Beverage |
| Endpoints | cXML, EDI, Email, Excel, Flat-files, HTTP, JD Edwards |
| Business Problem Solved | B2B & Partner Integration |
Business Problem
- Invoices are faxed or E-mailed to customers – labor intensive, error-prone
- No visibility into interaction between parties
- Need to quickly scale to meet diverse partner requirements: EDI, XML, Excel, DB2 on AS400, JD Edwards
Competing Technologies
- EAI: Not considered, costs $500K+
- Custom Code: Requires extensive coding, and not scalable
Solution
- Cast Iron Integrates JD Edwards with other data formats: EDI 810s, cXML, Excel
- Deployed to connect Target, Long John Silvers
- No downtime since deployment.(9+ months)
Results
- Project completed in 5 days
- Time to value: 5 days to deploy 2 customers – no single line of code
- ROI payback: 6 months
