E2 Cloud Connectivity
Outsource your B2B integration needs to an experienced organization with an established business process network of more than 28,000 trading partners
To ensure real-time collaboration across the extended demand-supply network, leading companies are increasingly relying on business-to-business (B2B) integration solutions to connect electronically to their trading partners. However, this often poses significant challenges, including capital-intensive investments in integration infrastructure, complexity of onboarding new partners, difficulty connecting to small and medium-sized businesses, and uncertainty about overall integration costs.
E2 Cloud Connectivity allows you to outsource your B2B integration needs to an experienced organization that has an established business process network of more than 28,000 trading partners. The technical infrastructure, staff, program management, and onboarding methodology that are required in a business-critical B2B program are all included in the E2 Cloud Connectivity offering. Whether you have an existing B2B program or are thinking about starting one, E2 Cloud Connectivity offers unrivaled value that can lower your total cost of ownership (TCO) by more than 50 percent.
- B2B managed services in a private/dedicated or public/shared model
- Standard integration channels for B2B-capable trading partners, including
- EDI INT (AS2)
- EDI VAN
- FTPS (FTP/TLS) or SFTP (FTP/SSH/SCP)
- RosettaNet (RNIF)
- Integration adapters for other enterprise applications
- Payload types currently supported include:
- ASC X12
- UN/CEFACT EDIFACT
- RosettaNet PIPs
- CSV text files
- Integration channels for non-B2B-capable trading partners, including easy to use B2B gateway software (E2open B2B Client)
- Network security for transaction integrity and guaranteed messaging
- Web-based network visibility for transaction monitoring and trouble-shooting
- Web-based self-onboarding process management
- Comprehensive community management tools
- Ongoing hosting services in secure and highly-available facilities, measured against a global SLA
- Ongoing operations services, including maintenance and upgrades of software and hardware
- Ongoing technical support services for both customers and trading partners
- Lower TCO and enhanced ROI, with a predictable cost model that includes hardware, software, onboarding services, and ongoing maintenance
- Flexibility and adaptability, with elastic provisioning of staff, bandwidth, software, and hardware resources based on shifting business requirements
- Global community of 50,000 trading partners, providing turnkey integration with your business process networks
- Complete enablement of trading partner community, regardless of size, IT or process requirements for 100 percent onboarding success
- Visibility and control of trading partner community through Web-based message throttling, prioritization policies, troubleshooting and transaction replay capabilities
- Extended value of enterprise systems like ERPs and planning systems
- Leading Network Equipment Manufacturer
- Seamless integration with current infrastructure and support for ongoing migrations
- Rapid onboarding to more than 100 enterprise trading partners
- Ensuring business continuity through availability and support
- Leading High-Tech Manufacturer
- TCO reduced 50 percent >$9M savings over 3 years
- Onboarding of trading partners reduced from weeks to days
- Significantly increased solution availability and reliability
- Leading Semiconductor Foundry
- Core transaction management with ODMs and design partners
- Guaranteed transfer of multiple gigabytes of design data in a secured environment
- Live with critical B2B infrastructure in weeks after a divestiture
