E2open Logistics Network
Simplify connectivity to transportation carriers and logistics trading partners with E2open Logistics Network.
E2open Logistics Network (ELN) provides B2B integration in a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model—also called integration-as-a-service (IaaS)—and B2B managed services that deliver electronic connectivity between Transportation Management Systems (TMS) and trading partners, including shippers, carriers, logistics providers, suppliers, customers, and government agencies.
Oracle and E2open Deploy BPN to Simplify B2B for Global Transport Processes Read Gartner's Report »Electronic connectivity provides the advantages of timely and accurate information, lower transaction costs, and unlimited scalability. However, traditional approaches to implementing and supporting connectivity can be expensive and time consuming due to the myriad of technologies and formats, and the global nature of today’s transportation and logistics operations.

As a Business Process Network (BPN) specifically designed for global transportation and logistics processes, ELN offers several unique capabilities, including a network of existing (reusable) connections to logistics-related trading partners; support for a wide variety of trading partner integration methods; advanced self-service IaaS tools; and a pre-built, packaged integration with Oracle Transportation Management, a market leading TMS.
ELN offers a fast and cost-effective integration approach because it does not require any additional customer investment beyond your transportation management system, and it allows trading partners to use their preexisting integration technologies. Alternatively, if a trading partner does not have a preexisting integration capability, ELN will provide one at no extra cost. In addition, the reuse of ELN’s existing connections and standard maps, as well as its self-service IaaS tools, significantly reduce onboarding work, enabling trading partners to be integrated in as little as one to three weeks.
ELN’s IaaS model provides a simple and predictable cost model with annual, fixed-price fees ranging between $2,000 and $3,500 per connection—depending on the total number of connections—and a one-time, fixed-price onboarding fee of $1,000 per connection. Prices are not dependent on transaction size or volume. For many companies, ELN offers a significantly lower total cost of ownership compared to traditional integration approaches.
Key Features
- Process integration engine for data and protocol-mapping, and routing documents between partners
- E2open OTM Application Connector; out-of-the-box connectivity between Oracle Transportation Management and ELN, without requiring any additional software or hardware
- Standard maps for logistics transactions
- Network security for transaction integrity and guaranteed messaging
- Web-based network visibility for transaction monitoring and trouble-shooting
- Web-based onboarding process management and document collaboration tools
- 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
- B2B gateway software (E2open B2B Client)
- B2B hardware appliance (E2open Integration Router)
- No cost for logistics service providers, regardless of their chosen integration channel
- 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
Key Benefits
- Faster time to value for investment in Oracle Transportation Management
- Simplified approach for electronic connectivity
- Shortened lead time for trading partner onboarding
- Reduced cost of onboarding and supporting trading partner integrations
- No custom development for integration with Oracle Transportation Management
- For Oracle Transportation Management, no map creation and map maintenance fees
- Predictable cost model for connectivity
- Predictable pricing for low-cost onboarding and integration services
