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KEYBENEFITS

CASE STUDY – RETAIL

SOLUTION

RESULTS

SERVICES

Fast Map Conversion for Gentran to MFT Migration68mapsin3monthswithzeroerrors

• FastermigrationtoManagedFileTransfer(MFT)

• Fasterphaseoutoflegacysystems

largeU.S.basedhomeimprovementRetailerwantedtoreducethecostof

theirB2Boperations.AspartofthisefforttheyneededtomigratetheirElectronicDataInterchange(EDI)mapsfromGentran Z/OS6.5toIBMSterlingB2BIntegratorv5.2.4toenabledatatransfersviaIBMSterlingFileGatewayusingSFTP,FTPS,FTPandConnect:Direct protocols.

Speedandaccuracyofmapmigrationwasakeycriteria.

IBMSterlingB2BIntegrator

• 68mapsconvertedin3months(conversiononly,testingtimewasadditional)

• Zeromaperrors• Completedtheprojectfor30%

lessthancompetitorquotes

• MappingServices

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Withthousandsoftradingpartners,conversionaccuracywasessentialtotheretailertominimizetestingtime.

2Fast Map Conversion for Gentran to MFT Migration

Phase1

Phase1involvedconverting36mapsfromtheGentran Z/OSformattotheIBMSterlingFileGatewayformat,thefirst24ofwhichwereconvertedinjust3weeks.Mapswereconvertedforthefollowingtransactions:

• 812Credit/DebitAdjustment• 810Invoice• 210FreightInvoice• 204LoadTender• 214ShipmentStatusMessage• 753RequestRoutingInstructions• 754RoutingInstructions• 850OutboundPurchaseOrder• 856AdvancedShipmentNotice• 997FunctionalAcknowledgement• 864TextMessage• 140WarrantyInformation• 816OrganizationalRelationship• 852ActivityData

Phase2

DuetothesuccessofPhase1,wewereengagedforPhase2whichincludedconversionandtestingofanadditional32mapsforthefollowingtransactions:

• 315StatusDetails(Ocean)• 810Invoice• 846InventoryInquiry/Advice

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• 846InventoryInquiry/Advice• 850OutboundPurchaseOrder• 855PurchaseOrderAcknowledgement• 856AdvancedShipmentNotice• 860PurchaseOrderChangeRequest• 870OrderStatusReport• 944WarehouseStockTransferReceipt

Advice• 945WarehouseShippingAdvice• 947WarehouseInventoryAdjustment

Advice

ZeroErrorsTherewerezeroinstanceswherethecustomersentamapbackforreworkandtheactualmapconversiontimeforall68mapswasjust12weeks.Theremainderofthethetimeinvolvedtesting.

Fast Map Conversion for Gentran to MFT Migration 3

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