This document discusses how automation can improve business processes by reducing inefficiencies. It describes how one company, SwiftAnt, helps clients migrate their legacy integration systems to new platforms using zero capital expenditure models. This allows clients to realize benefits like 60% lower total cost of ownership for electronic data interchange systems. SwiftAnt also discusses how it uses a structured agile process and focused service offerings to help clients successfully implement electronic data interchange and overcome integration challenges.
2. Reduce EDI
TCO by 60%+
ENABLING AUTOMATION
& DIGITIZATION OF
EXTENDED VALUE CHAIN
Architecture Design & Implementation Support Managed Services Business Intelligence
Improve
Automation &
Customer Service
3. EDI AUTOMATION (DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION)
B2B Digital Leaders Turn in
~5x
REVENUE
~8x EBIT
SwiftAnt is helping several Clients, with inherited
legacy complexity, to easily migrate to new
“Integration Models” with Zero CAPEX, low OPEX and
On-Demand integration capabilities.
(McKinsey study – Top quartile B2B digital
companies have revenue growth of 5X;
EBIT of 8X & Return to shareholder 2X
when compared to rest of B2B sample)
STRONGER FINANCIAL
PERFORMANCE
TYPICAL COMPLEXITY IN LEGACY
ENTERPRISE INTEGRATIONS
Many Point to Point, without a Hub
(leading to many than needed) – 1000s of maps
Long processing times, without automated monitoring
No source code, difficult to change
Lack of standardization
Several points of data (and single reliable source of truth)
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4. KEY CHALLENGES OUR CLIENTS FACE
Can I reduce my TCO of EDI platform significantly?
Can I realize the Promise of On-Demand Integration in a
TIMELY MANNER?
Is my data secure & will we get promised SLAs
(ex: 99.9% uptime)?
How can I eliminate manual processes due to incomplete
communication from my partners?
EDI resources are scarce. Can I solve my EDI Resource
problem using various models?
How can I reduce my long on-boarding times?
SwiftAnt with 10+ Years & 50+ EDI /
Automation Success Stories in USA,
Japan, Hong Kong and East Africa can
help with any or all of your challenges.
As One size doesn’t fit all & SwiftAnt’s
expertise will help right-size the EDI
platform for you.
• Reduced Cash-to-Cash cycles for a Global Logistics
player by 80%.
• New business capability – Bot driven
customer service.
• Trading partner onboarding time reduced to
2 weeks from 8 weeks.
• Increased EDI adoption to >90% from current 65%.
Few Success Stories
5. CAPEX
pex
$
to
RECENT CASE STUDY
Client was incurring 300K USD / annum (Software + Hardware AMC) and having several manual communications for customer service.
SwiftAnt worked with the Client to develop and implement “Digital Transformation Strategy” for enterprise integrations and migrated
to Cloud, where OPEX is less than AMC costs, with 99.9% availability & on-demand business intelligence. Most manual process stand
eliminated with automation.
95% Over 3 Years 856K USD 417K USD <9 months
ROI NPVBenefits PV Payback
Customer with 342 EDI Maps
1.8M EDI Transactions per month using IBM Sterling B2B Integrator On-Premise
Migrated to MS LogicApps on Cloud
6. A STRUCTURED & AGILE PROCESS FOR SUCCESSFUL EDI IMPLEMENTATION
Implementing EDI across your organization and network of business partners can be complex.
Taking a systematic approach will help you realize an effective business driven EDI program.
STEP 1
Understand the organization structure and extended org
(enterprise architecture) – 2 weeks
Design and validate the modular approach
(micro-services architecture) – 3-4 weeks
STEP 2
STEP 3
Business-IT teams round table (architecture for business
focused EDI solution) – 1 week
STEP 4 Pilot – 2-3 weeks
• Integrate EDI with a business line
• Simulate business intelligence across the business
AGILE
IMPLEMENTATION
Every business line
• Micro level requirement analysis for every trading partner
• End to end implementation (3 weeks per trading partner)
• Several trading partners in parallel (based on business readiness)
SOLUTIONS
THAT LEAD TO
Any-to-any format
transformation & integration.
Structured / unstructured data +
images / files.
Process orchestration for
intelligent automation.
Cloud / on-premise / hybrid &
asynchronous / synchronous
transactional capabilities.
Analytics for operational and
business intelligence.
Enabling application to
application (A2A) & business to
business (B2B) integrations.
IMPLEMENTATION METHODOLOGY
7. FOCUSED EDI SERVICE OFFERINGS
ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN &
IMPLEMENTATION
• EDI, business process & map design and
development – Faster onboarding of trading
partners.
• Best practices & agile development with
configuration driven on-boarding.
ANALYTICS & BOT DRIVEN
CUSTOMER SERVICE
• Re-usable and pre-built meta data extraction
framework components.
• Implementing actionable business intelligence at
integration layer.
• Secure, role based controlled access to information
via chat bots for internal and external users.
MIGRATION
• Assess and identify the optimal platform for
client business demands.
• Pragmatic roadmap for zero CAPEX models.
• Architecture, deployment and migration to
new platform.
SUPPORT, MANAGED SERVICES
• Managed services – end to end managed
services with round the clock support.
• Improved SLAs.
8. Overcome your integration and visibility
challenges with EDI Services
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