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iTN has performed over 300 successful integrations with a variety of legacy systems.
Integration allows data to pass seamlessly to you key internal systems minimizing manual entry and maximizing efficiencies.
Integrations with iTN are best thought of as "adding another trading partner".
Biggest difference is that the same effort you go through now to add a single partner provides connectivity to all your trading partners on the iTN system.
Integrations are customized to support your unique communications, protocol, document, data, and business rule requirements.
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Examples of current an integration project would include:
Communications:
iTN supports document exchange via the Internet to eliminate added VAN costs
Protocol:
iTN supports AS1, AS2, FTP, VPN, and other common protocols to best meet your companies needs
Documents:
iTN supports EDI, Flat File, and XML documents
Data:
Each document is customized to meet the unique needs of your company
Business Rules:
The unique business rules for each document are identified and incorporated into each integration project
Catalog Management and Catalog Exchange allow one corporate catalog to be synchronized with all your trading partners (direct or via a data pool) Custom integration allows one integration with iTN to now support document exchange with all your trading partners (buy and sell side) The benefits to this single point of integration are numerous:
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Internal costs and resource requirements are minimized
- 4000 potential trading partners added for the same effort as adding one
- iTN provides the expertise and experience required to support the project. No need to invest in unique talent or consultants for the project.
- On-Demand modules allow you to incorporate only the functionality needed without additional development costs.
- iTN provides the bandwidth, security, back-up and disaster recovery required without the need to make additional capital investments
- iTN's continually updates the system to avoid obsolescence and the risks and costs associated
- iTN keeps all members of the supply trained and up to date with the latest releases assuring maximum efficiencies for you without additional investments of training and supporting trading partners.
- iTN frees up internal resources so they can be re-deployed to other priority projects
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Internal investments are maximized
- Key legacy investments are now integrated into an on-line, real-time, and collaborative supply chain system
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Adoption and speed to ROI is maximized
- 4000+ companies are on-line, trained, supported by iTN, and ready to go
- Custom integration combined with On-Demand collaborative workflow has proven to provide significant and sustainable savings over traditional EDI
The following documents are currently supported by iTN. References to EDI are noted but each document is also supported with a flat file or XML equivalent
Purchase Orders
(EDI 850 or 875) |
Purchase Order Confirmations
(EDI 855) |
Purchase Order Changes
(EDI 860 or 865) |
Advanced Ship Notice
(EDI 856) |
Receiving
(EDI 861 or 894) |
Invoice
(EDI 810 or 880) |
Load Tendering / Status
(EDI 204 / 214) |
VMI Inventory / Ordering
(EDI 852) |
DSD invoice
(EDI 894) |
Remittance Advice
(EDI 820) |
Application Advice
(EDI 824) |
Functional Acknowledgement
(EDI 997) |
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Product Transfer and Resale report
(EDI 867) |
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