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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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