lightwell b2b framework infographic: detail

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A Proven, Mature Technology

10Years

+ A proven, mature technology that has been developed and refined for

over a decade

Plays a critical role in some of the largest companies

across the globe, including many of the Fortune 100

Backed by customer support and R&D teams to ensure the best experience

for our customers

Has reliably processed hundreds of millions of B2B

and MFT transactions

100,000,000+

Leveraged by leading companies across numerous industries,

including Retail, CPG, Pharmaceuticals, Financial,

Logistics, Healthcare, and more

Easy re-processing or re-sending

• Make it easier for your partners to work with you

• Reduce the time and costs of lost or failed transactions

Time and effort required to fix errors, re-send an order or

remediate a failed transaction

360° life cycle tracking

Difficulty determining the status of a transaction and related transactions in a workflow

Role-based access and visibility for internal business

users

• Empowers internal business users to quickly and securely review transactions—and even resolve issues on their own—without IT involvement

• Reduces costs, increases efficiency across departments and frees up IT staff

Difficulty managing and responding to inquiries and

requests from customer service, sales, marketing, and accounting personnel

Self-service, role-based access for customers and

partners

• Empowers customers and partners with greater visibility into their transactions

• Increases efficiency and reduces the burden on your IT staff

• Improves satisfaction through increased responsiveness

Time and delays involved responding to customer and

partner status inquiries

WHAT B2B FRAMEWORK

PROVIDESBENEFITS

Simplified trading partner onboarding and management

• Reduce trading partner onboarding time from days or weeks to minutes

• Reduce or eliminate custom business process development

• Improve responsiveness to partner needs

Challenges onboarding trading partners, accommodating their needs, and managing

their requests

Individualized dashboards and

reports for technical managers

• Empowers each user to configure reports for their specific needs

• Provides managers 24X7 access to detailed reports needed to identify trends and address performance issues

• Administrators benefit from detailed reports that help to identify and address errors

Lack of visibility into data needed to manage and

optimize B2B operations

Highly configurable,

role-based dashboards for business users

• Empowers select executives, customer service, logistics, and sales personnel with direct, real-time insight into the areas that made most to them

• Individuals can choose what they see, and how they want to see it – and easily change it on the fly

• Empowers them to quickly identify trends, address issues and make better decisions —without involving IT staff

Time and effort required to fulfill the numerous

reporting requests from business executives, managers and staff

CHALLENGES AND NEEDS

Centralized visibility & control

• Increase efficiency by quickly accessing, tracking, and reporting any and all transactions processed by the system

Excessive time spent digging through multiple systems to

manage B2B transactions

End-to-end visibility

• Save time and effort required to locate the how, when, and where details from a centralized source

Identifying the status of transactions as they flow to/from partner systems

Enhanced visibility and control for IBM

Transformation Extender (ITX) and

IBM Transformation Extender Advanced

(ITXA)

• Enables rapid identification and remediation of errors in a high-throughput environment

• Reduces time spent researching, tracking and reprocessing transactions

• Helps to ensure compliance while reducing risk of penalties

Difficulties identifying and addressing issues when

processing high volumes of complex data

Out-of-the-box integration

between B2B Integrator and SAP

• Exchange a full range of SAP IDoc status messages, with no custom business development required

• Quickly see status details in one place, versus searching through multiple interfaces

• Avoid the time, effort and potential errors associated with creating and maintaining multiple map sets for multiple SAP clients

Inefficiencies, costs and poor visibility due to lack of integration between B2B Integrator and SAP

A single interface for managing IBM

Sterling B2B Integrator, ITX,

and ITX Advanced

• Benefit from the powerful capabilities of each solution while centralizing management tasks and reporting

• Gain enhanced visibility and control across multiple solutions, helping to better manage and optimize operations

Complexity and cost of managing multiple B2B

integration solutions needed to meet industry requirements

Over 300 pre-built processes, maps, style

sheets, and services

• Reduce up-front implementation time and cost by up to 70%

• Simplify ongoing management

Need to implement IBM Sterling B2B Integrator quickly

and minimize disruption

• Easily find and track all transactions, regardless of type, that pertain to the life cycle of any workflow

Over 300 pre-built components

and assets

Pre-defined, configurable rules-based processes

for most common communication, translation,

and routing needs

Centralized visibility and control of documents

and processes

End-to-end visibility and 360° life-cycle tracking

Secure, role-based access for business users and partners

Simplified trading partner onboarding and management

Individualized dashboards and

reporting for business and technical users

Greater efficiency and control in their B2B operations

Enhanced visibility as they communicate with their partners,

suppliers, and customers

Faster time-to-benefit for IBM Sterling B2B Integrator

A Powerful Toolset That Helps Companies Achieve...

The Lightwell B2B Framework Difference

HOW IT HELPS

WHAT IT OFFERS

FRAMEWORK