Companies have improved internal business processes by investing in systems that integrate them. However, many critical business-to-business (B2B) processes, such as forecasting, ordering, shipments and payments, are not integrated and are managed by phone, fax or email. These manual B2B processes are highly inefficient— placing a drain on your resources—directly impacting your organization’s ability to serve customers and respond to their order requests.

GXS Trading Grid for BizTalk Server provides the Software+Service solution that can eliminate these manual processes and offers your organization the following benefits:

• Reduce Cost of Operations by automating trading partner relationships and removing manual processes
• Improve Customer Service by integrating internal applications with your trading partners, increasing sales improving responsiveness and customer satisfaction
• Increase Business Results by consolidating to a single global integration platform and removing expensive legacy systems
• Ease of Use by fitting into your existing IT environment so your organization will be up and running quickly

With a fully integrated connection to the Trading Grid, Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 connects your customers, suppliers and other trading partners to your critical decision-making systems. As a result, customers can seamlessly place an order in minutes versus hours or days. Your organization can now promise shipments and feel 100 percent comfortable that the goods will arrive on time. Your invoices will be processed automatically providing greater assurance for timely payments, so you can better manage cash flow. GXS Trading Grid for BizTalk Server enables you to eliminate manual processes, integrate business systems and increase business performance.

GXS Trading Grid for BizTalk Server is a complete business integration solution that provides an easy way to integrate with one or thousands of your trading partners instantly. Built on the market-leading Microsoft technology, the solution is capable of real-time integration with your critical decision-making systems, connects you with all your trading partners and significantly improves your business performance.

• Meet Current and Future Customer Requirements – Can you support the next data format or communication protocol required by your customers? You may not be able to in-house, but GXS does. The GXS Trading Grid is a cutting edge business platform that’s constantly updated to support a broad range of B2B formats, protocols and standards. BizTalk Server’s direct integration with the Trading Grid ensures you will always be able to support new customer requirements. 
• Reach Any Trading Partner in the World – GXS Trading Grid for BizTalk Server gives you seamless integration to over 35,000 companies already connected to the GXS Trading Grid worldwide. Define trading partner configuration data and relationship information once and it is automatically synchronized between GXS Trading Grid and BizTalk Server. GXS Trading Grid is the only global B2B integration platform that can support trading partners in every major economic market in the world from Asia Pacific to Latin America.
• Connect with Diverse Trading Partners – GXS Trading Grid gives your trading partners access to a variety of B2B trading capabilities, including Web Forms, Online Data Translation, Accounting Package Integration Adapters, and Direct ERP Integration tools. You can integrate with any trading partner in the world, no matter their size, location, language, or technical capabilities.

To find out how your company can benefit from GXS's global experience, click here, or call us at +1 800-560-4347 within the US. If you are located outside the US, click here to get a list of our global contact numbers.

Canadian General Tower: Midmarket Manufacturer Improves Information Exchange, Visibility and Reliability with Real-Time EDI

Automotive and industrial manufacturer Canadian General Tower (CGT) lives or dies by its relationships with its customers, vendors and other trading partners. Until recently, CGT depended on a set of legacy systems that was unreliable and inflexible. Realizing these systems were adversely affecting relationships with customers and partners, CGT chose to build on its previous experience with Microsoft® BizTalk® Server and Microsoft Dynamics™ AX. The new EDI solution is based on these technologies and the GXS Trading Grid®, which funnels all transactions through a single connection in real time. The new infrastructure has improved efficiency by 80 percent on key tasks such as setting up a new trading partner, and has improved the timeliness and accuracy of customer information by 90 percent or more. It provides the real-time visibility CGT needs to remain competitive.

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MW Brands: European Seafood Brand Replaces ERP and B2B Infrastructure with Integrated Value Chain

MW Brands is one of Europe’s leading seafood brands and a growing force in the global seafood business. Spun out of the H.J. Heinz Company, MW Brands inherited a dated and expensive IT infrastructure that could not adequately support their supply chain network or plans for expansion. Recognizing the need for a new management and connectivity environment, MW Brands deployed a unified platform based on Microsoft Dynamics™ NAV, Microsoft® BizTalk® Server, Covast’s B2B Suite, and the GXS Trading Grid®. The new system helps MW Brands reduce costs, adapt to new customer requirements in hours rather than days, reduce errors and plan inventory better than before. MW Brands' managers predict this new infrastructure, powered by Microsoft technology, will help the company grow its business, improve customer service and enter new markets.

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