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	A Reliable Integration Platform for Company-Wide Processes Software AG

A Reliable Integration Platform for Company-Wide Processes

Software AG

Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Process Analytics Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms
Applicable Industries	Electronics Equipment & Machinery
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases	Inventory Management Process Control & Optimization Supply Chain Visibility
Services	Software Design & Engineering Services System Integration
Challenge	SICK AG, a global provider of modern sensor technology, has experienced significant growth, leading to an increase in the heterogeneity of the company’s IT environment. With over 40 subsidiaries, numerous sales agencies, and partnerships, ensuring seamless communication between the different IT systems was crucial to guarantee smooth operations and customer satisfaction. The company needed a solution that could integrate the various IT systems from procurement to production, logistics to sales, and handle the increasing volumes of data being exchanged. Read More
About Customer	SICK AG is a top global provider of sensors and sensor solutions for industrial applications. The company is a technology and market leader in automation for factories, logistics, and processes. SICK currently employs more than 5,000 employees worldwide. The company’s success stems from its strong focus on international growth markets as well as SICK’s outstanding application expertise—customer demands are viewed as a challenge and solutions are developed jointly with the customers. SICK AG is a global provider of modern sensor technology with more than 40 subsidiaries, numerous sales agencies, and partnerships. Read More
Solution	To achieve seamless communication between the different IT systems, SICK AG implemented webMethods integration technology in 2002. Since then, the company has introduced webMethods Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), (now called webMethods Integration Server), as well as webMethods Trading Networks for B2B integration. The company has also adopted webMethods Business Process Management Suite (BPMS) to increase flexibility in business process modeling. webMethods is the central data hub that runs the entire data exchange between the different internal and external IT systems from procurement to production, logistics to sales. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Process Analytics

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms

Applicable Industries

Electronics

Equipment & Machinery

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Logistics & Transportation

Use Cases

Inventory Management

Process Control & Optimization

Supply Chain Visibility

Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

System Integration

Challenge

SICK AG, a global provider of modern sensor technology, has experienced significant growth, leading to an increase in the heterogeneity of the company’s IT environment. With over 40 subsidiaries, numerous sales agencies, and partnerships, ensuring seamless communication between the different IT systems was crucial to guarantee smooth operations and customer satisfaction. The company needed a solution that could integrate the various IT systems from procurement to production, logistics to sales, and handle the increasing volumes of data being exchanged.

About Customer

SICK AG is a top global provider of sensors and sensor solutions for industrial applications. The company is a technology and market leader in automation for factories, logistics, and processes. SICK currently employs more than 5,000 employees worldwide. The company’s success stems from its strong focus on international growth markets as well as SICK’s outstanding application expertise—customer demands are viewed as a challenge and solutions are developed jointly with the customers. SICK AG is a global provider of modern sensor technology with more than 40 subsidiaries, numerous sales agencies, and partnerships.

Solution

To achieve seamless communication between the different IT systems, SICK AG implemented webMethods integration technology in 2002. Since then, the company has introduced webMethods Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), (now called webMethods Integration Server), as well as webMethods Trading Networks for B2B integration. The company has also adopted webMethods Business Process Management Suite (BPMS) to increase flexibility in business process modeling. webMethods is the central data hub that runs the entire data exchange between the different internal and external IT systems from procurement to production, logistics to sales.

Impact #1	Round-the-clock operations for global usage
Impact #2	High level of scalability with growing data volumes being exchanged
Impact #3	Improved openness for integrating a wide variety of standard applications

Impact #1

Round-the-clock operations for global usage

Impact #2

High level of scalability with growing data volumes being exchanged

Impact #3

Improved openness for integrating a wide variety of standard applications

Benefit #1	webMethods handles 20,000 to 50,000 transactions every day from processing orders through the SICK portal to shipping

Benefit #1

webMethods handles 20,000 to 50,000 transactions every day from processing orders through the SICK portal to shipping

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A Reliable Integration Platform for Company-Wide Processes

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