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A Salesforce to DB2 to SQL to real-time APIs success story

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Technology Category	Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms
Applicable Industries	Food & Beverage
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases	Inventory Management Supply Chain Visibility
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services System Integration
Challenge	Dot Foods, the largest food service redistribution company in the United States, was struggling with legacy systems that created silos of information. The company's accounts, locations, contact, preferred customer communications, and sales history were all caught on IBM technology first introduced in 1979. The company was using AS/400 based custom coded systems which led to duplicate data and fragmentation of data, processes, and systems. This resulted in an unstable digital infrastructure and reporting was slow and prone to inaccuracy. The company needed a solution that would allow them to phase out the AS/400 applications without disruption while improving data quality and reducing manual entry. Read More
About Customer	Dot Foods is the largest food service redistribution company in the United States. The company offers over 112,000 products from 830 food industry manufacturers. Dot consolidates those products and delivers in less-than-truckload (LTL) quantities weekly to distributors nationwide. Founded in 1960, Dot Foods is a $6.2 billion enterprise and is number 65 on Forbes list of largest private companies. The company's operations are vast and complex, requiring a robust and efficient system for managing data and processes. Read More
Solution	Dot Foods implemented an Enterprise Integration Platform based on Jitterbit Harmony. Jitterbit Harmony is a full-featured cloud integration platform that brings together data, apps, and devices with and without coding. Using Harmony, organizations like Dot Foods can quickly and easily orchestrate, automate, and integrate various applications, business processes, and data views. Jitterbit Harmony makes it easy to integrate your systems so you can focus on what you do best. This solution allowed Dot Foods to create a more stable and efficient digital infrastructure, with users only needing to enter data once, leading to less manual entry and better data quality. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms

Applicable Industries

Food & Beverage

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Logistics & Transportation

Use Cases

Inventory Management

Supply Chain Visibility

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

System Integration

Challenge

Dot Foods, the largest food service redistribution company in the United States, was struggling with legacy systems that created silos of information. The company's accounts, locations, contact, preferred customer communications, and sales history were all caught on IBM technology first introduced in 1979. The company was using AS/400 based custom coded systems which led to duplicate data and fragmentation of data, processes, and systems. This resulted in an unstable digital infrastructure and reporting was slow and prone to inaccuracy. The company needed a solution that would allow them to phase out the AS/400 applications without disruption while improving data quality and reducing manual entry.

About Customer

Dot Foods is the largest food service redistribution company in the United States. The company offers over 112,000 products from 830 food industry manufacturers. Dot consolidates those products and delivers in less-than-truckload (LTL) quantities weekly to distributors nationwide. Founded in 1960, Dot Foods is a $6.2 billion enterprise and is number 65 on Forbes list of largest private companies. The company's operations are vast and complex, requiring a robust and efficient system for managing data and processes.

Solution

Dot Foods implemented an Enterprise Integration Platform based on Jitterbit Harmony. Jitterbit Harmony is a full-featured cloud integration platform that brings together data, apps, and devices with and without coding. Using Harmony, organizations like Dot Foods can quickly and easily orchestrate, automate, and integrate various applications, business processes, and data views. Jitterbit Harmony makes it easy to integrate your systems so you can focus on what you do best. This solution allowed Dot Foods to create a more stable and efficient digital infrastructure, with users only needing to enter data once, leading to less manual entry and better data quality.

Impact #1	AS/400 applications are being phased out without disruption
Impact #2	Increased flexibility in data management
Impact #3	Improved scalability of digital infrastructure

Impact #1

AS/400 applications are being phased out without disruption

Impact #2

Increased flexibility in data management

Impact #3

Improved scalability of digital infrastructure

Benefit #1	Lower costs due to reduced manual entry and improved data quality
Benefit #2	Higher uptime due to a more stable and efficient digital infrastructure

Benefit #1

Lower costs due to reduced manual entry and improved data quality

Benefit #2

Higher uptime due to a more stable and efficient digital infrastructure

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Overview

A Salesforce to DB2 to SQL to real-time APIs success story

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