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Lipari Foods Increases Trading Partner Base by Nearly 600% with EXTOL Business Integrator

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Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration
Applicable Industries	Food & Beverage
Applicable Functions	Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases	Supply Chain Visibility
Services	System Integration
Challenge	Lipari Foods, a food distribution company with over 60 years of experience, faced a significant challenge. The company aimed to grow its trading partner base from 150 partners to 1,000 partners in under two years. This rapid expansion required a solution that could integrate with non-EDI trading partners to eliminate custom coding and error-prone manual data entry. The company needed a solution that could adapt quickly to partners' systems, reduce shipping errors and billing discrepancies, and minimize manual entry. Read More
About Customer	Lipari Foods is a food distribution company with over 60 years of experience. The company serves over 5,000 retailers in 12 states across the United States. Lipari Foods has a strong reputation in the food distribution industry and has built a large network of trading partners. However, the company aimed to significantly expand its trading partner base, setting a goal to grow from 150 partners to 1,000 partners in under two years. This ambitious goal presented a significant challenge, as it required the company to quickly and cost-effectively integrate with a large number of new trading partners. Read More
Solution	To address this challenge, Lipari Foods implemented the EXTOL Business Integrator (EBI). This solution allowed the company to quickly and cost-effectively integrate with non-EDI trading partners, eliminating the need for custom coding and reducing the risk of error-prone manual data entry. The EBI solution provided Lipari Foods with the ability to quickly adapt to partners' systems, leading to fewer shipping errors and billing discrepancies. By implementing the EBI solution, Lipari Foods was able to significantly increase its trading partner base and improve its operational efficiency. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration

Applicable Industries

Food & Beverage

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Transportation

Use Cases

Supply Chain Visibility

Services

System Integration

Challenge

Lipari Foods, a food distribution company with over 60 years of experience, faced a significant challenge. The company aimed to grow its trading partner base from 150 partners to 1,000 partners in under two years. This rapid expansion required a solution that could integrate with non-EDI trading partners to eliminate custom coding and error-prone manual data entry. The company needed a solution that could adapt quickly to partners' systems, reduce shipping errors and billing discrepancies, and minimize manual entry.

About Customer

Lipari Foods is a food distribution company with over 60 years of experience. The company serves over 5,000 retailers in 12 states across the United States. Lipari Foods has a strong reputation in the food distribution industry and has built a large network of trading partners. However, the company aimed to significantly expand its trading partner base, setting a goal to grow from 150 partners to 1,000 partners in under two years. This ambitious goal presented a significant challenge, as it required the company to quickly and cost-effectively integrate with a large number of new trading partners.

Solution

To address this challenge, Lipari Foods implemented the EXTOL Business Integrator (EBI). This solution allowed the company to quickly and cost-effectively integrate with non-EDI trading partners, eliminating the need for custom coding and reducing the risk of error-prone manual data entry. The EBI solution provided Lipari Foods with the ability to quickly adapt to partners' systems, leading to fewer shipping errors and billing discrepancies. By implementing the EBI solution, Lipari Foods was able to significantly increase its trading partner base and improve its operational efficiency.

Impact #1	Nearly 600% increase in trading partner base
Impact #2	Ability to quickly adapt to partners' systems
Impact #3	Fewer shipping errors and billing discrepancies

Impact #1

Nearly 600% increase in trading partner base

Impact #2

Ability to quickly adapt to partners' systems

Impact #3

Fewer shipping errors and billing discrepancies

Benefit #1	Increase in trading partner base from 150 to 1,000 in under two years

Benefit #1

Increase in trading partner base from 150 to 1,000 in under two years

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Lipari Foods Increases Trading Partner Base by Nearly 600% with EXTOL Business Integrator

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