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Prym Sews Up Supply-Chain Processes With iWay

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Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Middleware, SDKs & Libraries
Applicable Industries	Consumer Goods Retail
Applicable Functions	Logistics & Transportation Procurement
Use Cases	Inventory Management Supply Chain Visibility
Services	Data Science Services System Integration
Challenge	Prym Consumer USA, one of the largest manufacturers and distributor of sewing, quilting, and craft-related products in North America, needed to interface with SAP to manage thousands of daily EDI transactions from Wal-Mart, Amazon, Michaels, and Jo-Ann Stores. The company had to replace an end-of-life electronic data interchange (EDI) system that links the company’s ERP system with its automated distribution systems. The SAP/EDI links had to be seamless as Prym's large trading partners insisted on EDI communications. Prym uses 14 different EDI message types to interact with more than a dozen trading partners. The company also needed to streamline the cycle of sending invoices and automated shipment notices. Read More
About Customer	Prym Consumer USA is one of the largest manufacturers and distributor of sewing, quilting, and craft-related products in North America. The company distributes a broad range of products for home decorating, crafting, and many types of do-it-yourself endeavors. With popular brands, such as Babyville, Collins, Dritz, and Dylon, Prym distributes a broad range of products for home decorating, crafting, and many types of do-it-yourself endeavors. Prym’s brand promise is to “make life a little easier, a little more convenient, and a lot nicer for millions of people.” It’s a directive that the IT department takes to heart. Prym’s technology professionals have created systems and procedures that make it easier for Michaels, Wal-Mart, Jo-Ann Stores, Amazon, and countless other retailers and distributors to place orders and receive goods via automated, system-to-system interfaces. Read More
Solution	Prym Consumer USA used iWay as a middleware backbone to process orders, receive POs, route invoices, route advance shipment notices, and confirm shipments, with automated links to SAP and other essential information systems. The IT team used iWay Service Manager to develop a series of EDI interfaces. iWay interfaces work around the clock to process an average of 5,000 SAP documents per day. iWay gathers the order information and transforms SAP iDocs into a format that the picking system understands so that Prym can process the orders for particular stores. Once the goods are shipped, iWay sends an invoice and advance shipment notice via EDI. In addition, Prym’s purchasing department uses iWay to monitor shipments from its overseas suppliers in China, Malaysia, and the Pacific Rim. iWay tracks each shipment, from origin to destination. Whether the goods are sitting on a dock, being loaded into a container, crossing the Pacific, or traveling by land to Prym’s warehouses, iWay receives and processes this information and loads it into a relational database, which the purchasing and operations departments can query for up-to-the-minute status updates. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Middleware, SDKs & Libraries

Applicable Industries

Consumer Goods

Retail

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Transportation

Procurement

Use Cases

Inventory Management

Supply Chain Visibility

Services

Data Science Services

System Integration

Challenge

Prym Consumer USA, one of the largest manufacturers and distributor of sewing, quilting, and craft-related products in North America, needed to interface with SAP to manage thousands of daily EDI transactions from Wal-Mart, Amazon, Michaels, and Jo-Ann Stores. The company had to replace an end-of-life electronic data interchange (EDI) system that links the company’s ERP system with its automated distribution systems. The SAP/EDI links had to be seamless as Prym's large trading partners insisted on EDI communications. Prym uses 14 different EDI message types to interact with more than a dozen trading partners. The company also needed to streamline the cycle of sending invoices and automated shipment notices.

About Customer

Prym Consumer USA is one of the largest manufacturers and distributor of sewing, quilting, and craft-related products in North America. The company distributes a broad range of products for home decorating, crafting, and many types of do-it-yourself endeavors. With popular brands, such as Babyville, Collins, Dritz, and Dylon, Prym distributes a broad range of products for home decorating, crafting, and many types of do-it-yourself endeavors. Prym’s brand promise is to “make life a little easier, a little more convenient, and a lot nicer for millions of people.” It’s a directive that the IT department takes to heart. Prym’s technology professionals have created systems and procedures that make it easier for Michaels, Wal-Mart, Jo-Ann Stores, Amazon, and countless other retailers and distributors to place orders and receive goods via automated, system-to-system interfaces.

Solution

Prym Consumer USA used iWay as a middleware backbone to process orders, receive POs, route invoices, route advance shipment notices, and confirm shipments, with automated links to SAP and other essential information systems. The IT team used iWay Service Manager to develop a series of EDI interfaces. iWay interfaces work around the clock to process an average of 5,000 SAP documents per day. iWay gathers the order information and transforms SAP iDocs into a format that the picking system understands so that Prym can process the orders for particular stores. Once the goods are shipped, iWay sends an invoice and advance shipment notice via EDI. In addition, Prym’s purchasing department uses iWay to monitor shipments from its overseas suppliers in China, Malaysia, and the Pacific Rim. iWay tracks each shipment, from origin to destination. Whether the goods are sitting on a dock, being loaded into a container, crossing the Pacific, or traveling by land to Prym’s warehouses, iWay receives and processes this information and loads it into a relational database, which the purchasing and operations departments can query for up-to-the-minute status updates.

Impact #1	A unified environment for all types of integration projects, including end-to-end EDI/SAP processes.
Impact #2	Greater accuracy and efficiency in support of Prym’s brand promise.
Impact #3	iWay initiates, processes, and monitors a tremendous volume of information for Prym’s supply chain.

Impact #1

A unified environment for all types of integration projects, including end-to-end EDI/SAP processes.

Impact #2

Greater accuracy and efficiency in support of Prym’s brand promise.

Impact #3

iWay initiates, processes, and monitors a tremendous volume of information for Prym’s supply chain.

Benefit #1	iWay interfaces work around the clock to process an average of 5,000 SAP documents per day.

Benefit #1

iWay interfaces work around the clock to process an average of 5,000 SAP documents per day.

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Prym Sews Up Supply-Chain Processes With iWay

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