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SA Premix Accelerates Integration with Flowgear for E-commerce and ERP System

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Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Middleware, SDKs & Libraries
Applicable Industries	E-Commerce
Applicable Functions	Sales & Marketing
Services	System Integration
Challenge	SA Premix, a developer and manufacturer of nutritional additives for the agricultural and veterinary market, faced a significant challenge in integrating its e-commerce portal with its SYSPRO ERP software. The company had developed an online portal where orders could be entered, but needed a way to seamlessly integrate this system with its ERP software to generate sales orders and open production jobs in Work In Progress (WIP). The nature of SA Premix's business meant that many of the orders received were unique and involved complex formulations. These formulation requirements could be captured on the e-commerce portal, but then needed to be converted into jobs in SYSPRO WIP. Manual addition of these jobs was not feasible due to the volume and complexity of the orders. Read More
About Customer	SA Premix is a developer and manufacturer of nutritional additives for the agricultural and veterinary market. It is part of the AECI group. The company has developed an online e-commerce portal for order entry and uses SYSPRO ERP software for managing its business processes. Due to the nature of its business, many of the orders that SA Premix receives are unique and involve complex formulations. The company aims to deliver high-quality customer service and sees the integration of its e-commerce portal with its ERP system as a key part of achieving this goal. Read More
Solution	SA Premix chose to use Flowgear, an agile integration platform-as-a-service (iPaaS), to integrate orders from its e-commerce portal with its ERP system. This decision was made after a SYSPRO consultant suggested evaluating the Flowgear integration platform. The company began trialing Flowgear in January 2016 and went live with the integration three months later in April. During the trial period, over 100 workflows were built to test different integration requirements and scenarios. The integration workflows created by Flowgear allowed SA Premix to automate the creation of production jobs, eliminating the need for manual input and reducing the potential for errors. SA Premix plans to further utilize Flowgear to capture data from programmable logic controllers (PLCs) in the factory for monitoring and controlling machinery. 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

E-Commerce

Applicable Functions

Sales & Marketing

Services

System Integration

Challenge

SA Premix, a developer and manufacturer of nutritional additives for the agricultural and veterinary market, faced a significant challenge in integrating its e-commerce portal with its SYSPRO ERP software. The company had developed an online portal where orders could be entered, but needed a way to seamlessly integrate this system with its ERP software to generate sales orders and open production jobs in Work In Progress (WIP). The nature of SA Premix's business meant that many of the orders received were unique and involved complex formulations. These formulation requirements could be captured on the e-commerce portal, but then needed to be converted into jobs in SYSPRO WIP. Manual addition of these jobs was not feasible due to the volume and complexity of the orders.

About Customer

SA Premix is a developer and manufacturer of nutritional additives for the agricultural and veterinary market. It is part of the AECI group. The company has developed an online e-commerce portal for order entry and uses SYSPRO ERP software for managing its business processes. Due to the nature of its business, many of the orders that SA Premix receives are unique and involve complex formulations. The company aims to deliver high-quality customer service and sees the integration of its e-commerce portal with its ERP system as a key part of achieving this goal.

Solution

SA Premix chose to use Flowgear, an agile integration platform-as-a-service (iPaaS), to integrate orders from its e-commerce portal with its ERP system. This decision was made after a SYSPRO consultant suggested evaluating the Flowgear integration platform. The company began trialing Flowgear in January 2016 and went live with the integration three months later in April. During the trial period, over 100 workflows were built to test different integration requirements and scenarios. The integration workflows created by Flowgear allowed SA Premix to automate the creation of production jobs, eliminating the need for manual input and reducing the potential for errors. SA Premix plans to further utilize Flowgear to capture data from programmable logic controllers (PLCs) in the factory for monitoring and controlling machinery.

Impact #1	The integration of SA Premix's e-commerce portal with its ERP system using Flowgear has significantly improved the company's operational efficiency. The automation of job creation has eliminated the need for manual input, reducing the potential for errors and freeing up staff time for other tasks. The ability to handle complex orders and formulations through the e-commerce portal has also improved the company's customer service by ensuring accurate and timely order fulfillment. Furthermore, the company plans to use Flowgear to capture data from PLCs in the factory, which will allow for better monitoring and control of machinery, further enhancing operational efficiency.

Impact #1

The integration of SA Premix's e-commerce portal with its ERP system using Flowgear has significantly improved the company's operational efficiency. The automation of job creation has eliminated the need for manual input, reducing the potential for errors and freeing up staff time for other tasks. The ability to handle complex orders and formulations through the e-commerce portal has also improved the company's customer service by ensuring accurate and timely order fulfillment. Furthermore, the company plans to use Flowgear to capture data from PLCs in the factory, which will allow for better monitoring and control of machinery, further enhancing operational efficiency.

Benefit #1	Over 100 workflows were built during the trial period of Flowgear.
Benefit #2	The integration workflows created over 2500 jobs in SYSPRO in the first two months after going live.
Benefit #3	The automation of job creation eliminated the need for manual input, reducing the potential for errors.

Benefit #1

Over 100 workflows were built during the trial period of Flowgear.

Benefit #2

The integration workflows created over 2500 jobs in SYSPRO in the first two months after going live.

Benefit #3

The automation of job creation eliminated the need for manual input, reducing the potential for errors.

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SA Premix Accelerates Integration with Flowgear for E-commerce and ERP System

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