Mulesoft Case Studies Sumitomo Corporation Asia & Oceania modernizes business processes by moving from Microsoft BizTalk to Anypoint Platform in just six weeks

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	Sumitomo Corporation Asia & Oceania modernizes business processes by moving from Microsoft BizTalk to Anypoint Platform in just six weeks Mulesoft

Sumitomo Corporation Asia & Oceania modernizes business processes by moving from Microsoft BizTalk to Anypoint Platform in just six weeks

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Technology Category	Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms
Applicable Functions	Logistics & Transportation Procurement
Use Cases	Process Control & Optimization Supply Chain Visibility
Services	Software Design & Engineering Services System Integration
Challenge	Sumitomo Corporation Asia & Oceania (SCAO) was facing frequent system outages and data loss due to issues with their Microsoft BizTalk integration platform. This was causing significant disruption to their business operations, including the exchange of vital business documentation such as purchase orders, purchase order confirmations, and shipping notifications. The system required a hard restart every three days, leading to high support costs and interruptions to customer-facing business operations. The issues affecting SCAO’s core business processes and overall customer satisfaction necessitated an immediate replacement of the current system. Management at SCAO wanted to ensure the replacement was quick to deploy and seamless to end users. Read More
About Customer	Sumitomo Corporation Asia & Oceania (SCAO) is a part of the Sumitomo Corporation, a leading global trading company with 133 locations in 66 countries and 22 locations in Japan. The company is a major player in the global exchange of goods, services, and technology. SCAO is headquartered in Singapore and operates across a wide range of industries. The company exchanges vital business documentation with trading partners, including purchase orders, purchase order confirmations, and shipping notifications. These processes were traditionally supported by Microsoft BizTalk’s integration platform. Read More
Solution	SCAO conducted a technology evaluation process and selected MuleSoft's Anypoint Platform over three other competing solutions including the incumbent, Microsoft BizTalk. The main criteria for selection were speed of development, ease of deployment, manageability, and cost effectiveness. With the goal of connecting bespoke purchasing systems to each other and to a centralized Oracle Database, SCAO evaluated vendors on their ability to deliver rich data and application integration capabilities with minimal custom code. MuleSoft's Anypoint Studio and Anypoint DataMapper provided the powerful graphical tooling SCAO required to rapidly develop and deliver their BizTalk replacement solution in 6 weeks. MuleSoft's 120+ Anypoint Connectors, including JDBC and Websphere MQ, delivered out-of-the-box extensibility to key endpoints in SCAO's present and future IT landscape. This ability to eliminate friction with a complete and future-proof solution made Anypoint Platform unique. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Transportation

Procurement

Use Cases

Process Control & Optimization

Supply Chain Visibility

Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

System Integration

Challenge

Sumitomo Corporation Asia & Oceania (SCAO) was facing frequent system outages and data loss due to issues with their Microsoft BizTalk integration platform. This was causing significant disruption to their business operations, including the exchange of vital business documentation such as purchase orders, purchase order confirmations, and shipping notifications. The system required a hard restart every three days, leading to high support costs and interruptions to customer-facing business operations. The issues affecting SCAO’s core business processes and overall customer satisfaction necessitated an immediate replacement of the current system. Management at SCAO wanted to ensure the replacement was quick to deploy and seamless to end users.

About Customer

Sumitomo Corporation Asia & Oceania (SCAO) is a part of the Sumitomo Corporation, a leading global trading company with 133 locations in 66 countries and 22 locations in Japan. The company is a major player in the global exchange of goods, services, and technology. SCAO is headquartered in Singapore and operates across a wide range of industries. The company exchanges vital business documentation with trading partners, including purchase orders, purchase order confirmations, and shipping notifications. These processes were traditionally supported by Microsoft BizTalk’s integration platform.

Solution

SCAO conducted a technology evaluation process and selected MuleSoft's Anypoint Platform over three other competing solutions including the incumbent, Microsoft BizTalk. The main criteria for selection were speed of development, ease of deployment, manageability, and cost effectiveness. With the goal of connecting bespoke purchasing systems to each other and to a centralized Oracle Database, SCAO evaluated vendors on their ability to deliver rich data and application integration capabilities with minimal custom code. MuleSoft's Anypoint Studio and Anypoint DataMapper provided the powerful graphical tooling SCAO required to rapidly develop and deliver their BizTalk replacement solution in 6 weeks. MuleSoft's 120+ Anypoint Connectors, including JDBC and Websphere MQ, delivered out-of-the-box extensibility to key endpoints in SCAO's present and future IT landscape. This ability to eliminate friction with a complete and future-proof solution made Anypoint Platform unique.

Impact #1	Modern, reliable IT infrastructure delivered with zero end user interruption in just six weeks.
Impact #2	Reduced CPU cores in production by over 50% and eliminated data loss, decreasing support time.
Impact #3	Leveraging the superior reconnection and monitoring capabilities of MuleSoft’s Anypoint Platform, SCAO’s business processes are now reliable and predictable.

Impact #1

Modern, reliable IT infrastructure delivered with zero end user interruption in just six weeks.

Impact #2

Reduced CPU cores in production by over 50% and eliminated data loss, decreasing support time.

Impact #3

Leveraging the superior reconnection and monitoring capabilities of MuleSoft’s Anypoint Platform, SCAO’s business processes are now reliable and predictable.

Benefit #1	Reduced CPU cores in production by over 50%
Benefit #2	Eliminated data loss
Benefit #3	Decreased support time

Benefit #1

Reduced CPU cores in production by over 50%

Benefit #2

Eliminated data loss

Benefit #3

Decreased support time

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Sumitomo Corporation Asia & Oceania modernizes business processes by moving from Microsoft BizTalk to Anypoint Platform in just six weeks

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