CASE STUDY 04 · Supply Chain · Chemicals · North America
Trading Partner Integration — Global Chemical Industry Network
01 · CONTEXT
Background
A global B2B network connecting thousands of trading partners across the chemical supply chain required modernisation of its core trading partner integration platform — including PO automation, ASN handling, invoice exchange, and full EDI document lifecycle management.
02 · CHALLENGE
The technical challenge
Implement a scalable trading partner integration platform on webMethods Trading Networks supporting thousands of partners, multiple EDI standards (X12, EDIFACT), and integration with enterprise back-end systems — with full audit trail and operational monitoring.
03 · APPROACH
How we delivered
Intellectual delivered the programme as a senior integration team — architecting partner onboarding workflows, implementing trading partner agreements, configuring document mapping, and integrating with backend ERP and order management systems. The team handled multiple concurrent EDI standards and complex partner-specific transformations.
04 · DELIVERABLES
What we built.
05 · OUTCOMES
What the programme delivered.
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