Company - Retail Industry Case Studies

The retail industry relies upon the efficient management of complex relationships between suppliers and buyers and a proven business integration system is essential for successful information flow to enable effective collaboration between trading and other business partners.

Many organisations in the retail industry are realising the benefits of adopting standards to share business information to automate supply chains, leading to reduced costs. SAA understands the challenges of the retail industry and provides the solutions that support all the major standards, such as AS2, for secure and effective business integration.

The focus is now on achieving business improvement, using established IT infrastructures to achieve internal and external interoperability - the benefits of an interconnected world.

Businesses today want B2B communication integration to ensure the best return on investment for present and future integration.

Superdrug Stores Plc

Founded in 1964, Superdrug Stores Plc is a leading health and beauty retailer that combines quality with exceptional value for money in both branded and own-branded products.

To remain market leaders, Superdrug recognised the need to improve their IT infrastructure by building upon their existing business interoperability capability to gain greater visibility and control of their business integration activity.

To meet their requirements for advanced B2B communications, Superdrug implemented REIMS, which has provided them with the opportunity to implement emergent technologies, whilst maintaining existing methods of data interchange, delivering the capability for transaction exchange, within a standardised, integrated and controlled environment.

Improving communication with Superdrug's distributors and carriers through REIMS, has led to reduced costs and improved efficiencies. Superdrug can now maintain continuity with their existing EDI trading partners as well as meet the requirements for business integration in the future.

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