Problem

How to migrate data off a mainframe to SAP as well as a large trading partner base.

Considerations

CITGO wanted to purchase a client/server, UNIX-based transactional messaging translation package that would fully integrate with SAP- on an eight-week implementation schedule. CITGO needed a product that could process multiple transactions simultaneously and handle a volume of approximately 7000 transactions per day. CITGO’s legacy system included ANSI, VICS, UCS, and EDIFACT standards for the following transactions:

110 Air Freight Detail Invoice
210 Freight Invoice
214 Freight Status
810 Invoice
813 Tax Filing
820 Remittance Advice
824 Application Advice
827 Financial Return Notice
831 Control Total
832 Price Catalog
850 Purchase Order
856 Ship Notice
860 Purchase Order Change
861 Receiving Advice
864 Text Message
875 Purchase Order
880 Invoice
997 Acknowledgment

Solution

CITGO selected TIE Commerce products based on quick implementation time, the simple integration with SAP, and a strong cost-value proposition. TIE’s mapping tool also impressed CITGO; the mapping product provided great flexibility and functionality. The seamless integration with SAP integration, enabled by a check box for SAP-related messaging maps and a few script changes, made it an easy implementation.

Result

CITGO chose a phased SAP implementation based on business units, which took two years. Over the project life, CITGO successfully migrated 100 existing Trading Partners from its mainframe-based messaging translation system to TIE Commerce. CITGO also added an additional 1,700 EDI Trading Partners with its Light Oil implementation.


Melinda Powers of TIE Commerce can be reached at Melinda.Powers@tiecommerce.com.