
BIE is a web-services enabled integration platform that allows real-time data translation and transportation between enterprises. Created originally for manufacturers with disparate back-end systems and large, fragmented distribution networks, the Business Integration Engine is ideal for companies looking to integrate partners with different systems. It is operating system and database independent, meaning companies do not have to change their existing back-end systems in order to exchange data.
Features and Benefits of BIE
- Transportation - BIE allows businesses to move data across networks using almost any standard protocol
- Transformation - BIE can transform data types such as CSV, tab, fixed width, XML, and even relational data such as a SQL database
- Translation - it can translate between any two document formats represented as W3C schemas
- Extendable architecture that allows flexible connectivity with legacy systems and trading partner applications
- BIE's web-based Dashboard configures all security, routing, and notifications
- 4GL Map Builder, the first in the industry to support the entire OAG schema, can use any valid W3C schema
- Low hardware requirements and reasonable licensing fees lower your total cost of ownership
Adding BIE to your company's system will:
- Improve efficiency - being able to access and process relevant information allows decisions to be made quickly, saving valuable time and money. Gartner, Inc., an independent research and advisory firm, estimates that processing purchase orders electronically lowers the cost-per-purchase-order from $60 to $15 - a savings of 75%.
- Leverage legacy investments - BIE is compatible with other software programs and will work with most operating systems, databases, and protocols.
- Extend visibility - BIE has been used by one fitness company to integrate point-of-sales data with a back-end accounting package, providing visibility to sales data daily instead of each month.
- Build better relationships - BIE provides the flexibility and adaptability companies need to work with large partners who have their own server and networks, as well as with smaller partners that may need your business to provide an integration hub.