CASE STUDY
EDDIE STOBART RECOGNISES THE
IMPORTANCE OF TECHNOLOGY, WHETHER
IN ORDER PROCESSING, INVENTORY
TRACKING, WAREHOUSING MANAGEMENT
OR VEHICLE TELEMATICS.
company’s managed service provider was
leaving Eddie Stobart on the side of the road. time for us,” said Vince Sparks, Director of IT
at Eddie Stobart.
“We needed a platform that was flexible
so we could support our customers’
preferences and constraints for integrating
and communicating among our different
systems,” said Court. “As an always-on
business, high availability was critical to us,
but it had to be cost-effective.” Sparks said Boomi allowed the company
to move faster and further improve how it
helps customers.
Eddie Stobart’s existing approach to
managing its trading partner network was
limiting the speed and quality with which the
business could deliver its services.
“The regular maintenance windows,
scheduled and unscheduled, resulted in lost
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With Boomi bringing more speed to its
business, Eddie Stobart is able to stay
ahead of competitors approaching in its
rear view.
“Being in the third-party logistics space, it’s
critical that we are agile and responsive, so
we can easily adapt to the changing needs
of our customers,” said Sparks. “Boomi
makes it possible for us to do that quickly
and efficiently.”
Boomi cuts integration time costs
Following a proof-of-concept trial, Eddie
Stobart deployed the Boomi integration
platform using a range of Boomi
capabilities, including Boomi’s integration,
B2B/EDI management and API design
and management products. The Boomi
platform now underpins a number of
business-critical processes for Eddie Stobart,
helping improve workflows for customer
orders, logistics management, enterprise
operations, warehouse management and
port transport systems.
Ian Holt, Eddie Stobart’s Head of IT
Systems for Warehouses and Ports, said the
Boomi platform has dramatically increased
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