High Tech

From order management to inventory reduction, Crossgate solutions for the high-tech industry give you new levels of visibility into your supply chain and a whole new level of partner integration including: next-generation XML and EDI capabilities to help you maximize order accuracy and flexibility; better materials management and global sourcing; lower inventory levels and costs; and accelerate time to market.

“Thanks to Crossgate’s EDI solution, our processes are now much more transparent, and we can plan more accurately, too.” says Hans-Achim Quitmann, CIO of the Zumtobel Group. “That’s the reason why I expect the number of partners, who are linked up, to increase in the future, just like the volume of currently 40,000 messages sent each month.”

Source: Press Release: "Zumtobel Improves its Purchasing Processes with Crossgate’s Help

“The implementation went fast and was completed without issues, enabling us to ensure continuity to our services. Crossgate has proven to be an extremely qualified and reliable partner,” points out Roviera. “Crossgate’s added value is the compatibility of its services with Olivetti’s IT strategy, and in particular choosing SAP as the preferred platform.”

Source: Press Release: "Olivetti chooses 360° B2B for SAP solutions from Crossgate to electronically integrate its trade partners"

Common Issues Addressed by Crossgate:

• Industry Standards & Mandates – Crossgate not only eliminates the traditional and expensive EDI migration projects, our solutions also help organizations simplify XML integration with partners and marketplaces through the use of the RosettaNet, Edifact standards and OAG structures.
  
  
• Supply Chain & Transportation Visibility - Increase supply chain and transportation visibility through partner collaboration solutions including Vendor Managed Inventory, Logistics Visibility and SCOR performance models. Simplify scorecards with key distributors, suppliers and logistics partners. 
  
  
• Supply Network Collaboration - Crossgate and SAP are working closely around the Supply Network Collaboration solution to help organizations collaborate more closely with contract manufacturers, track work in process (WIP), and reduce inventory overages and shortages.
  
  
• Electronic Invoicing – Each local tax authority maintains different requirements for legal electronic invoices.  For global High Tech companies, this creates a complex set of local regulations that must be built into their B2B integration solution. Crossgate currently manages compliance in over 38 countries around the world including Germany, Mexico, Italy, France, etc…The solution simplifies both outbound customer invoices as well as processing inbound Accounts Payable invoices from global suppliers.
  
  
• Small Partner Integration - For smaller trading partners, the barriers to connectivity are daunting: they simply don’t have the time, expertise or resources to set up an EDI translator and maintain it. As a result, over 80% of trading partners are forced to maintain paper-based transactions, which are slower, significantly more expensive, and much more prone to errors—which, in turn, slow them down even more. Crossgate provides multiple solutions for small partner integration including the “Come As you Are” managed service, Crossgate Networx, and Crossgate Client. For more information visit Small Partner Connectivity.