OpenText B2B Managed Services Supports Aggressive Growth
Strategy with EDI Expertise and Accelerated Trading Partner
Onboarding
WATERLOO, Ontario, April 25, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- OpenText™
(NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTEX), the global leader in Enterprise
Information Management (EIM), today announced that Trimfoot,
provider of fashionable, quality footwear for the infant, children,
women, and dance markets, has selected OpenText B2B Managed
Services. OpenText offers Trimfoot the flexibility and scalability
needed to quickly grow its network of global trading partners.
Trimfoot develops and sells quality footwear across North America, offering a broad market
spectrum of brand names, including Baby
Deer®, Wee Kids, Natural Steps®,
School Issue®, Dance Class®, and Lindsay Phillips®, as well as many
private labels. With 200 trading partners and limited EDI
capabilities in its existing system, Trimfoot needed a solution
that could enable better communication within its current network
of trading partners and have the flexibility to grow with the
company. The company chose OpenText to optimize and automate its
supply chain for a better business network.
"Understanding the EDI capabilities and demands for both our
wholesale business and third-party logistics, I asked our very
small IT department what it would take to enhance it," said
Michael Langfitt, chief operating
officer at Trimfoot. "After evaluating and discussing an in-house
versus outsourced system, it became very clear that outsourcing to
OpenText was not just a viable option, it was the prudent business
decision. Choosing OpenText B2B Managed Services was a strategic
position that would save time, money, and also take the onus off
our small IT team, and put it on to a company built to handle
it."
Trimfoot's new OpenText solution can now accommodate trading
partners of different sizes and in different regions using a
variety of EDI formats. Using OpenText B2B Managed Services allows
Trimfoot to benefit from OpenText's industry experience and
established relationships working with thousands of trading
partners globally. Trimfoot is able to continue to provide
excellent service and adapt more quickly and effectively, while
allowing the company to outsource all facets of the implementation
and ongoing management.
"Retail is an ever-changing environment and OpenText will help
us maintain our ability to meet the needs of our trading partners,"
said Langfitt. "We can provide a level of service that enables our
trading partners to maintain their market position with the right
shoe sizes in the right stores and without excess inventory. That
is the advantage of doing business with Trimfoot versus doing
business with somebody else."
Langfitt added, "We will also use the OpenText solution to
enhance our third-party logistics, because it's now no longer just
about what Trimfoot sells, but it includes the companies that we
ship shoes for and what they sell. And, our single largest growth
option is direct-to-consumer."
Langfitt elaborated on benefits gained by changing their
corporate strategy to include a move to the OpenText Cloud, "We
were probably one of the last companies to come off of a mainframe
operation, but I'm excited about the benefits that come with a move
to the cloud—we don't have to own the software, manage the payroll,
or take care of technical difficulties."
"We are all completely impressed by the scope, the flexibility,
and the engagement level of the people that have met with us
face-to-face. They are professional, they are crisp, they are
clear. Our impression of OpenText as a company is that I believe we
are in the developing stages of what I hope will be a tremendous
partnership," concluded Langfitt.
The OpenText EIM portfolio is designed to enable organizations
to discover and manage information to spur growth and innovation
and decrease time to competitive advantage. The platform consists
of comprehensive and integrated product solutions including Content
Suite, Process Suite, Experience Suite, Analytics Suite, Discovery
Suite and Business Network. OpenText's EIM solutions are available
for deployment on-premises, in the cloud and in hybrid
deployments.
About OpenText
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organizations to work with information, on premises or in the
cloud. For more information about OpenText (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX:
OTEX) visit opentext.com.
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