Software AG Reaches First Milestone in Record Time in Global Integration Project with DHL’s Global Forwarding, Freight Division
Published: 7/29/2010
- Software AG and its technology partner Sopera reached the first milestone in their global IT integration project with DHL’s Global Forwarding, Freight division in a record four months
- DHL’s Global Forwarding, Freight division is the first to benefit from greater transparency for its Europe-wide shipments
- Thanks to this newly gained transparency, it is now possible to optimize business processes, lower costs, and respond more quickly to customer needs
In record time, Software AG, Sopera GmbH, and DHL’s Global Forwarding, Freight division reached the first milestone in their long-term collaboration on a strategic global integration project. Launched at the start of the year, the project aims to establish a global IT integration platform for DHL’s Global Forwarding, Freight division.
“Integration Backbone” is an IT transformation project with three main targets: to integrate the heterogeneous IT landscape, reduce the complexity of IT applications, and lower IT costs in a sustainable manner. The solution, based on Software AG’s webMethods platform, can be seamlessly integrated into any ERP system, which in turn gives the DHL Global Forwarding, Freight division complete freedom in selecting which system to roll out. The use of Sopera's SOA technology brings the flexibility and agility offered by the open source model into the overall concept.
