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How a North American distributor sped up EDI 3x with SAP PI/PO

A North American industrial distributor with 14,000+ employees designed an SAP PI/PO integration architecture and built 50+ interfaces, including EDI links to vendors and partners. The work delivered 3x faster EDI processing and a 100% processing success rate across integration flows.

Organization
A large North American industrial distributor of maintenance, repair, and operations products (14,000+ employees, US)
Industry
Industrial distribution and supply chain
Size
14,000+ employees
Region
US South
Project type
B2B and EDI Integration, Integration Strategy and Architecture
SAP technology
SAP Process Orchestration, SAP NetWeaver
Other technology
EDI, REST APIs, Vendor and partner systems

The challenge

Supply chain data moved between vendors, partners, and SAP systems with heavy reliance on EDI, but without standardized integration patterns or reusable components. The distributor needed a reliable, scalable architecture able to handle high transaction volumes.

Results

50+
Interfaces developed across supply chain systems
3x
Faster EDI processing for vendor and partner transactions
100%
Processing success rate across integration flows

Questions

What did the distributor build with SAP PI/PO?

The team designed an SAP PI/PO integration architecture and developed 50+ interfaces across supply chain systems. These included EDI integrations for vendors and partners, plus IDoc, RFC, and file-based scenarios connecting multiple SAP systems.

What results did the EDI integration deliver?

EDI processing became 3x faster for vendor and partner transactions, and integration flows reached a 100% processing success rate. Errors in EDI-based transactions fell, and the architecture now scales for high-volume distribution operations.

How large was the project team and timeline?

A team of 7 members delivered the program in 9 months. The scope covered technical design, interface development, documentation, testing, deployment, and production support for the supply chain integration landscape.

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