SMBs Fuel 30% Yearly Growth in SEEBURGER's Managed EDI/B2B Services

ATLANTA, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- SEEBURGER Inc. announced today that the number of customers selecting the company's managed EDI/B2B services rather than conventional software installation has surged by 30% in the past year, driven largely by small to midsized businesses without in-house resources to deploy and maintain business integration technology. The trend to SMB adoption is a departure for the industry as well as for SEEBURGER, which counts some of the world's largest companies among its more than 7,800 customers around the globe.  

SMBs now using SEEBURGER's outsourced EDI/B2B services to automate communications with trading partners range from Michigan-based automotive supplier L&L Products and DESC Automotive in Mexico to dairy beverage producer Zott GmBH and industrial parts supplier Peiner Umformtechnik in Germany. Other customers come from a variety of other industry sectors.

Large enterprises also are using SEEBURGER's outsourced EDI/B2B services instead of going the traditional software installation route. Bose Europe, Cognis, Esprit, Heidelberger, Merck, Nestle, Sara Lee International, SGL Group - The Carbon Company, TNT and many other well-known brands have elected SEEBURGER managed services to meet their B2B integration needs.

"A few years ago, managed EDI was confined to specific industry niches or verticals. Today it is rapidly gaining ground in the broader business community and particularly among SMBs, who in some cases are able to adopt EDI/B2B technology only because outsourcing has made it affordable," said SEEBURGER VP of Services Wesley Thompson. "The result is an exponential increase in the number of companies that are able to use B2B integration to streamline their supply chains."

With the shift, smaller companies can realize EDI/B2B business process efficiencies and cost savings once available only to large enterprises, enterprises with newly EDI-enabled trading partners can move closer to their goal of achieving 100% supply chain integration, and businesses of all sizes can take advantage of the lower costs, reduced administrative overhead and faster deployment of an outsourcing strategy.

All SEEBURGER managed services utilize the SEEBURGER Business Integration Server (BIS), one of the industry's most widely adopted B2B gateways. The hosted platform can be tightly integrated with the company's ERP system to enable purchase orders, shipping notifications and other transactions with customers and suppliers to be automatically populated into the organization's business management software in near-real time.

Managed services customers can also utilize any of SEEBURGER's other capabilities, including EDI, XML and various connectivity options for smaller trading partners, and have full visibility into supply chain transactions through customized management dashboards.

SEEBURGER has been providing advanced EDI/B2B solutions for in-house deployment since 1986. The current product suite includes multiple B2B gateways and related products, including specialized solutions that automate document exchange with non-EDI-enabled trading partners via e-mail, spoke units and partner portals. SEEBURGER is able to support all global trading requirements with a single solution, aiding global enterprises that wish to simplify their technology infrastructure by standardizing on one B2B platform for all offices.

About SEEBURGER

SEEBURGER is a leading provider of global business integration solutions designed to optimize transactions throughout the extended enterprise by automating trading relationships with all partners regardless of their size and technical resources.  Launched in 1986 to provide integration solutions to the automotive industry in Germany, the company today is ranked among the top business-to-business gateway providers by leading industry analysts, and serves more than 7,800 customers in more than 50 countries and more than 15 industries through its flagship Business Integration Server and related products and services. SEEBURGER has global offices in Europe, Asia Pacific and North America, including a U.S. office that opened in 1998.  For more information, visit www.SEEBURGER.com

SOURCE SEEBURGER Inc.