DH Selects the Boomi Integration Platform to Automate Order Processing for Its Network of 120 Trading Partners



Boomi Software, a leader in business integration software for mid-market companies, today announced D&H Distributing selected the Boomi Integration Platform to simplify its automated connections to trading partners. Boomi will streamline D&H'ss business-to-business (B2B) connections with its 120+ partners, helping automate the company'ss annual ordering and shipping processes which reach $1.5 billion annually.

D&H is one of America'ss oldest and largest wholesale products distributors. It specializes in emerging trends across information technology (IT), electronics, entertainment and gaming. During its 88-year history, D&H distributed the first color television, the first home computer, even the very first gaming system. It puts resellers in touch with more product categories than any other distributor.

D&H built its business on servicing the channel with individualized attention for customers and manufacturer partners alike. The desire to cater to its partners's needs is exactly what drove the decision to purchase the Boomi Integration Platform.

As a distributor, we don'st dictate when and how our partners connect to us. We need to be responsive, said Jim Schwab, Executive Vice President for D&H. When a customer provides us with their requirements for connecting electronically, we need to meet them. By using the Boomi offering, we can connect to our business partners through EDI, XML, AS2, FTP, RosettaNet and other means 's8211; all from one product. Now we can be much more flexible and responsive to our partners's needs without heavy lifting on our end.

Prior to switching to Boomi, D&H was using two EDI offerings concurrently to meet its needs. Having two offerings required considerable management and maintenance, and the offerings still failed to meet the company'ss requirements. Complicating things further, to scale the offerings with D&H'ss growth, it would have had to make significant additional investments in software, hardware and maintenance.

D&H opted to begin a vendor evaluation to avoid the growing complications arising from its hybrid integration approach. It wanted an all-encompassing integration product that would be easy to install and maintain moving forward. It also wanted an offering that required little-to-no programming in order to make the connections easier for itself and for its partners. It worked with EDI Specialists to identify the leading ten vendors, and after a technical evaluation of the offerings, D&H selected the Boomi Integration Platform.

The Boomi Integration Platform offers product management, scheduling, alerting and scalability out-of-the-box. And it'ss easy to set up integration processes using the visual modeling tool which allows us to create new connections on screen with drag-and-drop ease. Though we'sre not finished upgrading our entire trading network to the offering, we'sre already pleased with the results, continued Schwab. We have several of our key accounts live now, and we expect to have considerably more online in November in advance of the holiday rush. Whenever we'sve had questions, the Boomi team has been extremely responsive, and we'sre on track to meet our deployment deadlines. We expect Boomi'ss offering will get us through the next five years and maybe more.

D&H can now connect to its trading partners regardless of the partner'ss requirements. As the company continues on its growth trajectory, its current Boomi license will continue to meet those needs 's8211; the company would only have to purchase extra servers to accommodate the growth.

It'ss been exciting working with D&H. They truly understand customer service, said Rick Nucci, Boomi'ss chief technology officer. D&H projects that its 120 current trading partners will grow by 15% annually. Their network of customers and partners will account for hundreds and even thousands of orders per day through the Boomi Integration Platform. So whether their trading partners are sending in orders every 15 minutes or once a day, D&H is better equipped to handle the order load that their distribution channel handles so well.

The full deployment is expected to be completed in December 2006.

About Boomi Software
Boomi Software improves the efficiency and effectiveness of mid-size businesses by enabling B2B, application and data integration in one easy-to-deploy, simple-to-use product. Boomi'ss unique visual integration approach allows users to design and build powerful configurations to handle a broad range of integration needs with point-and-click, drag-and-drop ease. Boomi'ss integration projects are up and running in weeks, not months, and do not require any programming resources. Backed by its extraordinary support services, customers quickly see the benefit of their investment in Boomi. For more information about Boomi Software, visit www.boomi.com.





DH Selects the Boomi Integration Platform to Automate Order Processing for Its Network of 120 Trading Partners