BridgePoint determined that its next generation offering needed to meet new market requirements, and it sought to incorporate existing products, such as Netscape ECXpert, instead of building everything in-house. After a rigorous review process, BridgePoint selected Netscape ECXpert. Netscape ECXpert provided a scalable, high-performance solution for translating information coming in from a wide variety of carriers. Integration capabilities allowed the team to leverage their existing systems and reduce the time it took to bring the new solution online. We receive and translate data from multiple platforms, applications, and formats into a single source of information that all customers and their trading partners can easily use.
Shippers can also view their shipments across transportation modes with their trading partners.
BridgePoint's unique supply chain process applies business rules to the data using object-oriented middleware. Netscape ECXpert works seamlessly within BridgePoint's architecture and allows the team to leverage existing files and applications to quickly configure solutions for each customer. ECXpert's flexible translation tool handles a variety of formats as well as traditional EDI files. With an object model we can customize our solution at the object layer versus dealing with the complexities of the database layer. The data is then posted to the respective customer database, which customers access through the Internet via any web browser.