Complex Data Exchange and Manufacturing

The manufacturing industry continues to seek opportunities to streamline and integrate supply and demand chains. Challenges include

Multiple legacy systems, standards, and data formats – which demand any-to-any data transformation capability.
EDI standards evolution and migration – there is a growing compliance challenge as the EDI and XML standards evolve; further, partners may customize EDI standards or implement inter-standard transaction flows.

Complex Data Exchange Solutions for Manufacturing
Informatica Complex Data Exchange technology addresses the challenge of multiple legacy systems, standards, and data formats with

Its unparalleled power and flexibility in codeless data mapping and conversion
- Allows user-defined, dynamic, rules-driven transformations between any data formats
- Provides the most extensive set of pre-built transformation functions available anywhere and supports the encapsulation and management of existing transformation code for ease of migration
- Can be used to encapsulate and convert existing XSLT code, custom or legacy Gentran code in new, reusable transformations built with Informatica Complex Data Exchange technology
Its unmatched set of pre-built transformations provide the broadest support of unstructured, semi-structured, and complex structured data, available in a single solution, including support for
- EDI X12, EDIFACT, HL7, SWIFT, HIPAA, UCS and WINS, AAR, AL3, VICS, ACORD, Cargo IMP, Legal XML, HR-XML, Cxml, RosettaNet
- Document formats including Word, Excel, Adobe PDF, Star Office, AFP, Postscript, PCL, HTML
- Legacy formats including COBOL, legacy reports, (positional, non-positional, variant files, undocumented binaries)

Informatica Complex Data Exchange technology’s addresses the challenge of EDI standards evolution and migration with its unique specification-driven transformation (SDT) brings unprecedented scalability to B2B infrastructure. SDT:

Generates a flexible transformation framework from a message specification
Avoids regulatory penalties—and loss of data—by keeping compliant with the latest standard versions, without having to wait for a patch or upgrade
Is used by Informatica to provide up-to-the-minute pre-built transformations in support of industry standards
Is used by customers to stay current with both industry and proprietary standards

Key Technology Standards Support: