Business Problem

• No real-time order visibility
• Inaccurate forecasts and shipments
• $150K/site/year Batch system
• 2 hours per error IT time
• Data sitting in separate MS-SQL Server files

Competing Technologies

• EAI: Too expensive. No IT at endpoints
• Custom Code: Doesn't scale, costly

Solution

• Install in 2 hours
• 2 hours admin time / quarter
• Zero downtime over 12 months
• Real-time connectivity
• 24 X 7 X 365. No batch

Results

• Time to value: 25 days
• TCO reduced by: 82% ($1.2M / year)
• ROI payback: 4 months
• Cast Iron adopted as data integration standard worldwide