DCS Optimizes EDI for International Medical Products Company

The EDI Challenge

Mölnlycke is a Swedish company that manufactures and sells medical products.  They needed help to carefully configure the “ground work” for the rerouting of data from their U.S. headquarters in Norcross, GA to their main headquarters in Sweden.  AS2 had to be reconfigured to support EDI data to and from trading partners to Sweden to be processed for all Mölnlycke locations.  Specific EDI transactions were to be moved from Sweden to the United States for processing.  Mölnlycke-Sweden needed a solution to handle the file exceptions for the files to be processed at Mölnlycke-US.  This was where Data Communication Solutions (DCS) came in. 

The Environment

Prior to DCS’ work, Mölnlycke-US and  Mölnlycke-Sweden were operating with separate EDI systems.  Mölnlycke-US was using Bizmanager 400/Bizconnect, while Mölnlycke-Sweden was using SB.

The DCS Solution

The first step to DCS’ solution was to create copies of all files received and sent via PI (the communication gateway for SAP).  The copied files were then sent to Mölnlycke-US via SFTP to a “staging area” within Mölnlycke-US’ i-Series IFS.  Once the files were received into the staging area, a PowerShell script was created to move only the EDI 844 (product transfer account adjustment), 852 (product activity data), and 867 (product transfer and resale report) transaction files (based on the payload in the data) to be processed and archived; all other EDI transaction files were moved to the archive directories.  This process was automated through Windows Task Scheduler.  Ultimately, both Mölnlycke-Sweden and Molnlycke-US were migrated to SAP-PI – Mölnlycke-Sweden from SB and Mölnlycke-US from BizManager 400/BizConnect.

The Result

All of Mölnlycke’s EDI is now processed at one location (except for the three transactions specific to Mölnlycke-US).  This saves hours of work for other locations.  In keeping data processes to one location, the process ensures HIPAA compliancy overall for the company.

Thanks to DCS’ work, Mölnlycke’s EDI is running more efficiently.  DCS has provided EDI solutions for many more medical products companies and can help yours as well.  To learn more, contact DCS for your FREE assessment.