Case Study: Standard Textile achieves consolidated cross-platform EDI automation with Fortra Robot Schedule

Robot Adds Cross-Platform Flexibility for EDI at Standard Textile

Standard Textile, a global provider of institutional textiles and apparel, needed a reliable way to manage mission-critical EDI processes during a platform migration. Brian Michael, who manages EDI, inherited a fragmented environment of native and vendor schedulers on IBM iSeries and other platforms; when the EDI translator moved to Windows and the company began an Oracle ERP rollout, he needed a single, cross-platform scheduler that could detect files, trigger downstream jobs, and keep EDI (which drives 80% of orders) running without interruption.

Standard Textile implemented Robot Schedule with remote agents, a user-friendly GUI, and OPAL scripting to monitor physical files, trigger EDI jobs from JD Edwards output, and send targeted email alerts and automated corrective steps. The consolidation delivered cross-platform automation, faster issue resolution, and easier access for non-iSeries users — stabilizing EDI operations and saving time troubleshooting.

Standard Textile

Brian Michael

Senior EDI Analyst