Case Study: Kimberly-Clark achieves 7× faster supply-chain integration with InterSystems Ensemble

Kimberly-Clark Connects With Its Supply Chain 7 Times Faster Using Ensemble-based EDI Solution

Kimberly‑Clark Europe centralized its transportation logistics into a single service center and faced the challenge of integrating its in‑house logistics system with the electronic and paper systems of more than 100 small and medium carriers across Europe. In‑house integration was estimated to take about 18 months and would have required significant time, staff, and cost to support mixed EDI capabilities across partners.

OmPrompt used InterSystems Ensemble to deliver a patented message analysis/classification engine with automated mapping and any‑to‑any communication, enabling EDI-style exchange without requiring every carrier to be electronically enabled. The result: carrier integration seven times faster than the previous approach, substantial cost savings and operational efficiency, and far lower development and runtime resource needs (Ensemble avoided roughly five times the resources that a Java solution would have required).

Kimberly Clark

Brian Bolam

CEO