Case Study: Metsä Wood achieves automated, compliant B2B e-trading and on-time delivery with OpenText Trading Grid

Metsä Wood meets demand for traceable products from sustainably managed forests with OpenText™ Trading Grid™

Metsä Wood, a Finnish forest-products supplier within the Metsä Group, faced cumbersome, largely manual data collection and exchange while responding to new environmental regulations and growing demand for product traceability and chain-of-custody information. The company also needed to transact efficiently with a wide range of partners whose IT systems varied greatly and to meet seasonal peaks in demand where on-time delivery is critical.

Metsä Wood implemented OpenText Trading Grid integrated with its ERP/SAP system to automate exchange of orders, invoices, ASNs and delivery notes and to map diverse message formats into a consistent data set. The solution eliminated most manual data entry, reduced multi-day data collection to minutes, enabled 85% of customer transactions to be electronic, improved turnaround and on-time delivery, and ensured regulatory compliance—making B2B e‑trading mission critical to the business.

Metsä Wood

Pat Fleck

IT Specialist