Nov. 2, 2009 (PR Newswire) --

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. and FOSTER CITY, Calif., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Oracle and E2open announced today that E2open Logistics Network (ELN) is now available as an integrated connectivity solution for Oracle Transportation Management, which simplifies the effort of establishing electronic integration between shippers, transportation carriers, and logistics service providers.

Electronic connectivity enables the advantages of timely and accurate information, lower transaction costs, and unlimited scalability. However, traditional approaches to implementing and maintaining integrations can be expensive and time consuming due to the myriad of technologies and formats, and the global nature of today's transportation and logistics.

As a business process network specifically designed for global transportation and logistics processes, ELN offers several unique capabilities, including pre-built integrations with Oracle Transportation Management, a network of existing (reusable) connections to logistics-related trading partners, support for nearly all trading partner integration methods, and advanced self-service Integration-as-a-Service (IaaS) tools.

"Customers have been asking us for a simplified way to establish electronic connectivity between Oracle Transportation Management and their transportation trading partners," said Derek Gittoes, Vice President, Logistics Product Strategy for Oracle. "By combining leading connectivity and transportation management capabilities, ELN gives Oracle Transportation Management customers a compelling alternative to help reduce their integration timeframes and costs."

ELN offers a fast and cost-effective integration approach because it does not require any additional customer investment beyond Oracle Transportation Management and ELN and it allows trading partners to use their preexisting integration technologies. Alternatively, if a trading partner does not have a preexisting integration capability, ELN provides one at no extra cost. In addition, the reuse of ELN's existing connections and standard maps, as well as its self-service IaaS tools, significantly reduce on-boarding work, enabling trading partners to be integrated in as little as one to three weeks.

"Transportation processes are inherently network-centric, involving the exchange of information between many external parties, including carriers, suppliers, customers, and logistics service providers," said Adrian Gonzalez, Director of Logistics Viewpoints at ARC Advisory Group.