Omnichannel and the Anypoint platform
Optimize integration to deliver seamless, connected, and personalized customer experiences across all channels.
Your customers expect first-class experiences via all communication channels. Can you fulfill them?
Times have changed. Your customers are no longer satisfied with simple, impersonal transactions.
Today, they expect personalized service and an engaging, fulfilling experience-however and whenever they choose to interact with you. If you can’t offer them that, they’ll be willing to take their business elsewhere.
This is why omnichannel is so important for businesses today.
Thanks to advances in technology, customers now expect real-time inventory visibility, relevant recommendations, consistent information and service across all channels, and informed employees who know and understand the customer’s order history and preferences. Your customers also want control over their relationship with you – the ability to manage their own profile, billing and delivery preferences. They want to track their orders in real time and be informed about the order status. And they expect relevant marketing programs that address their specific needs.
Not only your customers expect this, but also your business partners and employees want this seamless transparency and control in real time. This allows them to perform their jobs better, feel more engaged and productive, and contribute more to the bottom line.
Enabling omnichannel can be challenging, but rewarding.
Achieving this level of personalization, transparency and consistency can be very complex, difficult and costly. Connectivity and integration with a variety of e-commerce, CRM, and ordering systems are essential, but much more is required today for a superior omnichannel customer experience.
Now you need to support an omnichannel strategy that engages a variety of stakeholders – including customers, suppliers, distributors, transportation partners, store associates, customer service representatives, warehouse staff, and business managers. And you need to include every channel – online, retail store, mobile app, phone, chat and others.
But it’s worth the effort. Among other benefits, companies that have successfully implemented omnichannel report significantly higher customer satisfaction and greater profitability with omnichannel customers.
An API-driven approach to connectivity with the MuleSoft Anypoint platform has helped many companies implement their omnichannel strategies and create seamless, personalized customer experiences. Anypoint provides the connectivity, scalability, visibility, flexibility and security required to deliver omnichannel excellence.
Our team has extensive integration and omnichannel experience and can help you implement and optimize your solution to achieve your omnichannel goals. You’ll be able to deliver the level of service, personalization, transparency and efficiency that sets your business apart, and reap the rewards by gaining satisfied, loyal customers.
You can't afford the cost of doing nothing.
Adopting omnichannel commerce seems like a lengthy and expensive initiative, but when you consider the cost of not adopting it, you can’t afford to delay. A recent study found that 63% of customers would switch companies if they didn’t have a connected shopping experience – and this trend is likely to continue.
Some companies have built omnichannel operations by connecting and integrating existing, isolated systems with point-to-point connections as needed. They find that this process is time-consuming, resource-intensive, and does not provide the seamless, real-time results they need. Even more troubling, changing these systems each time a new channel, data source, or partner is introduced into the already complex mix is extremely complex – if not impossible.
Unfortunately, these companies did not see integration as a holistic strategy, but rather as a project-based means to an end that is ultimately expensive and unwieldy.
A holistic, well-planned approach to integration is required!
Without a well-designed omnichannel approach, companies will continue to struggle with systems and processes that are not:
Inflexibility
Services and functions cannot be easily extended or adapted to the needs of the company.
Availability
Services and applications may not run on every device the customer may use.
Inaccessibility
Important data is locked in silos and not available to decision makers and others who need it.
The solution to the problem is a holistic integration strategy combined with API-driven connectivity. This approach helps create a seamless omnichannel experience with the transparency and accessibility that customers want and businesses need.
API-powered connectivity connects data to applications using reusable APIs. So instead of constantly reinventing the wheel, apply the same API for a different purpose – freeing up your IT team and leveraging the value of existing code.
Accelerate omnichannel enablement so you can deliver better customer experiences faster!
When you consider that a standard omnichannel transaction requires the interaction of over 35 different systems, you realize the scale and complexity required to connect an entire enterprise with all its constituent parts. Anypoint makes it easier with out-of-the-box connectors that speed up the process and get you up and running quickly.
But omnichannel is more than just connecting one system to another. It’s about creating a digital platform of apps, data and devices that provides a seamless, fulfilling experience for every user. This is where APIs make a big difference.
With Anypoint, you can create reusable processes and assets that make interactions with your business efficient and consistent. APIs enable 360-degree customer views that provide insights into customer behavior, enable personalized service, and deliver relevant offers that drive revenue. APIs also allow you to adapt, pivot, and adjust to meet customer demand without disrupting business. Consequently, companies benefit from:
Greater customer satisfaction
Lower operating costs
Higher yields
Increased brand loyalty
Greater agility
Shorter time to market
That sounds wonderful, but where to start?
Provides a real-time view of customer orders across all channels – online and in-store – by integrating data from order management systems (OMS), warehouse management systems (WMS) and point-of-sale (POS).
Provides up-to-date inventory information by integrating product and inventory information from disparate systems and locations, including product information management (PIM), ERP, POS, and transportation management (TMS).
Connect with third-party marketplaces and stores and enable your customers to transact across multiple channels – in person and online.
Provides a complete, accurate view of customer information in context, integrating CRM, e-commerce, order management, marketing automation, and other customer data sources.
Enables updating of customer accounts and payment information through integration with ERP, payment systems, POS and more.
Provides details on customer accounts and activity across channels, integrating CRM, support systems, ERP, and more to help deliver integrated, personalized support.
The Anypoint platform is flexible and scalable, so you can easily add new channels or partners. It enables users to access data easily and securely, protecting your business and its customers. With MuleSoft Anypoint, you can enable and implement omnichannel strategies that lead to faster time to market, improved customer satisfaction, and increased revenue.
MuleSoft helps you enable omnichannel.
Artemis Innovations helps you maximize and optimize the benefits.
The switch to omnichannel is not easy, but it is urgently needed. The MuleSoft platform offers numerous tools that enable seamless omnichannel capabilities for your customers, partners and employees. It helps you engage, streamline and automate your customers while protecting sensitive data.
Our team has extensive integration and omnichannel experience and can help you plan, implement and effectively execute your omnichannel strategies. We can help you develop your omnichannel strategy and then implement and leverage the Anypoint solution to take full advantage of its capabilities. We work with your team to help you achieve your goals quickly, pragmatically and cost-effectively.
With MuleSoft technology and Artemis Innovations’ expertise, you can differentiate your brand, strengthen customer relationships, and improve business results.
Learn more about MuleSoft solutions from Artemis Innovations:
MuleSoft Anypoint for
API Management
Manage the API, monitor and analyze usage, control access, and protect sensitive data with security policies.
Business Automation
Tap into data from any system and automate workflows to transform your business.
Data integration
Combine batch and real-time processing for application and data integration, no matter how complex your systems.
DevOps
Transform your business with DevOps best practices such as. CI/CD. Anypoint makes it easy with features that enable you to deploy stable, reliable APIs faster
IPaaS
As the leading IPaaS integration platform, this fully cloud-based solution leverages the benefits of the cloud while providing secure connectivity to on-premises systems.
Anypoint Platform also helps with large cross-functional projects:
360 degree view
Use APIs to build a 360-degree customer view that enables you to understand the entire customer journey, anticipate their needs, and deepen relationships.
The Cloud
Enable fast, seamless cloud migration with APIs that connect cloud applications to on-premises systems. Develop cloud applications faster and reduce maintenance costs by up to 66%.
Modernization of legacy systems
Modernize legacy applications and SOA web services by exposing them as APIs. Connect legacy systems up to 5 times faster, reduce maintenance costs by up to 66%, and accelerate digital actions.
E-commerce
Launch an e-commerce platform 2.5 times faster with pre-built connectors and integration templates. Ensure high performance and scalability
Our MuleSoft services at a glance
Benefit from our MuleSoft Anypoint expertise
We are not just technicians. We are also business people. We know your challenges, and we understand your goals. In addition, we have in-depth knowledge of the MuleSoft Anypoint platform, which allows us to provide unparalleled expertise on the platform’s features. And we take a collaborative approach that makes the most effective use of resources and maximizes the value of your overall integration initiative.
The integration and MuleSoft consulting services we offer include:
Integration strategy
We help you get a clear picture of your integration capabilities, develop a solid integration strategy, create a detailed roadmap for achieving your goals, and provide guidance on how to get results quickly.
Integration architecture
We help you optimize your integration architecture to get the most out of the Anypoint Platform in combination with your other technologies.
Integration consulting
Our comprehensive end-to-end integration services help you connect and integrate systems and data sources, eliminate silos, and provide fast and secure access to information.
Support and optimization of integration
Our platform experts provide integration support when you need it, including troubleshooting and monitoring of various systems.
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