Co-op: managing an ethical, integrated grocery supply chain with Axway 

The number one convenience food retailer in the UK with more than 2,500 stores, Co-op is also one of the world’s largest consumer co-operatives, owned by millions of members. 

Because of its business model, Co-op’s members get a chance to have a say in how it is run and can give back to the communities where the stores operate. The group also has strong commitments to ethical, sustainable trade and human rights. 

Between upholding these values and moving food to its 2,500+ local, convenience and medium-sized stores, Co-op must manage complex supply chains – and they’re using Axway solutions to help them do so. 

“B2Bi is critical for the Co-op, especially in its retail organization,” says Dave Barnett, Principal Solutions Architect – Integration at Co-op. “If B2Bi went down or we turned it off tomorrow, we would have no businesses, it’s as simple as that.” 

In a new video, Barnett describes how they’re working to bring groceries to members across the UK while implementing a more composable business model for the future. 

With Axway B2B Integration, Co-op is able to support:

• 500 individual flows
• 3,000 end points
• A million messages a day across the application

“The partnership with Axway is good, when we’ve worked together on the B2Bi 2.6 migration project, that has been a definite partnership,” says Barnett. “Both sides, I feel, have gained from that. We’ve helped Axway to form a path on how to deliver that technology, so it’s definitely a partnership.” 

Many thanks to Dave Barnett for sharing his thoughts with us, and here’s to continuing to work together towards a more composable ecosystem for the future. 

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