6 November 2009
Are you planning or have moved to a new ERP system and you are now wondering how you continue doing EDI with your trading partner community, or do you want to start doing EDI? Well if you already use TrustedLink iSeries (EDI400) or are on an iSeries (AS400) machine you should talk to Inovis about how they can help .
Did you know that TrustedLink iSeries (TLI) has a SAP interface and is SAP certified? Also SAP can be on another server (iSeries or non-iSeries), it doesn’t need to be on the same iSeries machine as TLi.
Did you know that TrustedLink iSeries has JD Edwards templates?
This should take the pain out of starting a new EDI setup with your trading community, if you are moving to JDE.
Read more about JDE and TLi Order Processing Automated to Speed Fulfillment – An EDI Success Story.
And what about System 21 (Aurora), which was JBA, and BPCS (SSA).
Both of these are now owned by Infor Global Solution, and Inovis and Infor have been Business Partners for over 20 years.
Both iSeries based ERP system are easily integrated with TrustedLink iSeries, and have the interface files needed to map to/from TLi.
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Posted by trobertsoninovis
5 November 2009
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Over in the US we have blogged about it, but have you heard the news?
We here at Inovis are pleased to announce that we have been cited as a “Leader” in the B2B Service Providers category in the most recent edition of “The Forrester Wave™.”
Even the Wall Street Journal has written an article which covers the Forrester Wave report and references Inovis. The article, which can be found here, results from a more in depth look at the report on Global Trade Best Practices which offers insight to small and mid-size businesses on how to leverage themselves into the global supply chain:
The report’s criteria focused on vendor capabilities in networking services, communication services, community management customer support, disaster recovery, delivery alternatives, managed services, hosted support for application integration, process integration and the availability of integrated managed file transfer (MFT).
Inovis scored well in the report. We’re in the leader’s quadrant, along with GXS and Sterling, and ranked #1 in Current Offering (vertical axis).
Here’s the short story:
- Inovis is positioned in the Leader quadrant.
- Inovis ranked #1 in Current Offering.
- 12 vendors profiled, out of 50 worldwide.
- Report based on 150 end-user inquiries, 85 criteria and 24 reference interviews.
- Detailed spreadsheet available for each vendor.
For more information on Forrester Wave’s selection of Inovis as a leader in the B2B Service Providers category, you may view the press release here.
Inovis B2B Products – We know your business is unique. That’s why Inovis offers a variety of products to suit your platform, business needs and budget. Whether you are a System i shop in need of AS2 Communication Software, a Mom and Pop clothing maker that needs a web-driven EDI translator or you are a high tech manufacturer that needs better visibility into your supply chain, Inovis has a solution for you
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Posted by trobertsoninovis
4 November 2009
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We all love fruit and veg right? And we all eat 5 a day…? Right? Hello…?
I certainly don’t eat 5 a day, I try to, but I don’t think toast counts. I can get a handy boost from innocent, though. One of their delicious offerings helps towards my 5 a day no end. You can see the funky smoothies, wedges, veg pots and juices pretty much everywhere you turn these days – even in Europe, thanks to innocent’s hefty expansion.
What has all this got to do with Inovis? Well known publication The Manufacturer has published a rather nice article all about innocent and Inovis. Check it out!
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Posted by claresalter
30 October 2009
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While EDI is alive and healthy, do you still have needs for translation of XML or flat file, to and from DB2/400 files on your iSeries machine?
After a discussion following a blog posted by dshirey – August 27, 2009, where the new version of TrustedLink iSeries was discussed, it occurs to me that companies using TLi may not know that it can help.
http://www.shireyllc.com/blog1/?p=68
So you all know TLi can translate to and from EDI, but in version 5 XML translations was introduced, allowing XML definitions to be imported from a DTD. V6.2 introduced flat-file translation and V6.3 allows XML Schemas (.xsd) to be imported.
The supported flat file types are:
- Delimiter separated values; i.e. Comma Separated Values (CSV).
- Fixed-length columns with row delimiter.
You use the same visual mapper to create Translation Formats in the same way as EDI translation, so no new software to learn.
Also, are you still using TLi V2, also known as Premenos EDI400? Do you know that there is still a migration path to the latest version of TLi V6.3? Well you can, so again no new software to implement.
So why reinvent the wheel, when you already have the tools available to you to implement non-EDI translation.
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Posted by trobertsoninovis
28 October 2009
As many of you in the UK EDI world may have heard, BT EDINet has announced the closure of its VAN services on the 24th February 2010. While this may be a while away, best to start looking for a new VAN now, to save any last minutes panics, especially if EDI is important to the running of your business.
If you received the letter from BT, then there are plenty of Companies listed that can help.
You can read Kewill’s response to BT EDI*Net Service closure announcement here.
Freeway Commerce, an Inovis Company, was not on the list. As a Freeway customer you may want to contact the Preston office directly.
Inovis can help by providing you access to InovisWorks, which is provided in a modern Tier 4 data centre with automated fail-over capabilities.
The Virtual Internet explains that “Data Centres can be classified by Tiers, with Tier 1 being the most basic and inexpensive, and Tier 4 being the most robust and costly.” So ask what Tier a VAN is hosted on before making a decision.
You can find out more from the Inovis web-site in the UK.
You might also be able to reduce you annual costs, as Deluxe Media has been able to do. You can read their story here.
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