ASI Launches New Universal Software that Reduces
ERP Implementation Cycle and Costs
Southfield, MI, March 29, 1999 - Advanced Systems International (ASI) has introduced a powerful and flexible data distribution and access (DDA)product that will dramatically reduce ERP implementation cycles and costs.ATLink(tm) provides a seamless universal interface between automated shop floor and warehouse data capture and the multiple ERP modules, packaged application integration software, bolt-on applications, and legacy systems which require this data.
ASI President and CEO Gerald Pesut said, "Unlike conventional Middleware,ATLink(tm) is the first offering that meets all of the most frequently mentioned criteria for a universal data distribution and access software, eliminating the need for a myriad of point-to-point interfaces. It is a true client/server DDA solution that is platform-, data collection device- and database-independent; scaleable; and is built on non-proprietary, industry-standard modules (ODBC, ADO, DCOM/COM, ActiveX/OLE). The Company worked closely with data collection terminal manufacturers such as Intermec,
Hand Held Products, and Control Module to incorporate built-in interfaces to their products."
Using ATLink's(tm) Windows(tm)* NT-based graphic user interface, users (customers and integrators) can rapidly automate data capture tasks involving a variety of data collection devices, and then distribute accurate, reliable data throughout the enterprise. The RAD (Rapid Application Development) tools and native Microsoft development tools, such as Visual Basic, were used to develop terminal applications supplied with ATLink(tm) and can reduce typical application development time by a factor of ten.
ATLink(tm) allows users to configure their own systems, in any manner they see fit, without the need to go back to the terminal vendor or ASI for specialized software. Integration tasks, which once took weeks, can now be performed in hours without extensive debugging or re-testing. Pesut said that this will "enable users to slash six months to a year from ERP implementation and eliminate millions of dollars that would otherwise be spent for custom point-to point interfaces as well as dramatically reduce life cycle software maintenance costs."
ATLink's(tm) client/server structure becomes the control center that
communicates the data to two or more dissimilar systems, allowing them to share information. Two levels of built-in transaction verification insure unparalleled enterprise data security. Two-way application scalability provides an efficient, cost-effective solution for any size division,company, group of companies, or Multi-national Corporation.
At the front end, ATLink(tm) automates all of the bar code data capture requirements at the manufacturing and warehousing levels:
* Receiving raw or finished goods in a warehouse
* Tracking work in process and labor hours against work orders
* Employing the use of Kanban on production lines
* Movement of finished goods from production to storage
* Picking, packing and delivery
Pesut said, "A most common delay within the ERP implementation cycle has been the problem of getting data into the system from the manufacturing level. Now if a company works in parallel with ERP implementation to automate its data collection and distribution at the manufacturing and warehousing level with ATLink(tm), it will automatically solve its data distribution and access problems for enterprise resource planning."
Howard Tarnoff, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, said "ATLink(tm) is an extension of the company's BasLink(tm) data collection Middleware, developed in conjunction with Chrysler and Perot Systems and used primarily, but not exclusively, in conjunction with ASI's ATServer® time, attendance and labor allocation software. He said, "BasLink(tm) has fewer features and a narrower range of applicability than ATLink(tm). However, it has proven
ASI's open Client/Server DDA concept in some very demanding applications at more than 50 installations for companies like ITT Rochester and DaimlerChrysler. Many of these companies have expressed interest in updating BasLink(tm) to the full ERP DDA capabilities of ATLink(tm)."
Advanced Systems International is a leading supplier of open enterprise software solutions including ATLink(tm) data distribution and access (DDA) for the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) environment as well as ATServer® time and attendance and labor allocation applications.
Key markets include packaged goods, pharmaceuticals, food processing and other manufacturing industries.
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