Re: Conv to BPCS

Glenn Ericson wrote:
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> >> Our company is about to begin a conversion from our existing package to 
>BPCS 6.1.  Is there a guide to writing conversion  programs available that 
>will enumerate file/field dependancies, consequences of selecting various 
>field values, etc?
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> >Would you be interested in a data conversion mapping utility?  It has
> >been used in about 30 BPCS conversions.
> >
> > Package name is IDCS, Intelligent Data Conversion System.  

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>  Would it  work on a conversion to SAP R/3?
> 


Glenn:

It originated as a package to convert to BPCS, but since that time we or
our customers have used it to convert to MAPICS, JD Edwards, PRMS and
other systems.  The common denominator is that all these packages run on
the AS/400.

The TO database is always imported from the ERP system that you are
installing, thus the package can handle various systems.  The FROM
database description can be imported or manually entered.  The data can
be transformed through tables, constants, functions or called programs. 
User written error checking routines can be defined and so on.  

I don't want to go into a detail description of the benefits and
features of the product.  Please e-mail me if you would like more
information.

Mindaugas Bielskus
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