Re: EDI corp Trading Documents System -- BPCS-L


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From: Christine Hales <chales@schukra.com>
To: BPCS-L@midrange.com <BPCS-L@midrange.com>
Date: Thursday, January 15, 1998 4:25 PM
Subject: Re: EDI corp Trading Documents System


We have used Optio's FormsExpress software for two years under BPCS 5.1.1
and have already redesigned our forms for our 6.0.2plf implementation.  We
use it for all of our host (AS/400) base forms generation.  We choose to use
the host based forms generation application for design and testings, but
their GUI product may also be a good product.  Two years ago it wasn't what
we wanted.


>You wrote:  We are examining the ITD document manager product
>from EDI corp as part of a BPCSv6 implementation. Does anyone have
>recent experience with this product?.......
>
> We had EDI give us a demo in August, when we were looking for a forms
>supplier.  We looked at their ITD (International Trade Documents) & their
>DTD (Domestic Trade Documents).  The setup of the forms was Windows-based,
>and seemingly easy to move around in.  It looked flashy, but there were a
>few major problems that deterred us from choosing them - the two biggest
>being:
>1) *ALL* BPCS output had to go through them (their product sits on your LAN
>server).  You were then left to figure out a way to sort out what wasn't
>"form" material & send it on it's way.  (And the user had to go into the
>Export software & release the form *each* time!)
>
>2) Every time you created a conditional statement (e.g.. if company = 10,
>print logo "ABC"), you were creating a new form.  ITD would copy it over
>for you, but any changes after that had to be made to each form.
>
>   All in all, the comfort level was just not there.  We had some real
>concerns & questions, to which their reply was "Don't worry... that's not
>an issue..." - but no real answer.  And the price was rather steep.....
>
> In the end, we decided to go with a company called Optio.  They told us
>how there product worked, and followed it up with a thorough demonstration.
> Everything they sold us on was in their package.  The only downfall to
>Optio, was that most of the form creation is server-based (but not terribly
>difficult).  Their latest release, however, has a fully-functional GUI
>designer.
>
> If you have any more questions, I'd be happy to answer them.
>
> -Christine
>
>
>_______________________________________
>Christine Hales, System Analyst
>AEA Management
>Phone (519) 254-4410 Ext. 146
>Fax (519) 258-6884
>
>
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