RE: Interfacing with Mapics COM

If the folks at Custom Systems Corporation don't hit the 'enter' key before
I do, I can recommend their COS (COM Off-line Shipment) Interface that works
pretty nice at generating shipment transactions for prepared pick-lists.
The PO850 documents still have to be loaded into MAPICS and the
corresponding orders must still be selected for picking/shipment, but at
least there is the opportunity to close the loop on shipments.  Two out of
the three functions can be somewhat automated via EDI processing and the
selection of orders for pick-list print should be pretty straightforward.
Your client will have to supply a few interface programs to get the most
bang for their buck with this package, and I'm not sure how many EDI
software suites that the COS Interface supports (Harbinger, formerly
Premenos, is the popular default) but it can't hurt to look into it.

http://www.cussys.com/

By the way, if your client is using the MAPICS Electronic Commerce module,
it too is written/supported by Custom Systems.

Please note that I am not affiliated with CSC, just a user.

Tom Ashworth
MIS Manager, Altec Lansing Technologies Inc.
Routes 6 & 209
Milford,  PA  18337
tashwort@altecmm.com            570-296-1276

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Thomas [SMTP:DThomas@lpw-mdi.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 4:44 PM
> To:   'Mapics-L@midrange.com'
> Subject:      Interfacing with Mapics COM
> 
> We're a third party services provider to the medical industry.  We take
> orders, ship the product, invoice the customer, collect the money and
> remit
> to the manufacturer.  One of our clients is a Mapics user.  They want us
> to
> submit data to them in a way that they can run sales transactions through
> their system based upon what we've shipped/invoiced to their customers.
> We
> can send them EDI 850's (including the lot#s shipped), but they say
> they'll
> still have to manually specify the lot#s shipped and run "virtual"
> shipments
> through their system to create invoices.  They're in the process of
> migrating to version 5.5.  Their approach has been to run these thru COM.
> Can this be done with COM?   Is there a way to import sales transactions
> into Mapics without going through order processing?  Any suggestions?  
> 
> Dan Thomas
> Sr. VP Information Systems
> MDI
> 4500 Progress Blvd.
> Louisville, KY  40218-5058
> Phone (502) 454-9013 ext. 120
> email  DThomas@lpw-mdi.com
> 
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