Re: ERP Integration -- SYSTEM21






Colin VanCamp@ACADIA POLYMERS
04/05/2001 03:48 PM

To facilitate B2B e-commerce our company recently purchased Ironworks for
JBA from Ironside Technologies.  We are just getting ready to begin our
implementation so the jury is still out on whether we made the right
choice.  We anticipate a successful project and have a lot of confidence in
the people at Ironside.  Check them out at www.ironside.com.

If you are interested in a custom solution check out Information
Alternatives.  They will custom design a B2B front end using Lotus Domino.
We were impressed with their capabilities but were looking for an off the
shelf solution.

Colin VanCamp
Manager, Corporate I.T.
Acadia Elastomers Corporation




jsehi@hach.com on 04/05/2001 03:15:06 PM

Please respond to JBAUSERS-L@midrange.com

To:   JBAUSERS-L@midrange.com
cc:    (bcc: Colin VanCamp/ACADIA)

Subject:  ERP Integration




We are currently running JBA System/21 3.5.0, and are running into a wall
with some enterprise integration issues.  I would like to start a thread
discussing these issues, and what others have done to solve the problems
that seem to be inherent in the software.

The EDI module provided with 3.5.0 had limited functionality at best, and
has proven to be a bottleneck in our implementation.  The process is
completely batch driven, with no on line verification.  There also appear
to be issues with having multiple translation formats for the same
transaction (ie. an outbound 810, for example).

We have also built an integration with IBM's WebSphere Commerce Suite,
based on some preliminary API's that were provided by JBA.  These API's are
now part of a product called "eSupply".  From what I've experienced via the
webcast presented in March, eSupply doesn't really fit our needs either.

I'm assuming others have addressed similar issues.  What are some of the
types of things you have run into?  How did you fill the business need?
We've found a relatively poor supply of off-the-shelf application
connectors for JBA System/21, but I'm wondering if we are looking in the
wrong places.

Thoughts anyone?

Jim Sehi



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<P><FONT SIZE=2>We are currently running JBA System/21 3.5.0, and are
running into a wall with some enterprise integration issues.&nbsp; I would
like to start a thread discussing these issues, and what others have done
to solve the problems that seem to be inherent in the software.</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>The EDI module provided with 3.5.0 had limited
functionality at best, and has proven to be a bottleneck in our
implementation.&nbsp; The process is completely batch driven, with no on
line verification.&nbsp; There also appear to be issues with having
multiple translation formats for the same transaction (ie. an outbound 810,
 for example).</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>We have also built an integration with IBM's WebSphere
Commerce Suite, based on some preliminary API's that were provided by
JBA.&nbsp; These API's are now part of a product called
&quot;eSupply&quot;.&nbsp; From what I've experienced via the webcast
presented in March, eSupply doesn't really fit our needs either.</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>I'm assuming others have addressed similar issues.&nbsp;
What are some of the types of things you have run into?&nbsp; How did you
fill the business need?&nbsp; We've found a relatively poor supply of
off-the-shelf application connectors for JBA System/21, but I'm wondering
if we are looking in the wrong places.</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>Thoughts anyone?</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>Jim Sehi</FONT>
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