ACOM Solutions, Delfour Corporation Announce Development Partnership, Completion of First Trading Partner Implementation.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LONG BEACH, Calif. & MARKHAM, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 21, 2003 ACOM (language) ACOM - An early system on the IBM 705. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. Solutions, Inc. and Delfour Corporation have formed a joint development partnership through which ACOM's EZConnect EDI/XML trading partner data translation and connectivity solution is integrated with Delfour's WarehouseLogic supply chain platform to provide dramatically extended speed, flexibility and power for electronic transactions between Delfour supply chain solution users. The first trading partner implementation of the new connectivity and translation solution was completed in March for a major long-time, multi-location Delfour client, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Gregory T. Church, ACOM vice president of marketing, communications and product management. The Delfour client is currently rolling out the solution to a number of additional trading partners. According to Delfour technical manager Anatoly Eskin, who is in charge of installations and technical services, ACOM was selected from among several data translation and connectivity solutions because it offered the best combination of ease and speed of implementation, performance, flexibility and scalability. WarehouseLogic is a workflow-based warehouse management system that enables the modeling of standard operating procedures standard operating procedure Medtalk A technique, method or therapy performed 'by the book,' using a standard protocol meeting internally or externally defined criteria; a formal, written procedure that describes how specific lab operations are to be performed. and customer business rules. Concurrent Client Logistics (CCL 1. CCL - Coral Common LISP. 2. CCL - Computer Control Language. English-like query language based on COLINGO, for IBM 1401 and IBM 1410. ) is the underlying principle in the Delfour Solution Portfolio. CCL allows the operation of warehouse functions across multiple clients, using unique business processes specific to each client, facility and role. WarehouseLogic optimizes fulfillment operations through increased inventory turns, reduced inventory levels, improved inventory accuracy, increased labor productivity, and increased customer service levels. "EZConnect is an extremely robust, easy-to-use product," Eskin said. "It features easy EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) The electronic communication of business transactions, such as orders, confirmations and invoices, between organizations. Third parties provide EDI services that enable organizations with different equipment to connect. mapping, great flexibility in data transformation, XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. support and three different types of database mapping -- XML, flat file or direct to database. We selected the flat file solution for the initial implementation, but having the other capabilities available will enable Delfour to solve any electronic trading  This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.Please help recruit one or [ improve this article] yourself. See the talk page for details. partner problem that we encounter." EZConnect is a Windows-based EDI/XML data translation, data management and complete partner communications platform. It supports direct access to multiple databases as well as flat file and XML interfaces. EZConnect includes a Standards Dictionary, Testing Tool, Implementation Builder, Communications and Data Manager and Automatic Implementation Wizard. EZConnect is designed to scale from a standalone workstation for a small business up to an industrial high transaction volume, lights out 24x7 environment. ABOUT ACOM ACOM Solutions, Inc. is a leading provider of B2B E-Commerce (Business to Business Electronic-COMMERCE) Refers to one business selling to another business via the Web. See e-commerce. management, document management, payment management and purchasing management solutions integrated with enterprise applications such as ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. and CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. , to enhance back-office and B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business processes for electronic, Internet and paper-based commerce. Now in its 20th year of business, ACOM is a leading software organization with offices and solution partners worldwide. ACOM maintains corporate headquarters in Long Beach, CA and iSeries (AS/400) division headquarters in Duluth, GA. ACOM also has regional offices located in several major U.S. cities. ABOUT DELFOUR CORPORATION Delfour Corporation is a global leader in providing a comprehensive and highly configurable set of advanced supply chain execution solutions. By using market-leading technology to serve the Third Party Logistics (3PL), Third Party Fulfillment (3PF) and the warehousing industries, Delfour's set of advanced logistics solutions gives customers the power to increase productivity and reduce costs by improving the effectiveness of their warehousing processes. Delfour's Global Enterprise solution enables smarter supply chains through the utilization of collaborative technology tools, allowing clients and their customers to experience seamless warehouse management flow and profitability by sharing and collaborating throughout the supply chain. For more information, visit www.delfour.com. |
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