CA CLIENT SERVER WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT COMES OF AGE; Enhanced Productivity And Efficiency In New Version Of CA-Warehouse Boss -- At ProMat Booth 1561.ISLANDIA, N.Y--(BUSINESS WIRE)--February 13, 1995--Marking a new era of warehouse productivity and management information, Computer Associates today announced the client/server warehouse version of CA-Warehouse Boss The branding of the Warehouse BOSS software from 1991 to 1998. See Warehouse BOSS. . "Extending CA-Warehouse Boss to the client/server platform provides clients with full-feature functionality and greater productivity," said David Cahn, CA director of business applications. "They want more cost-effective platforms without the delays and risks. Now they've got it." CA-Warehouse Boss 4.1 allows clients to run the same proven, industrial-strength warehouse application as a server connected to MS Windows clients. This client/server architecture An environment in which the application processing is divided between client workstations and servers. It implies the use of desktop computers interacting with servers in a network in contrast to processing everything in a large centralized mainframe. See client/server. provides enhanced levels of decision support and unifies logistics management Logistics Management is that part of Supply Chain Management that plans, implements, and controls the efficient, effective, forward, and reverse flow and storage of goods, services, and related information between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet throughout the supply chain--including supplier, plant floor, warehouse and customer. The CA-Warehouse Boss architecture supports applications running on either PCs or application servers communicating with a CA-Warehouse Boss database server on the AS/400. The database server is built on the relational database relational database Database in which all data are represented in tabular form. The description of a particular entity is provided by the set of its attribute values, stored as one row or record of the table, called a tuple. engine DB2/400. "We are very pleased that Computer Associates is joining the growing list of leading software companies that take advantage of the strong client/server function and performance of the AS/400 Advanced Series," said William Zeitler William Zeitler (b. 1954, St. Louis, Missouri) is one of the world's leading virtuoso performers on the armonica, or glass harmonica, an instrument invented by Benjamin Franklin. External links
The new features provide clients with greater flexibility and efficiency by decreasing paperwork, increasing productivity and minimizing inventory and effort throughout the warehouse. CA has implemented GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. presentation logic where it makes sense in CA-Warehouse Boss 4.1. Users benefit from Windows functionality when setting up their system and in a data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse facility for performance management. Analyst and clients applaud the announcement: "CA has managed to improve what was already an industry leader in warehouse management," said Robert George
Air Vice Marshal Sir Robert Allingham George, KCMG, KCVO, KBE, CB, MC , client analyst of Advanced Manufacturing Research, Boston. "Our clients consistently demand the flexibility of client/server solutions and the productivity of Windows-based user interfaces. Combining these with the depth of CA-Warehouse Boss functionality gives users an important tool for creating the ultimate in logistics control." "Sega ships--nearly error-free--millions of units to 15,000 stores a year, thanks to the automated system from Computer Associates, CA-Warehouse Boss," said Bill Downs William Randall "Bill" Downs (August 17, 1914 – May 3, 1978) was a Kansas City-born American broadcast journalist for CBS Radio from 1942 to 1962. During the War Downs was hired on at CBS by Edward R. , group director of MIS and telecommunications, Sega of America, Inc., Redwood City Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. . "Our greatest achievement with CA-Warehouse Boss is its inventory accuracy," said Mick Bagwell, corporate manager of distribution, Reily Foods Company Reily Foods Company is the primary division of the independently held Wm. B. Reily & Company Inc., specializing in the processing, packaging and distribution of food and beverage products. , Knoxville. "The real-time processing Noun 1. real-time processing - data processing fast enough to keep up with an outside process real-time operation data processing - (computer science) a series of operations on data by a computer in order to retrieve or transform or classify information at each step of the warehouse operation has resulted in near perfect inventory accuracy--and shipping errors are a thing of the past." "Our customer's image of us is often guided by the accuracy of promised ship dates," said Ralph Johnson, MIS director, Ansell Corporation, Dothan, AL. "The new release of CA-Warehouse Boss will enhance that image." CA-Warehouse Boss Release 4.1 improves productivity and responsiveness, both within the warehouse and throughout the supply chain: Windows-Based Configurator The Windows configurator is an intuitive interface to help set up CA-Warehouse Boss to display multiple windows, zone definitions, rule sets and item maintenance. Information access is real-time to and from the server. Users are able to view substantially more data on one screen with multiple windows and can select data from a pull-down list with a mouse, for fast and easy creation and maintenance of CA-Warehouse Boss configuration files. CA-Warehouse Boss Workbench CA-Warehouse Boss Workbench includes dynamic links to popular spreadsheets so users can take advantage of standard spreadsheet functionality. Integration of spreadsheet and database capabilities offers an effective data modeling and viewing tool. This results in faster business decisions, enabling companies to compete more effectively. CA-Warehouse Boss Workbench linked to spreadsheets enables users to analyze and manipulate data more effectively. Users can perform "What If" analysis providing warehouse managers with future goal information and predictions at their fingertips "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. . For presentations, they can take full advantage of bar, column, stacked-bar, stacked-column, line, area, pie and three dimensional graphs. Other New Features Include o System-directed radio frequency--CA-Warehouse Boss 4.1 monitors order files and tells each worker via electronic messages the items to pick in priority sequence. "Hot orders" are prioritized dynamically, optimizing pick time and responsiveness. o System-directed stock replenishment--The system analyzes min/max stock levels and directs replenishment during "off-shift" hours to top off the pick line, reducing picking delays during peak shifts, thus supporting faster turnaround on orders. o Demand replenishment--Demand replenishment logic allows the system to dynamically instruct re-stocking of inventory as items are picked. o Interfaces to manufacturing and distribution planning--CA-Warehouse Boss 4.1 receives and ships interplant replenishment orders generated by CA-PRMS Distribution Requirements Planning. CA-Warehouse Boss also issues raw materials and components to and receives production receipts from CA-PRMS: Shop Floor Control. Integration of the links in the supply chain better manages raw materials and finished goods inventories and eliminates dual entry of common activities. From desktop to mainframe, Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CA) leads the world in client/server software. Guided by CA90s open architecture, 8,000 dedicated employees in 30 countries develop, license and support more than 300 integrated products that include systems and database management, application development, financial and manufacturing applications and consumer solutions. The world's major industrial, government and research organizations depend on CA, whose 1994 calendar year revenues exceeded $2.4 billion. -0- All referenced product names are trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Bob Gordon, 516/342-2391 |
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