newlook
and centric increase productivity by 30%
Background
Based in Bangkok, Thailand,
Metro
Systems Corporation Public Company Limited
is one of Thailand's largest hardware and software
suppliers, with many years experience in software
integration.
Challenge
Metro is a user of the Infinium application including
modules for Human Resources, Purchase Order and
Finance running on the IBM iSeries platform. Besides
providing a modern User Interface to their green
screen application, Metro has utilized newlook
and centric to further improve
their business processes.
The Infinium
Purchase
Order system
involved
a tedious
process where
approval
managers
had to login
to the green
screen application
which was
incompatible
with the
Windows based
email system.
To view the
details of
the purchase
requisition,
users had
to navigate
multiple
green screens.
It was slow
and unnecessarily
tedious and
managers
ran the risk
of approving
purchases
without having
full and
complete
information.
Further,
approval
managers
were not
notified
when there
was an outstanding
request,
causing unnecessary
delays and
frustration.
Solution
Infinium is written in traditional RPG and is
used by more than one thousand companies globally.
centric’s ability to integrate
disparate applications allows business processes
to be streamlined without requiring changes to
the underlying applications.
Mr. Chumnan Aungkanawarangkana, IT Manager of
Metro Systems said, "We used newlook
and centric to improve our business
processes and reduce complexity of the iSeries
applications on the web. newlook
& centric helped us to reduce
the time taken in our Purchase Order approval
process. Approvers are now notified by e-mail
with a URL link to access the iSeries application."
Because of its ease of use and user friendly
functionality, newlook’s
dynamic architecture has provided Metro with a
working solution much more quickly than the more
complex alternatives. centric’s
database integration, web services and application
integration features ensure that future business
needs will be relatively easily incorporated.
Benefits
The streamlined application notifies approval
managers by email when a purchase requisition
is raised. The approval manager opens the email
and clicks the embedded URL which presents the
modernized UI and displays all related purchase
requisition information.
The modernized UI uses centric
programmatic integration support to transparently
navigate the Infinium application screens, collect
the relevant data and present a single unified
UI. When approved, another email is triggered
immediately informing relevant users that the
requisition has been approved.
A summary of the key business benefits
achieved is:
- Streamlined Purchase Order approval process,
resulting in a 30% productivity improvement
- Reduced complexity and risk associated without
changing
existing host application
- Reduced costs by reusing the existing host
application
- Improved business communication
- Reduced costs through simplified web deployment.
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