Re: Looking for GUI software for a metal processing shop

[Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx>]

Work Order processing is often one of those cases where package software fails to meet requirements.  If this comes down to needing a bid for custom software, I'd be interested in responding.  

My response would be to keep the database and applications under the IBM i native virtual machine, and using a high-performance browser interface, rather than offloading data or workloads to a different platform.

Nathan.





----- Original Message ----
From: James Rich <james@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: midrange-l <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 6, 2009 11:50:12 AM
Subject: Looking for GUI software for a metal processing shop

Hi everyone,

I have a customer that needs a program that tracks specifications, testing 
results, job steps, and procedures for parts that are in a job (work 
order).  It must be a graphical program as they need to attach photographs 
as part of the specifications.  They have found a software vendor who 
sells software that meets their needs, but it also replaces everything 
their AS/400 currently does and they don't want to move off of the AS/400. 
So they are looking for a software package that can fulfill this 
"traveler" need and integrates with the System i so that they can continue 
to use it for everything else.

Are you aware of any software that meets the above requirements?  It
doesn't necessarily have to run on the System i, but it must integrate
with it.

James Rich

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