Datatex 4.0.0.0 ERP Software for Apparel Industry

NOW Release 4.0.0.0 – the technology

Datatex is excited to announce the availability of NOW Release 4.0.0.0 which represents a “small revolution” of our technology. The Datatex LAB is consistently working to produce the next big change. The new release contains many significant functional and application enhancements and additions . This document  is about the technology.  The new release 4.0.0.0 is again a proof or Datatex continuous commitment to stay up to date with technology along with its unique vertical functionality.

NOW release 4.0.0.0 is compatible with:

-          J2SE 7.0 up and J2EE 6.0 on

-          JBoss: EAP 6.1.0 or community 7.2.0.G.A

-          Clear Report version 13

Thanks to the new adopted standard above, programming has become simpler enabling customization of an object only where needed instead of in the full class chain. An example will helps understand this feature. Suppose we have four classes in cascade and that we need to customize only the fourth one. With the previous standard the programmers were forced to modify all the four classes. With the new release it is possible to intervene and customize only the fourth classes. This saves programming activities which is also reflected to our customers. Customization could be easier and more efficient.

The “extension of the entity bean” available in the new release allows to add new fields to an existing entity. For example if we need to add new information to the business partner  master file we can “extend” this class using it with the new field like if the new fields were created originally by the lab. The use of the “additional data” allows the same but the AD as we know may have some constrains. On the other hand to extend an existing  class requires to write code, not needed if we use the AD. Depending on the cases both possibilities are now available.

NOW release 4.0.0.0 has adopted the concept of “Referential Integrity”  (Referential integrity is a property of data which, when satisfied, requires every value of one attribute (column) of a relation (table) to exist as a value of another attribute in a different (or the same) relation (table). For referential integrity to hold in a relational database, any field in a table that is declared a foreign key can contain either a null value, or only values from a parent table's primary key or a candidate key. Source: Wikipedia)

 In the  previous  NOW versions this concept was activated at the “application” level. The referential integrity in NOW release 4.0.0.0  has been included also at the database level.

Another relevant aspect of NOW release 4.0.0.0 is the performance improvement. .NOW performance has been improved by 10%-20% compared to the previous NOW release with no hardware, application server nor database configuration changes. For some particular functions the level of improvement is close to 50%! 

The utilization of the “Referential Integrity” improves the overall NOW performance.

NOW Release 4.0.0.0 – the desktop
Portals are the current web standard. What is a web portal?  " a  web portal is a website that brings information together from diverse sources in a uniform way. Usually, each information source gets its dedicated area on the page for displaying information (a portlet); often, the user can configure which ones to display. (Wikipedia)

NOW release 4.0.0.0 can be configured in this way. Desktops can be organized arranging pre-defined or customized tiles-icons according to the individual  user's  needs and preferences. The Tiles-icons can activate NOW entries ( sales orders, inventory, production orders, sales reports….. or different applications like weather forecast or news sites ). Below an example of new NOW “standard desktop”.

The current NOW menu is also available as an option with some minor changes. Below an example.

Search windows above each column

The new NOW Release 4.0.0 UI provides filters above each column of a collection without having to open the pop up filter window.

The pop up filter window is still always available

EDMS (Electronic Document Management System) in NOW
This function allows to store, search, print and re-print documents created in NOW. For example ability to view invoices ( note: the original pdf document) filtered by a certain customer and to print them directly from the collection.

The following documents are currently supported:

• Production Order
• Sales Order (Order, Confirmation)
• Sales Document (Shipping, Invoice, Claim, etc)
• Sales Claim
• Internal Order
• Internal Document
• Internal Return Document
• Purchase Order
• External Operation Document
• External Operation Order
• Purchase Return Document

                                                                                                              

The documents stored can be also transferred to the new Datatex integrated CRM module.

Learn more about datatex at their website at 

www.datatex.com

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