EXTOL Announces EDI Integrator Version 6.2 with New Dashboard that Increases Information Visibility
Outward Facing Departments Now Have Real Time Views of
Partner Processes, Events and Transactions
POTTSVILLE, Pennsylvania, March 11, 2008 – EXTOL today announced the release of the latest version of EXTOL EDI Integrator (EEI), Release 6.2. The highlight of the release is the capability to configure dashboards for viewing real time, specific data about partner transactions, processes, compliance and events. The new feature allows business views of supply chain activity and integration processes supporting orders, shipments, deliveries, payments, etc. Dashboards can be configured to meet individual needs down to the single user level.
EDI Integrator, the innovation leader in EDI software for the i5/OS environment, integrates seamlessly with user application data, regardless of platform. It automates processing of both standard and non-standard business transactions, in a straight-through fashion.
Users in outward facing departments, such as customer service and sales, can easily configure their EEI V6.2 dashboards to provide snapshot views of EDI data, processes and events. This includes, but is not limited to, detailed information about orders placed, orders shipped and transaction turn around time for specific partner accounts.
“The significance of this new functionality,” said Mark Denchy, Director, Product Management for EXTOL, “is that end users in the line of business departments can spot exceptions and errors immediately. Monitoring of partner compliance, response times and other supply chain performance parameters is straightforward. As a result, EXTOL customers can manage by exception, rather than by brute-force administration.”
“EDI Integrator has always been invaluable as an EDI transaction manager,” continued Denchy,” Now the EEI dashboard adds a new dimension of visibility and manageability business professionals, who can use it to manage customer and supplier account relationships.”
“Initial user feedback has been extremely positive,” reported Denchy. “It’s a novel experience for non-IT people to be able to have a near real-time view of operations, and to have the data they need to make decisions and respond proactively, versus reacting long after the fact to a situation..”
In addition to the dashboard, the new release of EEI includes functionality allowing users to better manage trading partner information, and more effectively deal with transaction errors and messaging.
Other business integration software products available from EXTOL include Business Integrator, Data Synchronizer, Portal and Secure. EXTOL Business Integrator, the company’s flagship product, enables any-to-any transformation across applications and platforms, both internal and external to the user’s organization, enabling trading agility and high visibility into valuable data.
For more information about Release 6.2 of EDI Integrator, please contact EXTOL at 201.847.1200 or info@EXTOL.com.
About EXTOL International, Inc.
EXTOL International, Inc. is a leading provider of B2B integration application software for resource-constrained companies that want to integrate demand-driven supply chains. EXTOL solutions are ready-to-use applications that target multiple B2B and internal challenges with a common integration platform that empowers existing IT teams to respond rapidly to new business opportunities and demands. EXTOL solutions are also available preconfigured to address specific electronic commerce applications including EDI, AS2, XML, data synchronization (1SYNC) and the integration and management capabilities required to take full advantage of supply chain functionality. For more information, please visit www.EXTOL.com.
