Summit 2007: Get Connected W618 – Array Development Update Fred Welles, Jim Beitmann, and Jay Chacko Development and Product Management With more than 225 active Array customers, Array’s future development is a vital component of Activant’s development strategy. In this keynote address, Fred Welles, director of Array development, teams up with Jayan Chacko, strategic product manager for Array, and Jim Beitmann, senior development engineer, to provide a high-level overview of Array’s development plans. They will introduce key goals for the Array version 11.0 and 12.0 releases, discuss the development strategy for the Trading Partner Connect and B2B Seller integrations, and offer insight into the future direction of Array. Pre-requisites: None Wednesday, 3:45 p.m. Congratulations to our clients Thank you for your loyalty throughout the years
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Summit 2007: Get Connected
W618 – Array Development Update
Fred Welles, Jim Beitmann, and Jay ChackoDevelopment and Product Management
With more than 225 active Array customers, Array’s future development is a vital component of Activant’s development strategy. In this keynote address, Fred Welles, director of Array development, teams up with Jayan Chacko, strategic product manager for Array, and Jim Beitmann, senior development engineer, to provide a high-level overview of Array’s development plans. They will introduce key goals for the Array version 11.0 and 12.0 releases, discuss the development strategy for the Trading Partner Connect and B2B Seller integrations, and offer insight into the future direction of Array.
Stay on the course as initially communicatedContinue to develop and support each UNIX solutionIntegrations into Activant B2B Seller and Trading Partner ConnectProvide releases every 12 – 18 months
Conduct secure, online transactionsGive customers password-protected loginsEnable customers to enter orders online Provide around-the-clock customer service Maintain customer favorites lists Publish online catalogs Fully integrated with your business system
EMBRACE charter: Ensuring our programs, communications, and strategies fall in line with the needs of specific customer groupsYour EMBRACE Advocate is – Dale Miller
Array was born in 1991Beta site – North Coast ElectricPlatform – Data General MV (proprietary OS language COBOL)
Array UNIX 1995 (introduction of IBM platform)Y2K Compatibility 1999 Release 6.0Release 7.0 and 8.0 skipped (Trade Power) to synchronize with other TP software productsReleases 9.0 – 12.0 general features and functionality
Improved “GO TO” functionalityBuilt-in simple e-mail and faxInterface to customer and employee contact tables to provide searching in e-mail and faxProgram name search in GOTO functionalityDo not have to be at a menu to go to another program and program returns where it left off when finished
Improved user-defined menusArrow key navigation to move up, down, left, and right
Ability to create a flat file from a quote and import to a contractAbility to mass maintenance any field in a contractAbility to fax optio invoicesRecord deletion of orders or specific order lines in quality system with reason codeAutomatic miscellaneous charges and the ability to tie a miscellaneous charge to an order line
Secure constants in OE and billing at user level in addition to system levelTransaction audit updating in billing moved to totaling phaseNew program FNDBTN allows user to keyword search bill-to information for orders such as cash sales billed under a generic customer, etcRestrict printing of “today’s orders” by userAR Notepad Purge
Ability to move quotes and orders from one job account to anotherAdded time and user to sales order status displayCustomer pricing comparatorNew quality subsystem CMAbility to control price and cost overrides by line buy
Purchase order status inquiryAbility to re-sequence lines on a POPO notes by typeBatch code for inventory adjustments now automatically contains user IDAbility to toggle screen display in TPO maintenance to obtain additional informationAdditional EDI quality events report success or failure of transactions and reasons
Feature set definition Development of product contract and management of the roll-out planEnsure all Activant departments are ready to deliver and support the new features
E-mail sent to critical Activant peopleRequest stored in databaseReview the requests on a periodic basisFeatures put in ranking list on the Customer Web SiteHighest ranked features considered for next release
New Features: 11.0 and 12.0 Highlights –Thursday, 8:30 a.m. AUG Business Process Showcase: The Power of Array – Thursday, 12:15 p.m.Open Forum: Drive Array Future Product Development – Friday, 9:45 p.m.
W618 – Keynote: Array Development UpdateFred Welles, Jim Beitmann, and Jay ChackoPlease submit the Session Feedback Form
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