Third Party Software - Chicago IBMi (AS400) JBA Consultant

JBA System21 Specialists

Toby Schofield is owner of Third Party Software Catalyst which provides consultancy and programming services on the AS/400 platform. He has a great deal of experience customizing functions and integrating third party products to core systems like JBA.

The Third Party Website website was launched back in 2002. The website design remit was very simple - Toby wanted a basic and clean looking website with few pages and no "twiddly bits" - So that's what we gave him: Simple HTML with (only a very slight twiddle) a drop down DHTML menu and a little bit of FLASH animation to liven things up slightly. 

Simple but effective.

Feb 2010 Update: It was time for something new so we rebuilt the 3PSC website using Drupal 6.5 - Once again, a simple and straightforward Drupal integration using a standard Drupal theme. Core modlues included CKEDITOR, VIEWS, IMAGEFIELD, XMLSITEMAP, TWITTER and a few others. We think its a big improvement and looks just as simple but even more effective:

Core JBA systems generally need a certain degree of customization to meet your specific business needs and Toby specializes in the design and implementation of these customizations, making sure they fit seamlessly into the functionality and look and feel of the core system.

These are examples of recent issues addressed by 3psc:

• PKMS integration issues with partial transactions (Purchasing/SOP).
• Manipulate sequence of shop floor documentation from Manufacturing (Operation sequence).
• Attach purchase orders to work orders to avoid sub contract function.
• Inquiries/Reports to detail specific MRP results with out running MRP.
• Very fast run time reports/inquiries with flexible, generic selection criteria.
• More specific reports to reduce cross reference to understand results.
• User defined entry to System/21 with environment/Company.
• Additional rules applied to warehousing for cross docking etc.
• General bug fixing/enhancements in all applications.

If you need help or are looking for advice with any JBA or INFOR system then Contact Toby Schofield here