The importance of mastering the programming language of your ERP

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The importance of mastering the programming language of your ERP

updated May 24, 2008 12:28 am | 5,050 views

There are hundreds of documents and titles talking about the characteristics an ERP must have, of the things every CIO needs to put special attention in order to make the appropriate choice, of the pros and cons of a world class brand; of how to acquire process aligning tools and not only a software, of the implementation process errors and so on. But almost nobody talks about the importance of knowing the ERPs programming language, being it a focal piece in the success of its good functionality. 'Modifying my ERP? That is what the manufacturer or consultant does Regularly when you have an ERP and you wish or have the need to make special modifications due that your business processes are specific, or just because you call partners to your clients and that is what you wish for it to appear on you accounts catalog; always you need to call on the consultant, and in worst cases the manufacturer. This makes you company wait for a third party, without mentioning the costs it carries. I know a case of an important department store in Mexico that has consultants of the company implanting work permanently for over more than three years, because of the countless new developments and adaptations, can you imagine the amount of money invested during this time? Now try and imagine the benefits of this same company if it knew and mastered its ERP programming language, it would achieve independence, its personnel would feel more

comfortable by knowing what and how to do it, they would save tremendous amounts of money and in addition the work team would be more valuable for the company. This is what you can achieve. Of course there are ERPs with complex programming languages, that have the option to modify only a few things or its SDK is very expensive, some brands even offer the training courses once every six months or its courses are very expensive. Evaluate each manufacturer. The Power At your reach' [Intelisis]http://www.intelisis.com is among the ERP companies that have their own programming language. Its programming language is of second tier and its base is Delphi. With it all the ERP modifications are made, without the need to wait for the following version or update. The Intelisis SDK language compasses more than 400 functions that are used in the programming language; in addition it has its own characteristics in the objects and instructions to modify fields in other tables without any complexity. SDK has wizards that allow the SDK to read the SQL table and translate it to the Intelsis SDK language. This array of wizards allows to quickly generating a front end for the user, making the task of development / programming way easier. It has its own features that allow inserting and modifying the data with just placing a button with the features name, all of this without the programmer worrying about a series of validations that usually need to be taken into account in any other programming language. In addition, you can generate a completely new module without the need to make a new data compilation since Intelisis takes the new object automatically and adapts it problem-free, this represents the generations of a DLL or new executable with any other programming language. When the user acquires the SDK it obtains the ERPs original objects in such a way that these can be completely modified; if the case arises where you or any of your people create a modifications that generates error or it definitely is not working as intended, you will not need to worry, because in the executable of the Intelisis ERP the forms are uploaded, thus the system detects that you made a change and it irons it showing it to the user, this way you can undo any modification by just removing the object and the system will refresh the Intelisis Screen. This provides trust and security for the user. The Intelisis SDK truly eases the adaptation of the ERP, because even if the user wishes, it can make it look completely personalized without putting the BD and its functionality at risk. In short, knowing the programming language of your ERP you would benefit from: 1. Save-up time in the interfaces development. 2. Ease to learn. The wizards guide you, thus making the tool simple to use, the secret is getting to know the functions and the ERP. 3. Ease and guarantee when adapting the ERP 4. The option to undo you modifications without consequences. 5. Immediate response to your company needs 6. Infinite options to develop and generate

7. Independence from the manufacturer or / and consultant

Now that you know, dont go in search of brands, processes or features, evaluate the programming language of the ERPs and make sure that your technological choice will adapt to the changes needed by your company.

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