| Overview.
Associated Co-operative Creameries (ACC) was
created in 1972 and is now one of the longest established dairy operations in the country.
ACC has over 2,500 employees and an annual turnover of £1.2 billion and supplies some of
the largest names in the country such as Somerfield, Morrisions, Netto and Co-op. The
company boasts the most modern raw milk quality control and product testing facilities
available, as well as one of the "most up to date dairy systems in the
country"
The Business Challenge.
Jonathan Farmer, Technical Development Analyst described
their situation:
"ACC moved their financial application to a Client
Server environment using SQL Server as the database. Our critical order processing and
distribution applications still reside on VAX and Alpha systems with RMS data files.
We needed a seamless way to keep both applications in
sync without disrupting our business!"
The Solution.
"We used CONNX
for RMS provided by Generix with Visual Basic to develop a Client Server
application to simultaneously update and maintain our RMS data files and SQL
Server.We evaluated CONNX for RMS against our existing ODBC driver which we had
encountered problems with performance, maintenance and support.
We found that CONNX
is fast, secure, scaleable and easy to use.CONNX also proved to be effortless to
set up, deploy and has performed very well by simply doing everything we expected it
to."
Vendor Support.
"Support from Generix has been excellent. Any issues
have been resolved quickly and accurately. Whenever we have had any problems the support
specialists have been easy to contact and proactive in making sure our questions were
answered promptly. "
Benefits Achieved.
CONNX provides a seamless way to keep both applications in
sync without disrupting the business.
- CONNX provides enhanced reporting to users increasing
information availability.
- CONNX replaced the need to learn low level API
programming.
- CONNX enables ACC to retain the investment in their
existing business systems.
The Future.
ACC are now investigating developing an Intranet /
Extranet using CONNX and ASP (Active Server Pages) to distribute and publish information.
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