The Synergy of EDI and Data integration
The integrated IBM i standard solution i-effect® creates a central communications platform for your electronic business transactions. i-effect® converts IBM Power Systems (AS/400) raw data into the desired format and and sends it through the appropriate means of transmission to employees, business partners, or anywhere.EDI outsourcing was yesterday
- In house conversion with i-effect® is today
i-effect® converts all of your data in house, unlimited, cost-effective, and without high clearing-center costs. This gives you data security and puts you in charge of your data. Paperless data exchange: without investing in infrastructure and with a qualified signature, consistent with EU regulations.
Within the EU, over 30 billion paper invoices are shipped every year. The costs amount to over 500 billion euros.
Discover the potential of paperless data transmission for:
- Billing
- Orders and order conformation
- Packing lists, Delivery notices, inventory lists
- CAD
- Quality-control Journals
- Documentation
- Production, laboratory, and test reports
- Check Lists
- and many more
i-effect® is Server-based. The solution converts DB2 and ERP data to all EDI formats. Spool, DB2, and IFS data is transmitted in platform independent formats, such as, PDF. Business documents reach their destinations using the internet protocols EDIINT, AS2, HTTP, FTP, SMTP (email, e-fax), or traditional communication methods, such as, X.400 (Telebox) and OFTP. i-effect® compresses the data, to cut down on transmission time and to save storage space. Encryption and digital signatures protect data and data transfer. Automate your business processes with i-effect®. Free up personnel and time for the more productive activities of your business.




