Cases for the iSeries platform

Web enabling, language support and full ERP conversion

Year

2002

Client

Shell International

Industry

Service co-ordination

Country

UK

Profile

Shell Consumer is a business unit in the Shell organization with a global portfolio of 115,000 employees in 145 countries. Shell Consumer is represented in 25 countries focusing on development of new business areas offering products and services for the home - from natural gas and electricity to fuels and lubricants.

Challenge

Expansion in Europe via subsidiaries necessitating multiple languages and call centre access to the existing green screen business application.

Solution

iSeries2web was used to web enable existing ERP system (100 % conversion) reusing business logic from the green screen application (BPR). New enhancements were added with graphical user interface complimenting the existing workflow.

Result

A full browser integration was established offering 3rd party data access via XML (suppliers and customers) based on the language support module offered by iSeries2web. Expansion plans in Europe and beyond...