Data Communication Solutions (DCS) is proud to announce that we have partnered with 1 EDI Source (recently purchased by Epicor). This allows us to offer an additional EDI translator to companies looking to add EDI. 1 EDI Source offers a full suite of innovated EDI software that can handle a variety of tasks reliably and
As you work with Gentran Director or Server, you might encounter “stuck documents” – in other words, documents that are unable to move anywhere. These may appear greyed out or with an asterisk in front of them. If you’re having this issue, here are some steps you can take. In Gentran, go to View >
IBM has announced an update to the certificates used to identify their servers that receive documents via HTTPS. These new certificates use the SHA 2 algorithm for better security and are issued by a new signing authority. If you use the IBM Supply Chain Business Network, it’s important that you inform your team responsible for
Business Need Indiana Automotive Fasteners, Inc. is a company headquartered in Greenfield, Indiana that produces fasteners for the automotive industry. They were unable to communicate with key customers in Mexico and Europe, including Volkswagen, Tesla, Honda, and Toyota. This put a strain on Indiana Automotive’s business as they were unable to deliver their products, resulting
IBM’s Sterling Information Brokers VAN (AKA SIB) is announcing a planned maintenance window from 1:00 AM to 6:00 AM Eastern Time on Sunday, July 24, 2016. Impact: Any clients using SIB VAN may receive error messages and may need to resend transmissions to SIB which originate during this window. SIB will queue all outbound transmissions
Business Need Indiana Automotive Fasteners, Inc. is a company headquartered in Greenfield, Indiana that produces fasteners for the automotive industry. They were unable to communicate with key customers in Mexico and Europe, including Volkswagen, Tesla, Honda, and Toyota. This put a strain on Indiana Automotive’s business as they were unable to deliver their products, resulting
IBM periodically evaluates their products and discontinues support for their older production versions. Currently, IBM will no longer offer support for Gentran:Server for Microsoft Windows versions 5.0j and 5.1, Gentran:Server for iSeries version 3.4, Gentran:Server for UNIX version 6.0.2, and Gentran for z/OS version 6.4. Data Communication Solutions (DCS) recommends users of IBM’s Sterling Gentran:Server
There is a new URL for the support portal used by Gentran:Server and Sterling B2B Integrator users. We can send you the URL by email. Click here. Our DCS EDI Specialists work with your existing network; we do not sell networks or systems, and are available to assist you with all your EDI support needs.
ENI-JR286, an importer and distributor of consumer products sold through mass merchants uses Oracle’s E-Business Suite™ (E-BS). They approached Data Communication Solutions (DCS) to convert its B2B document exchange to use the EDI and XML Gateway (IBM Gentran:Server™ for Microsoft Windows Server 201x™). Previously, they used a custom extract-transfer-load (ETL) process written by an overseas
Over time, you may notice your Gentran install does not run as smooth as it once did. The likely culprit is a database that has become corrupt with bad data. The bad data is referred to as “orphan records.” Why? When you delete entries outside of the Interchange Summary section, you create orphan records in
