Based on the priorities of the MAC-PAC XET customer base, TDCI has established formal solution partner relationships with two more leading complementary iSeries solution providers: Varsity Logistics and Quadrant Software. Both suppliers offer straight-forward approaches to integration with ERP solutions like MAC-PAC XE and coordinated support with TDCI.

Varsity Logistics Shipping Solutions

Founded in 1989, Varsity Logistics is the leading provider of shipping software for the IBM iSeries. Varsity's supply chain execution suite helps businesses of all sizes manage the full transportation spectrum of parcel, truckload, and LTL shipments to improve efficiency, eliminate errors, and reduce shipping costs.

Varsity Shipsoft-Parcel automates the entire small package shipping process for domestic and international shipments. It manages the selection of carriers, optimizes shipment pricing, and ensures label and manifest compliance from major carriers, including Airborne, DHL, FedEx, UPS, and the USPS. Optional ShipTalk, ShipPack, ShipSelect , and ShipAudit applications add even more advanced capabilities.

Varsity ShipSoft-Freight automates the weigh, rate, and label functions for LTL, truckload, and rail shipments domestically and to Canada and Mexico , enabling users to select the optimal mode and carrier. ShipSoft-Freight generates pro/tracking numbers, and supports the generation of bills of lading (including VICS) and LTL labels. For companies with more complex shipping rules, it manages complex moves, including multi-stop and cross-border. Optional FreightPlan, FreightAudit , and ShipSelect add other advanced capabilities.

Learn more about Varsity Logistics at: http://www.varsitylogistics.com/

Quadrant Software Electronic Forms and Fax Solutions

Formtastic Fusion5 T lets you design and generate superior forms, checks, and bar code labels from the iSeries. It enables you to improve the appearance of business documents, increase efficiency, reduce costs, and eliminate preprinted forms with one solution. Formtastic can also automatically reformat your spool files and reduce document page counts by 50 - 75% while increasing readability. The solution will output electronic forms as PDF or TIF files and interfaces with popular document imaging and archiving solutions. Formtastic integrates with Quadrant Software's FastFax Family of ProductsT to generate distinctive faxes and emails.

FastFax/Enterprise provides a single fax management solution to fulfill all of your LAN and iSeries 400 fax needs. It is the only turnkey fax solution that will handle all of your fax traffic from one central location including inbound and outbound as well as PC and terminal based. Formtastic eliminates your dependency on stand-alone fax machines, client-based fax solutions, or the need to have separate fax solutions for your different computing platforms. The FastFax E-mail Gateway integrates tightly with Lotus Domino, Microsoft Exchange, and any SMTP server, allowing users to send and receive faxes through their email client mailboxes. FastFax eDocMailT lets end users fax or e-mail MAC-PAC XE and other iSeries generated documents programmatically from an application or interactively.

Formtastic & FastFax are part of a total Electronic Document Distribution solution including electronic forms, enterprise fax & email delivery, and integrations for archiving/imaging.

Learn more about Quadrant Software at: http://www.quadrantsoftware.com/

Learn More

Learn more about MAC-PAC XE integration and availability of these new partner applications by contacting Shelley Horn at shorn@tdci.com.

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