User`s guide

PC*MILER-AS/400 MVS User’s Guide 8
Figure 1.1 illustrates a typical PC*MILER application stack at a customer site,
before installation of the MVS. There are three versions of PC*MILER which are
accessed manually (through PC*MILER’s Graphical User Interface) and one
version integrated via PC*MILER|Connect.
To improve the business scenario above, ALK developed the MVS to allow
customers to run all of the associated versions on one server, as well as have one
connection point into their Transportation Management System (see Figure 1.2
below). Customers benefit operationally from the fact that all of the versions run
on the same server, with the associated cost benefits of reduced hardware
purchasing and decreased cost in hardware maintenance.
In addition, there is a reduction in manual PC*MILER or PC*MILER|Tolls
interventions which can be excessive due to customer requirements for multiple
versions. The only thing that changes in the MVS scenario is that the TMS needs
to pass a parameter identifying the version the customer is utilizing. This
parameter can be carried on the customer record in the database. The parameter is
passed to the MVS, which then returns the data associated with that version.
Figure 1.2
Figure 1.2 illustrates a PC*MILER application stack at a customer site, with MVS
installed. There are six versions of PC*MILER, all loaded on one server and
accessed by the TMS through one integration point.
Transportation
Management System
ALK’s
PC*MILER|Connect
(Integrated)
SERVER A
PC*MILER 21.0
PC*MILER 22.0
PC*MILER 23.0
PC*MILER 24.0
PC*MILER 25.0
PC*MILER 26.0