SHIMS (Supply House Information Management System) is a comprehensive management application package designed especially for hardgoods distributors and wholesalers. Taking full advantage of the latest RISC-based processors, SHIMS allows distributors to fully control their entire business by combining the Universe 4GL environment with the IBM/U2 Software's UniVerse post-relatiional database. The system is designed to completely automate the day-to-day tasks of a distributor including sales, return goods, accounts receivable, accounts payable, purchasing, branch transfers, inventory control, general ledger, EDI functionality, Desqtop faxing and all the associated inquiries and reports.
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Reliable and Flexible Foundation for Business Solutions
Successful businesses continually push themselves to find ways to maximize their effectiveness and reduce costs. UniVerse maximizes return on investment and is built to keep costs low, delivering uncompromising reliability and power with the features that successful businesses need.
UniVerse offers a unique combination of an intuitive development environment and a powerful, reliable data engine. It is easy to embed in an application and delivers high-performance and high scalability in a small footprint. On top of that, it's very easy to use and administer.
Based on technology newer than the relational model, UniVerse uses XML-like data structures resulting in fewer tables, fewer joins and better performance.
Highlights
- Provides intuitive database design and high performance data access
- Secures data through encryption and authentication
- Ensures high availability through data replication
- Enables access via a variety of APIs, protocols, frameworks and architectures
- Provides flexible data storage choices for maximum interoperability
- Accelerates time to market and lowers TCO for business solutions