When Volvo Construction Equipment needed to improve dealers' access to its order management systems just under two years ago it chose Flynet to implement a new browser-based interface to the existing AS400 / iSeries -based applications. The project originally began as an urgent 'quick fix' needed in the company's European Region, but following rapid uptake amongst the dealers soon grew into a global access solution.

Now an additional new multi-part ordering module has enabled dealers to place priority orders for multiple parts through the same intuitive interface, saving time by by-passing a repetitive and time-consuming entry process.

“After our first positive experience with Flynet we returned for another solution. The multi-part look-up facility in the earlier version of the system has proven so useful that we had dealers request that we build the same functionality into the high priority ordering process. An ability to lookup and order multiple parts in one step would save our dealers more time”

Larry Fultz, E-commerce Project Manager at Volvo Construction Equipment North America

Flynet uses a web-to-host gateway to convert the underlying application's 'green screens' into intuitive HTML web pages which dealers can access using a standard web browser and internet connection. The solution has no impact whatsoever on the existing AS400 / iSeries application, so earlier investment in the business logic built into it has not been lost, and the cost and time involved in implementing the new solution has been minimal.