The customer is a freight forwarder who ships freight around the world.
PFE had a program written for them by ACAN Systems Ltd call AcanGold. This was implemented using Microsoft Access, PC Anywhere and Visual Basic.
The system has fallen into disfavour, primarily due to the complications of installing PC Anywhere, but possibly due to other, unspecified inadequacies.
The system must replace the functionality of ACAN gold whilst not requiring any 'special' setup. In other words the system needs to conform to the 'common web platform' which we will define as:
The system must enable importers to send purchase orders to suppliers via their agents.
It must track shipments from initiation to delivery.
It must allow for download of data to Microsoft Access 7 format databases.
The system is intended for use by the following users:
The system will provides the following services to each group of users:
There is no requirement to upload legacy data, all data will be entered into the system manually.
There is a requirement to be able to download the data in a format readable by Microsoft Access.
As the project architecture requires postgres, webmacro and Apache JServ the ISP must be able to support these technologies.
The system should be available 24 hours, 7 days a week.
The system should be installed with an ISP who is known to have good global coverage, as the system is for use in Europe and Asia.
Document Dated: Tue Mar 30 19:39:28 1999 by TimP
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