| Technology > C, VC++, EVC > ABS | |  | The Customer
The client is one of the leading manufacturing units in The Netherlands. Its IT division has developed a software application that is indented to provide an intuitive solution for clients (wholesalers for products) to manage, record, and analyze the sales, distribution, and order fulfillment of parts. | The Challenge
One component of this process is the distribution of these manufacturing items. For this distribution, client would like to include a delivery route-planning module. This module will facilitate the dispatch managers in scheduling routes for delivery cars. This module will be made available in conjunction with the main product, and has the potential to add significant value to the overall usefulness of the primary functionality to provide the route planner in intelligent/dynamic and real time mode.
The solution is required to fulfill two objectives:
 | | It should cater to the most important requirements to help users utilizing the product, with the Windows based client/server application and interaction to the main product through web services.
| | | | It should provide mobility for the utilizing it on anywhere-anytime basis, through GPRS and GPS techniques. | |
The Solution
The solution is provided as three components:
| | | The Server component, which is the heart of the solution and the server functionality for the solution. It hosts all the components required to provide different functionalities, which includes the routing engine. The solution leverages .NET technology to provide usability of these functions to the outer world. The multi-layered architecture provides the best through put in executions as well as maintenance. The server also exposes a set of web services for Order feasibility as well as synchronization of data from mobile PDA clients. These services can be accessed by any registered client in a secured manner to schedule Order.
| | | | The Client component, which provides the rich client interface that can be used by the Dispatcher department users for managing the Order Dispatch and optimize the delivery schedules. The client application also includes functionality of map reports, and vans positioning at any given time. | | | | The Mobile component, which provides the mobility to the overall solution. The drivers can use these mobile PDAs (like QTek’s GPRS/GSM based Pocket PCs) to have the route downloaded, and can also update the status of Order deliveries in the Pocket PC application. The application uses third party controls to display the maps and routing direction reports to assist the driver in best possible manner. It also updates the server for Order delivery status and current positioning (through interfacing with GPS devices) using secured web services on periodic basis. This communication is based on GPRS network. | |
Benefits
The solution has provided the following benefits to their overall process improvement:
During the implementation of the solution on client’s end, Gateway's team has proven to be the best support team to cater client’s needs. The team has executed the development and deployment in well planned manner and with full synchronization with client timings. In the stipulated time, the team has implemented the solution and demonstrated the excellence in development, quality delivery as well as withstanding support for deployment. | | | |
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