Modern software systems are no longer isolated solutions. Data exchange with other IT systems is not only necessary to ensure clean functionality. Networked systems are the basic prerequisite for automated, cross-domain processes, which are increasingly shaping the professional world of today. MD-Premium is no exception. The system exchanges information with a wide range of IT solutions. Warehouse data from barcode scanners, sales information from cash registers, time recording data from digital time clocks or data aggregations in BI or OLAP systems are just a few examples of how MD-Premium exchanges data with other systems.
With its REST API, the Webservice Application Framework (WSA) offers a modern and flexible way to connect electronic systems based on web services. The REST API allows controlled access to the entire business logic of MD-Premium. The possibilities of the WSA therefore go far beyond those of an ordinary data interface. In fact, the Multidata web client uses the REST interface to retrieve data and control the system. Together with the extensibility typical for MD-Premium, the WSA opens up almost endless possibilities for integration and data exchange.
Use the web client of MD-Premium and extend it with your own requirements, just as you are already used to with the Windows client. Connect external databases, analytics platforms, and electronic devices of all kinds to MD-Premium to ensure the necessary data exchange with the outside world. Integrate parts of the MD-Premium database and business logic into external web applications and mobile apps to enrich them with ERP functionality.
If data exchange and integration are a major concern for you, the REST API of the Web Service Application Framework provides you with all the options you need to integrate MD-Premium into your IT landscape and develop it into a valuable data hub for your company processes.
REST Interface
REST is a globally standardized paradigm for creating and implementing digital interfaces. The big advantage of REST is its simplicity, compared to other methods.
Since REST is recognized and used worldwide, there is not only an unmanageable number of software products and devices that master this standard. There also is no shortage of specialists with the necessary skills to carry out an integration based on this standard. And thanks to the simplicity and clarity, these integrations are quick to accomplish.
The REST interface of MD-Premium offers secure access, not only to the data in the system, but also to the entire business logic. The integration therefore does not take place at the data level, but at the application level, which opens up enormous possibilities for how MD-Premium can be embedded in your IT and process landscape.
Web client
Modern user concepts cannot avoid mobile scenarios. With the WSA, you implicitly get a complete, web-based user interface for working with MD-Premium. This web client is largely feature-compatible with the classic Windows client, and offers additional, mobile-centric features that cannot be implemented in the Windows client due to their mobile character.
The web client is based on the Angular framework and has been built according to the latest design standards. It can be run on all common platforms and on all common browsers. And in accordance with the ubiquitous "mobile first" doctrine, of course also on mobile devices such as tablets or smartphones.
By using so-called user and customer contexts, you can specify for each resource resp. function in MD-Premium whether it should only be visible to internal users, or whether it should also be displayed in the MD-Premium customer portal and accessible by customers.
B2B Webshop
eCommerce is one of the biggest growth drivers of the global economy and there is hardly a business entity left which does not have a website and a web shop to sell goods and services.
MD-Premium WSA is equipped with a full-fledged B2B web shop that leaves nothing to be desired in terms of an eCommerce platform. The big advantage of this solution is the direct integration of the shop into the ERP module. While conventional stand-alone solutions work with data synchronizations, the WSA web shop retrieves the data directly and in real time from the ERP database.
This ensures that all data displayed to the customer in the web shop is correct. It is ensured that all ancillary aspects resulting from the composition of an order (e.g. small quantity surcharge) are accurately taken into account. It is ensured that the information in the web shop and on the later invoice is congruent and that there are no unpleasant surprises.
And by using the WSA web shop, you eliminiate the need for an additional product that has to be integrated into your ERP system at great financial expense.
Other Features
Mobile functionalities
Mobile functionalities
Workflows specially tailored to mobile devices, such as reading article information via barcode, mobile inventory, warehouse picking and goods registration.
Customer portal
Customer portal
Comprehensive self-service portal to enter service tickets, register newsletters, attend training courses and view order history. The functionality of the portal can be individually extended by using the Customer Context.
Kanban
Kanban
The web client allows the use of Kanban boards to manage process flows. By default, Kanban boards are used in ticket management, but can also be used in other areas (e.g. production orders) if required.
Online-Doku
Online-Doku
Flexible online documentation tool for extensive product documentation of products and services you offer. Allows multilingualism, versioning and modularization. A built-in revision and approval process protects against manipulation.
Mobile functionalities
Mobile functionalities
Workflows specially tailored to mobile devices, such as reading article information via barcode, mobile inventory, warehouse picking and goods registration.
Customer portal
Customer portal
Comprehensive self-service portal to enter service tickets, register newsletters, attend training courses and view order history. The functionality of the portal can be individually extended by using the Customer Context.
Kanban
Kanban
The web client allows the use of Kanban boards to manage process flows. By default, Kanban boards are used in ticket management, but can also be used in other areas (e.g. production orders) if required.
Online-Doku
Online-Doku
Flexible online documentation tool for extensive product documentation of products and services you offer. Allows multilingualism, versioning and modularization. A built-in revision and approval process protects against manipulation.
The product matrix shows all MD Premium features and which module must be licensed in order to use the relevant functionality.