ASCTrac® Cloud Computing and SaaS
Cloud Based Solutions for Warehouse Management, Distribution, and Manufacturing
Cloud Computing and SaaS Deployments:
While you are considering WMS or manufacturing software, there are certain features
and deployment methods that you will want to compare. You will also need to compare
how much experience that the software vendor has in that particular industry or
business model. ASC has had years of experience both in the supply chain industry
and in cloud computing (all of our enterprise clients are deployed in a cloud based
mode.) Adding to this, ASC supports cloud-based "software as a service" (SaaS) for
mission critical operations.
ASC provides cloud based experience for mission critical operations:
"Cloud computing" can best be described as a deployment strategy where IT services
and hardware are being provided from a different location than where the actual
end user is located, and it generally means that a public network (the internet)
is used to connect the users to the servers.
Our ASCTrac® SaaS cloud computing model has been carefully defined to guarantee
a true business-class system to insure customer confidence for mission critical
operations in global markets. SaaS deployments can never be more mission-critical
than when a WMS (Warehouse Management System) is used for your operations. Therefore,
it MUST be running for you to operate your business.
ASC solutions have always been focused on robust solutions for the supply chain.
That is why we include so many features in our solutions to support mission critical
operations. There are no surprises or hidden costs. This has created a very positive
difference for our customers and what separates us from the low-end "web-based"
SaaS systems.
ASC SaaS (cloud) deployments are cost effective, support the "no large capital"
investment, and the server hardware is supported and backed-up by an off-site IT
team utilizing redundant servers to guarantee uptime. We provide a full-featured
Tier 1 WMS solution for 3PL's, distributors, and manufacturers that will function
in the most demanding situations. Our solutions provide a full intelligent tool
that has been refined over twenty years. The fast speed, the reliability, and the
user interface are all engineered from the ground up to be very efficient. There
are no "web pages" to get in your way of operations or slow you down.
In addition, all mobile devices work seamlessly and without interruption, and guarantee
no lost transactions (unlike those low-end "web-based" solutions.) Based on the
high reliability of "virtual and redundant servers," our Enterprise-class products
have the built-in intelligence to do what a serious distributor, manufacturer, or
3PL needs to do to in a SaaS (cloud) deployment to operate their mission critical
business.
Cloud computing service providers typically tend to offer services that can be grouped
into multiple categories (and these categories can overlap):
- Software as a service, (SaaS)
- Platform as a service, (PaaS)
- Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)
- Hardware as a service (HaaS) (not in the cloud, but falls into the mix for supply
chain users.)
We have authored a technical paper that describes this important deployment for
ASC in greater detail. Contact us for this technical paper.
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