Keeping close to port EDI developments

THE RAPID pace of technological advancement, especially in software, often raises compatibility concerns for firms running on older systems. “Although our software is constantly being enhanced, our development team has kept to the basics, sticking with SQL data base driven by Microsoft,” says CJ Pagel of software solutions company Easy Clear. “We are actively involved with Transnet Port Terminals as far as port EDI is concerned. Testing is ongoing and we hope to launch this into a live environment as soon as we can.” The three-year-old Gauteng based firm has offices nationwide, and has recently been given Level 4 BEE status with constant focus on company-wide improvements on top of system enhancements. Growing from basic tariff book capturing applications, Easy Clear has expanded its offering to include basic import and export modules, incorporating electronic disk formats and electronic data interchange (EDI). Warehousing modules have been introduced into the software, incorporating management and tracking systems that were fully compatible with all Microsoft-based operating systems, including the newly released Windows Vista platform.