ACT has its foundations tied to one of the most complicated businesses to automate. Integrated infrastructure systems are among the most difficult to create, install and support. ACT mastered this environment before expanding into any other areas of system design and development. Our success also consists of ACT authoring many industry specific articles.

ACT's products and services have been recognized by IBM & Informix as an Apparel Industry long term success story.

ACT's operating environment has been recognized as providing one of the best maintenence-free business computing solutions.

The Business Management System allows you to manage all aspects of the front office (EDI and Order Entry) to the material planning stages (MRP and Purchasing) to Work In Process (Production Scheduling and Contractor Control) through the warehouse and shipping (Inventory Control, Shipping and EDI). Accounting modules also exist.

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Applications for All Your Needs
ACT can meet the entire range of manufacturing, import and distribution application needs whether you produce simple item or more complex products. Designed to handle a combination of domestic, offshore, contract and full import operations, each program has many options that can be turned on to address your company's specific needs as business requirements change or grow.

Data will seamlessly flow through EDI and Order Entry to Inventory Control and Production Scheduling. From there you can make important purchasing decisions for finished goods, fabric or trim. Upon receipt of your work in process, you will be able to watch this information move to the completion of customer orders through picking tickets, bar code scanning and printing, invoicing and EDI.

Technologically Advanced
The foundation for ACT's applications is the Unix operating system, widely known for its use in business environments. Favored platforms are HP/UX, IBM AIX and SCO Open Server. The actual programs are written in "C"—the natural choice for Unix since the operating system was written in "C".

Behind the actual program is the database, which manages how information is stored and retrieved. ACT uses the Informix Online and SE Database Engines due to Informix's longstanding commitment to the Unix marketplace. In addition to the Informix Engine, we also incorporate ESQL/C (Embedded SQL in C Source Code) to access the full potential of "C" with all the features of a 4GL.

Recently released was Fashion Café, a suite of applications written in Java that provides users a truly advanced, graphically oriented application using any popular web browser. By using JDBC, ACT is moving toward database independence while still providing a data warehouse environment.

One Look and Feel
All programs are written in-house and are similarly formatted. This makes the software extremely easy to use and navigate for the end user—especially important for reducing the training time required for sophisticated and highly integrated business applications. Your users will be able to understand how to enter, retrieve and analyze data in a method that is consistent across various applications. . . making your personnel as informed and productive as possible.

Growth Potential Companies grow with ACT business solutions, not out of them. Whether you are a small company with only 4 users or a larger organization with over 200 users, there is a solution for you.

  • Smaller companies can run the same powerful programs that larger companies can by running the PC version of Unix (SCO Open Server). SCO is among the most powerful and safest systems to run. SCO UNIX is among the platforms least prone to hacker attacks and damages from viruses and worms, according to a study released by security firm mi2g. Click here for more info.


  • Larger companies can obtain the power they need by running the software on mini-computers such as the HP 9000 and IBM RS/6000.


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  • Regardless of your company’s size, the design of ACT’s business systems enables our software consultants and technicians to focus on distinct software functions to improve your efficiency and competitive edge.


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    Your growing network can run many other application environments such as Windows 98 workstations. All that is required is linking your Unix server to your network via TCP/IP with terminal emulation software, and your company is ready to be competitive with a powerful application supporting your central mission.

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    • ACT has worked with both large and small companies. Click here for a partial listing.