Methodist Healthcare Mobile Computing
PAR Cart Mobile Computing Application
The Challenge: Methodist Healthcare was operating an older hand-held system that used bar codes to inventory the CART or supply rooms in their hospitals. The system that they were using was in need of new features and tighter integration with their mySAP Materials Management (MM) process.
The Solution: The solution was to upgrade the system to a newer hand-held device that would allow much more application flexibility.
Vanick Group provided Methodist with an overview of the connectivity options for integrating with their SAP system. We explained the pros and cons of each solution and in what scenarios each connector would be appropriate. Methodist made the decision to use the mySAP Business connector as an XML transaction server. Vanick Group provided a requirements gathering and definition methodology for the project. Vanick Group led team meetings to define each transaction and created UML sequence diagrams to define the system to system communications. Vanick provided project management at the applications level to get the complete integration plan and design implemented between the hand-held, the mySAP BC, and the R/3 system. We analyzed each transaction, breaking them down to the lowest level, and mapping each transaction from one system to another. Vanick Group installed, configured, and tested the mySAP Business Connector software of Methodist's Unix-based systems infrastructure. Vanick created XML schemas for each transaction, wrote the code for and configured the mySAP BC, and assisted the Methodist development team with the mySAP API’s. Vanick Group completed the development, data mapping, and provided mySAP application integration expertise to help make critical integration decisions.
The Benefits: The result of the project was a more efficient and powerful hand-held application that would allow for greater ease of use. It was also more tightly integrated into their mySAP MM system eliminating manual data entry and monitoring.
