MCL-Bridge for Web Services

Bridge the Gap to Your Host

Ease of integration and industry standard techniques to connect with WebServices

Web services is an industry standard technology for deploying and providing access to business functions over a company’s in-house intranet or the World Wide Web. Using Web services enables MCL applications to be integrated more rapidly, easily, and cheaply than ever before.

As part of MCL-Collection, the MCL-Bridge for Web Services extends all the MCL benefits to the mobile workforce. The MCL-Bridge keeps workers connected regardless of whether they have constant warehouse WiFi connectivity, or occasional GSM/3G connectivity while delivering goods across the country.

As with MCL-Collection’s other bridges, MCL-Bridge for Web Services includes a development component and a deployment component. The development component is integrated as a standard feature of MCL-Designer and allows easy development of data collection applications interfacing with intranet or internet based web services.
In addition, as Web Services are based on industry standards, your MCL-Bridge for Web Services is a compelling enterprise investment providing assurance. No matter which MCL enabled Mobile Computers are implemented now or in the future the MCL-Bridge for Web Services allows for future proofing your data collection applications as it offers cross-device and cross-operating system compatibility.

MCL-Bridge for Web Services is based on industry standards for when two systems interchange data over the Web.
It utilizes Web Services Description Language (WSDL), an XML based language, which is used for describing the functionality offered by a Web Service. Furthermore, it is uses a Microsoft MSXML Library, which makes it easy to integrate as there is a wide community of Web Services developers implementing their Web Services on same standards. Not only will this result in shorter application development times, it also benefits the overall implementation costs.

Forward Migration compatibility with Multiple Systems Updates from one Entry
MCL’s Bridge for Web Services is part of MCL’s modular, layered approach offering the exchange of single shop-floor transaction data with multiple host systems — such as to Navision/MS Dynamics, SAP, Oracle, and a WMS — simultaneously.
For example, a MS Dynamics generated task can trigger the mobile worker application to query an Oracle database. The mobile worker application can then update both the MS Dynamics and the Oracle systems with the resulting transaction.
It allows seamless, forward migration in enterprises situations that are changing from one ERP/WMS system to another, as it can update both systems for a period of time.

No matter which MCL Enabled Mobile Computers are scheduled to be implemented now or in the future, MCL-Bridge for Web Services allows future proofing your data collection applications as it offers cross-device and cross-operating system compatibility.

Feature	Benefit
Support for all MCL enabled devices	Provide the same interface to your Web Services regardless of the features and form factor of a given mobile computer
Modular architecture	Take advantage of MCL-Collection’s flexible, scalable deployment architecture to adapt your deployment to your evolving business needs.
Web Service transactions	Ensure your data integrity with controlled propagation of operational transactions fully compliant with SOAP/XML Web standards.
Multiple system updates	Ensure system coherency and data integrity across your entire enterprise with the automatic posting of a single transaction to multiple systems

AT A GLANCE

CREATE
Simplify and accelerate development of data capture applications. MCL-Collection has a development tool for every need...

INTEGRATE
Easily integrate your data capture applications with your host systems - database, BackOffice application, WMS or ERP system...

DEPLOY
Quickly deploy your MCL-Collection solutions. Then, easily adapt your deployment over time to suit your evolving business needs...

MANAGE
Keep your deployments running smoothly with MCL-Collection's full range of management products...

RESOURCE CENTER

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