MONITOR-to-MONITOR

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General Information about MONITOR-to-MONITOR

MONITOR-to-MONITOR is a feature used to facilitate the communication between companies using MONITOR. When you for example send/receive an order or an order confirmation via e-mail in MONITOR, an XML file is attached that the receiver can use to perform the registration in his/her MONITOR system. You drag the file from the e-mail message and drop it in MONITOR.

The different communication events included in MONITOR-to-MONITOR are according to the following:

Event (customer)		Event (supplier)
1. Send purchase order		2. Register customer order
4. Register order confirmation on purchase order		3. Send order confirmation
6. Register dispatch advice on purchase order		5. Send dispatch advice
8. Register supplier invoice		7. Send invoice
9. Send claim report		10. Register customer nonconformity
11. Send delivery schedule		12. Register sales forecast

Further, there are functions to maintain the basic data by sending and receiving part info, prices, lead times, annual volumes and suppliers' part numbers via e-mail. The difference is that a TXT file is attached to be used as help during import.

Other Conditions when Using MONITOR-to-MONITOR:

The e-mail communication between the sender and the recipient must be functioning.
E-mail attachments in XML, PDF and TXT file formats should not be blocked by the sender's or recipient's anti-virus/anti-spam software or firewall.
An e-mail program that supports MAPI must be installed on the same computer that is running MONITOR (applies to both sender and recipient).
If MONITOR is run via thin clients, the e-mail program and MONITOR must be run in the same remote control session, that is from the same remote desktop.