Jim O'Reilly

Downers Grove, Ill. - March 29, 2004 - Last year, Jim O'Reilly, president of General Fasteners, wanted to improve the company's visibility on the Web - the static Web site would have to go.
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O'Reilly said, "Building the General Fasteners Web presence on top of our iSeries production environment has ensured accurate pricing and availability information for our customers.

Downers Grove, Ill. , March 29, 2004 , Last year, Jim O'Reilly, president of General Fasteners, wanted to improve the company's visibility on the Web , the static Web site would have to go.
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O'Reilly said, "Building the General Fasteners Web presence on top of our iSeries production environment has ensured accurate pricing and availability information for our customers.

Jim O'Reilly, president of General Fasteners Ltd., said, "Visual LANSA has been well accepted by our programming staff.

Jim O'Reilly, president of General Fasteners, says "With LANSA Commerce Edition we rolled the eCatalogue site out to the first users in the fifth week.
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O'Reilly explains, "We have a sales force of over 60 people visiting the purchasing officers of companies throughout the west.
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"When we learned that we could use Visual LANSA to develop both Web and Windows solutions, we were really interested and decided to try it out," says O'Reilly.
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"We were able to get a first cut of the eCatalogue site up and running in three weeks," says O'Reilly.
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O'Reilly continues, "After one week of mentoring, we were able to support and enhance the eCatalogue ourselves.
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O'Reilly continues, "At the moment we are adding 10 new customers each day, which we can handle easily.
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O'Reilly says, "We get more quotes out and of a higher professional level than we ever could before.
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And we find LANSA far more productive than COBOL, even though we have been using LANSA for only one year and COBOL for more than 15" says O'Reilly.

"The most important lesson we have learned is to invest in LANSA training to get your head around the proper way of development," concludes O'Reilly.

Jim O'Reilly, president of General Fasteners, says "With LANSA Commerce Edition we rolled the eCatalogue site out to the first users in the fifth week.
...
O'Reilly explains, "We have a sales force of over 60 people visiting the purchasing officers of companies throughout the west.
...
"When we learned that we could use Visual LANSA to develop both Web and Windows solutions, we were really interested and decided to try it out," says O'Reilly.
...
"We were able to get a first cut of the eCatalogue site up and running in three weeks," says O'Reilly.
...
O'Reilly continues, "After one week of mentoring, we were able to support and enhance the eCatalogue ourselves.
...
O'Reilly continues, "At the moment we are adding 10 new customers each day, which we can handle easily.
...
O'Reilly says, "We get more quotes out and of a higher professional level than we ever could before.
...
And we find LANSA far more productive than COBOL, even though we have been using LANSA for only one year and COBOL for more than 15" says O'Reilly.

"The most important lesson we have learned is to invest in LANSA training to get your head around the proper way of development," concludes O'Reilly.

Jim O'Reilly, president of General Fasteners, about Visual LANSA and LANSA Commerce Edition-built site

Jim O'Reilly, president of General Fasteners, about Visual LANSA and LANSA Commerce Edition-built site

Jim O'Reilly, president of General Fasteners, about LANSA Commerce Edition and Visual LANSA

Jim O'Reilly, president of General Fasteners, about a Visual LANSA-based contact management system

Jim O'Reilly, president of General Fasteners, about a LANSA Commerce Edition-built site

"We get more quotes out and of a higher professional level than we ever could before.We create a much better image for our customers.And because the sales staff are more productive, we can handle more accounts per person."Jim O'Reilly, president of General Fasteners, about a Visual LANSA-based contact management system