At the end of June 2018, a member of our Panther team headed to Algiers, Algeria to help our customer GEMA (General Maritime Company) with a head start in modernizing their ERP JAM applications to Panther/Web.  GEMA has several JAM applications that maintain their 9 shipyards throughout Algeria.  Their JAM applications oversee shipyard business and are comprised of these modules: stopover accounts, management containers, debt recovery, import and export, an accounting module and other management modules.
 
GEMA wanted to modernize these JAM applications and felt that changing the UI to a browser interface would be a great option.   But they knew that rewriting the applications would probably be too costly.   Instead they wanted to find a way to leverage the investment made in the JAM applications, but still create a more modern user interface for their users.  So GEMA turned to Prolifics to discuss options, and found that by using Panther/Web they could move the applications to a browser interface, without having to completely rewrite them.  The GEMA development team has JAM 7 skills and some of the developers also had HTML expertise.  So all they needed was to learn more about Panther/Web and how to migrate the applications to the browser environment.  
 
Prolifics arranged a week of training on site at GEMA’s headquarters  in Algiers.  It was an intense 5 days of covering the basics of Panther, as well as some more advanced topics. We then covered Panther/Web concepts, HTML and JavaScript and on the last day, we set up the software in their environment and migrated several of their screens to Panther/Web.  The training was a success and the team feels they now have the skills needed to complete their modernization project. GEMA feels that Panther/Web will provide the updated look-and-feel their application needs and has already begun the migration process.    We at Prolifics look forward to seeing the finished product soon.  Thank you GEMA for being a loyal customer!