For AS/400-based ERPs
Modernize
the business. Keep the AS/400.
viax is the governed execution layer that runs pricing, orders, promise dates and ecommerce outside the ERP. The business moves at its own speed, and the AS/400 keeps running it exactly as it does today. Low risk by design.
The AS/400 dilemma
The AS/400 already runs the business. Replacing it is the risky move.
3–5×
Typical timeline overrun for revenue change programs routed through ERP
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Path 01 · Replace
Replace the ERP
A multi-year, high-risk program: every motion re-implemented and every record migrated before the business sees a gain.
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Path 02 · Customize
Customize the AS/400
Every new price rule, channel or approval becomes RPG work for a shrinking team. Each change widens the blast radius.
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Path 03 · Externalize
Move execution outside ERP
Lowest risk today. The AS/400 keeps running the business while Revenue Motions go live in viax, and a future ERP move gets far easier.
The architecture
Channels engage. viax executes. The AS/400 records.
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01CHANNELS
Ecommerce, reps, EDI and AI agents call one governed API, not four point-to-point integrations into the AS/400.
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02viax
Pricing, orders, promise dates, terms and approvals run as Revenue Motions, in real time.
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03ADAPTER
A thin connection over DB2 for i, data queues or batch files. No RPG rewrite.
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04AS/400
Keeps running the business as it does today, with nothing to migrate. Same pattern when it’s one of several ERPs across divisions or acquisitions.
AI reasons. viax executes. ERP records.
What changes
What changes when execution moves outside ERP
Six outcomes for AS/400 shops, without migrating the ERP or putting the core at risk.
- 01 Speed
Change pricing in days, not release cycles
Contract, tiered and customer-specific pricing live in viax. The business changes rules; the AS/400 keeps its price file.
- 02 Speed
Real-time answers on batch-era data
Availability, credit and order status stay live in viax and sync to the AS/400 on its cadence. No nightly-job lag.
- 03 Control
Business rules out of RPG
Logic buried in RPG and tribal knowledge becomes explicit, versioned and auditable, no longer tied to a shrinking team.
- 04 Outside ERP
One execution layer for every channel
Web, reps, EDI and marketplaces share one set of pricing, promise and approval rules. No green-screen rekeying.
- 05 AI
AI with a governed place to land
Agents quote, check stock and place orders through deterministic rules in viax, never straight into the AS/400.
- 06 Outside ERP
A future ERP move gets easier
Pricing, orders and approvals already live in viax, so a future move is a system-of-record swap. The motions keep running.
Two ways to run channels
Behind your channels, or as the channel.
Platforms you keep
Your commerce platform, CRM, EDI and marketplaces keep their front end. viax supplies pricing, promise dates, orders and status behind them.
Delivered by viax
B2B customer portals, dealer portals, CPQ and rep order entry, built on viax where no strong platform exists today.
One set of rules either way
Pricing, terms and promise dates are modeled once and served to every channel.
Start where the pain is
Keep the platforms that work. Fill the gaps without buying another platform.
Swap channels without touching the rules
Replace or add a front end later. The Revenue Motions don’t move.
For every seat at the table
One decision. Three ways to read it.
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01 · Finance
No replacement program to fund.
No multi-year ERP budget and no migration risk on the books. Every revenue change stops becoming a program. Proof before commitment. That’s the deal.
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02 · IT & Architecture
The AS/400 stays stable.
A thin adapter, no RPG rewrite, and one governed API for every channel. Deterministic execution gives AI a safe place to land.
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03 · Revenue & Commercial
Change at the speed of the business.
New pricing, terms and channels go live in days, without waiting on ERP release cycles or the RPG backlog.