TopHAT is designed for managing and optimizing multi-terminal operations for both company-owned and non-owned facilities by providing a centralized solution that handles complex data translation and routing requirements between terminal sites and the corporate back-office. TopHAT also serves as a Data Warehouse providing access to both historical and current corporate information that may otherwise be locked up in complex ERP and legacy systems. TopHAT is designed to fit easily into your corporate IT strategy, providing the ideal location for corporate-wide data queries and reporting. Several add-on modules are also available in TopHAT to accomplish such tasks as centralized Allocations Management and centralized Dispatched Order Management.
Features
- Relational database
- Fits well into corporate IT strategy
- Platform for data translation and mapping
- Platform for data warehousing
- Accommodates making “mass changes”
- Accessed by standard tools
- Support for corporate queries and reports
- Supports TMS5 and TMS6 sites
- Multi-Lingual, Multi-Character support for global business
- Support interfaces to other Toptech products (i.e. TMS-Host, TDS, TMS5)
- Integrated dynamic reporting using Crystal Reports
Design
TopHAT utilizes a relational database providing the ideal location for corporate-wide data queries and reporting. TopHAT also provides an excellent scalable, platform for long-term data storage eliminating the need for a separate Data Warehouse.
Specs
The TopHAT user interface is a Windows-based client developed using the latest Microsoft .NET technology. The result is an attractive graphical interface with good performance over both slow and high-speed connections. Mission-critical applications, however, are controlled by the Linux server.
TopHAT incorporates database changes to more closely align with ERP systems. These modifications will assist in building interfaces to SAP or other ERP systems by reducing the amount of data requiring translation. An example of one of the enhancements is the expansion of the Stockholder, Customer, and Account numbers from 7 to 10 characters.
The TopHAT platform supports both single and double-byte languages allowing support of Asian character sets and resulting in a truly global terminal management system. TopHAT utilizes a high performance, multi-threaded database server with server-side ODBC, SQL compliant access from Windows clients. Third-party tools such as Microsoft Access or Crystal Reports can be used to access all TopHAT databases. TopHAT Brochure
