Typical case · illustrative example
One order, two ways — before and after the bridge
This is a typical example, not a named customer. It shows the same everyday task at a parts distributor: first the way it is done in the DOS program today, then the same task through the new interface — with the original program still doing the work underneath.
Try both ways yourself
Pick a customer, a part and a quantity, then press Create order — and watch the old DOS program being driven live on the right. Some choices are refused, some ask you a question. Then switch tab and register the same order the old way, key by key.
Make the choices a member of staff would make
3 choices · 1 click · 0s elapsed
The original DOS program — running underneath
C:\ORDER> ORDREG
Everything on the right is the old program being driven, screen by screen and key by key. Nothing is reimplemented — the rules, the prices and the stock still come from it.
The same order, keystroke by keystroke
Before · ~3 minutes
- F7open order entry — wrong key takes you to invoicing
- KU-10428customer number, from memory or a note
- TAB ×3skip three fields, do not press Enter here
- ART-40871article code, exact spelling, no search
- F2open price list to check the discount
- ESC → F9back, then check stock on another screen
- F10save — hope the confirmation line appears
After · ~25 seconds
- 1Type the customer name — the card appears with contact, discount and history
- 2Pick the part from a list with live stock, fill in quantity
- 3Press "Create order" — the old program registers it and answers with the order number
Behind that one click, the old program is stepped through the exact same screens — its rules, its calculations, its connections. Nothing is reimplemented.
~80%
less handling time per order
2 months → 15 min
to train someone to take an order
0 hours
downtime while the bridge is put in place
What changes for the staff
The daily work moves to one screen: find the customer, pick the part, create the order. New hires are productive on day one, and the two people who knew every shortcut stop being a single point of failure.
What does not change
The original program, the data, the price rules, the stock logic and every existing connection to wholesalers and accounting. If the new interface is ever unavailable, the old program is still there — exactly as before.
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