Cincom SUPRA® PDM Database Management System

SUPRA PDM is Cincom's networked, hierarchical, interactive database management system. It allows you to use advanced features for control of data resources and increased programming productivity. SUPRA PDM is designed for high-volume, online transaction processing and provides a variety of optional tools and functions that let you tailor your database to fit your specific needs and environment.

With SUPRA PDM, you can:

• Easily access the server DBMS from multiple clients in the same machine or via TCP/IP from other client machines.
• Reduce the overhead required to move data from DASD to memory to applications.
• Enjoy faster online processing with enhanced CICS performance.

Supported platforms include:

• IBM mainframe
• OpenVMS
• Most major Unix platforms

Maximize the Value of Your SUPRA® PDM Data

CincomBI™ for SUPRA is comprised of three layers that provide an integrated set of data access, ETL/data warehousing and multi-dimensional analytics packages that enable SUPRA PDM users to transform volumes of SUPRA PDM data into analytic information.

• CincomBI Data Access for SUPRA
  Accessing SUPRA PDM data for analysis and decision support can be complex. SUPRA PDM implements specialized structures for navigation and operational performance optimization. The CincomBI Data Access layer solves this problem by enabling you to directly access your SUPRA PDM database using SQL-based tools and applications.
• CincomBI Data Warehouse for SUPRA
  For business intelligence support, a data warehouse solution is needed to integrate and store an organization's data with the aim of producing accurate and timely management information and supporting data analysis. The CincomBI Data Warehouse layer provides an Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) component to help you develop and automate the construction and update of your warehouse data specifically from extracted SUPRA PDM data.
• CincomBI Analytics for SUPRA
  Business analysis lets you reveal trends and performance measures that would remain hidden if only traditional querying and reporting were used. The CincomBI Analytics layer provides multi-dimensional analysis specifically for your extracted data and allows you to quickly reveal business performance trends.

Tools Designed Specifically to Optimize Your SUPRA® Database Performance

Performance-enhancing tools are available for mainframe, OpenVMS and UNIX users. Included in these tools are:

• SUPRA PDM Windows Client, designed to simplify client/server PC access to your PDM data.
• SUPRA PDM Windows Utilities, which include a full-function copy of two Windows utilities (the Linkpath Editor and the PDM Database Monitor).

Client Testimonials to the Exceptional Value Provided by SUPRA® PDM

Buncombe County Government has been using Cincom products for more than 19 years. "Cincom products have served Buncombe County very well. I can’t stress enough that SUPRA PDM and MANTIS® have been very reliable products," comments Lisa Austin, Database Analyst. "The integration between SUPRA and MANTIS is virtually seamless. And when it comes to Cincom support, they have always been outstanding."

Over the last 30 plus years, The Timken Company has successfully built a number of applications that have lasted on their platforms a lot longer than they ever expected them to. And they will continue using Cincom’s application development system and integration capabilities wherever they fit within Timken’s evolving architecture.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics analysts query live data, not downloads. "Now we can respond to and manage the problems that come up rather than possibly not even knowing or realizing what the problems are," said Sean Curran, the systems division chief of the Producer Price Index.