Marc: It is possible that this sort of data movement is precisely the reason financial information, at numerous companies, is difficult to attest to, let alone use for analysis. :-)
When I see this "benefit" (capability), red flags go up all over the place. It's like giving a gun to children...most will be ok but someone __WILL__ get hurt. Bill > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marc Harbeson > Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 8:41 AM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: RE: [U2]: Epicor > > Being a Manage-2000 client, and having been an Oracle client > in the past > (10.x) and having seen a JD demo I must say of the t1 > suppliers, they did put on a nice show. (They could export > directly to excel, change data, and re import the data back > into the erp) > > :-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lettau, Jeff > Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 10:55 AM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: RE: [U2]: Epicor > > So maybe Advante, Dataflo, infoflo, M2K and the like are not > tier 1 multi-million dollar installs. But for ease of use > and the ability to tweak the system to meet your needs. I'll > take the tier 2 any day. > > Not intending to start an argument, but what can SAP or JD > Edwards do that the smaller Epicor products can't do? What > makes them worth the added cost? I don't' buy into that they > can handle more users. That is mostly a matter of database > management, hardware and infrastructure. > You also have to consider who is buying what system and what > their intensions are. What do you really get out of a > standard SAP or JD Edwards install that you can't get from > any system provided by Epicor or similar smaller priced > package? I'm not being rhetorical.(again spell checker saves > the day, I didn't know a word could start with rh.) > > P.s. you can get the Monitor Series at a Circuit city store > or other high end audio stores near you! You can't seriously > expect me to send you something for free! I can't get stuff > for free. > > Jeffrey Lettau > ERP Systems Manager > polkaudio > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Debster > Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 12:50 AM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: RE: [U2]: Epicor > > Yes...and I was privy to M2K back when it went through ADP > doors and was sold back out again > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Allen > E. Elwood > Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 4:27 PM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: RE: [U2]: Epicor > > > I believe that Jeff was speaking about Manage-2000. Polk > audio, in addition to making great speakers, is a Manage-2000 > user. Now if I could just get them to send a couple of > studio monitors my way for the plug..... ;-) > > When I was working for M2k under ROI Systems, there were > several companies that choose it over JD, SAP as well as Epicor. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 12:39 > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: RE: [U2]: Epicor > > > X-Squeeze me > > But comparing Avante to JD Edwards & Sap is like putting a > 2.5 foot T-ball player up against Derek Jeter..its not in the > same league > > Avante is not a tier 1 no matter how much you would like to > think that its playing with the big boys... > > -- > Debster > > -------------- Original message -------------- > > > There are a few Epicor people that do read this list. They just tend > to > > lay low unless the discussion effects them directly. > > I can say a that there are a few people still in the > Manage-2000 group > > that are very good with the interfaces to U2. > > From my past experience with Epicor, they are a very good > company for > > support, and regardless of how many developers you have, there will > > always be bugs in the software that require patches. Many > times these > > bugs are not evident due to the fact that everyone will use the > software > > slightly different. > > I think their long term plan is to take the many packages they have > and > > migrate them all into one package that is all inclusive and > database > > independent. Although making it database independent may be counter > > productive to their plan on consolidating the software packages. > > > > If you look at who the other choices are for software, I'd > say Epicor > > is still one of the top choices. Especially when you consider the > > flexibility needed in dealing in a manufacturing > environment. What are > > your other choices? JD Edwards? SAP? > > They are also trying to focus on integrating all of their other > packages > > together into a complete solution. Kind of like cross > selling. If you > > run ERP and want CRM then they want to integrate the 2. > > They have many initiatives that are good ideas, in my > humble opinion, > > but it will take them years to make it work. > > > > Jeffrey Lettau > > ERP Systems Manager > > polkaudio > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 12:58 PM > > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > > Subject: Re: [U2]: Epicor > > > > Another interesting consideration is seeing no response from anyone > > within Epicor to this thread. That tells me they have little to no > > interest > in > > U2 > > which is a red flag in my book. Certainly implies that they > don't have > > knowledgeable or extensive support for how Epicor interfaces or > doesn't > > with U2 in > > general. > > > > Will Johnson > > ------- > > u2-users mailing list > > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > > ------- > > u2-users mailing list > > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
