I'm not sure why Ferguson is moving. It may be the fact that they are a child company of Wolesley (a UK based building supply giant) and a sister company of Stock Building Supply in Raleigh NC (they run Progress-based Trend) so I think it's a "consistency" issue. I worked at FEI for two years after relocating to VA from CT, caught the scent of danger when the wind was blowing in the right direction, and got out last fall. It's a good thing I did too, because Ferguson's U2 developers are catching the boot left & right.
The NWNA U2 application is a route management system built solely for the home/office bottled water delivery business - it has idiosyncrasies that are very different than the Nestle global initiative. I'm not sure SAP is going to be a good fit for that particular application. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Wolverton Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 9:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [U2] Users of UniVerse Nestle has a global strategy no U2 developer has designed software to handle - I see logic for that move. Hughes got bought by Home Depot, so they go whereever they are taken - that change was inevitable whether a good move or not. But why would Ferguson be moving? Was the issue the application or the database? > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Karen Bessel > Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 8:21 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [U2] Users of UniVerse > > Nestle Waters is in the process of converting to an SAP > solution, as part of the worldwide Nestle initiative known as Globe. > > Also SAP-bound are: Hughes Supply/Home Depot Supply of > Orlando and Ferguson Enterprises of Newport News, VA. > > All three of these companies have spent millions of dollars > (MILLIONS) on customizing their in-house U2 software - and > those systems are now destined for the scrap heap. > > So, those companies would probably *not* be good references > for a "stick with U2" campaign. ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
