Sounds like Reynolds & Reynolds in the USA. Eric Armstrong IBM Certified Solutions Expert- U2 Family Application Development Software Applications Developer/Analyst Lobel Financial
-----Original Message----- From: daverch [mailto:dave...@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 8:21 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] Moving off of Universe We came across this article in the Denver Post a few days ago: (http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_11446814) "Jewelry retailer Shane Co. attributed its bankruptcy partly to a new inventory-management system that cost four times as much as expected and led it to overstock, according to documents filed by the Centennial-based company...The final blow to the company was a point-of-sale and inventory management system purchased from business-software giant SAP for $8 million to $10 million, which ended up costing $36 million and took three times as long to implement. In the meantime, because it did not work entirely, the system did not provide accurate inventory numbers and led to the chain being substantially overstocked in the fall of 2007. " The abbreviated backstory is that the Shane Co ran software in the early 1980's on Prime Information. When Prime went out of business in 1988, they ported their system to Universe. The Shane Co spent many years developing extending those and other applications in BASIC. This software ran their business successfully for over many many years. Management made the decision to go the SAP from Universe and the result, as they say, was catastrophic. Regards, Doug Averch www.u2logic.com ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ LOBEL FINANCIAL PRIVACY NOTICE: This communication may contain confidential company information that is protected by federal law. Federal regulations prohibit the disclosure (or re-disclosure) of confidential information without the written consent of the person(s) to whom it pertains. Additionally, the views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company. ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
