RE: Multiple BPCS Environments?

Let's look at this from a "business" issue.  We have two BPCS
environments and over the years the two have gone in different
directions with the results that when wanting to consolidate reports we
just can't do it anymore.  We ended up with different reports for
different use.  We are now going to a full ERP environment for the
Corporation....and the first thing we will have to do is to bring
everything back to a single database.
The second consideration is your data warehouse environment:  if you
have a good mix of apples, oranges, peanuts and nails... good luck when
trying to report consolidated data.... 
If you go multiple environments get ready for additional workload in IT,
a lot of it.

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> From:
> andrew_murphy@uk.xyratex.com[SMTP:andrew_murphy@uk.xyratex.com]
> Reply To:     BPCS-L@midrange.com
> Sent:         Thursday, February 25, 1999 4:05 AM
> To:   BPCS-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Multiple BPCS Environments?
> 
> Has anyone got any ideas/experience on the issue of multiple vs single
> environments?
> 
> We are currently looking into the possibilities of breaking our
> current
> single BPCS environment (v6.0.02) into four business division aligned
> environments with perhaps a data warehouse solution to provide
> consolidated reporting/financials etc.
> 
> My first thoughts about this was that it would be a very expensive
> project to actually implement and the resulting environments would be
> extremely difficult to manage in terms of security, modifications,
> upgrades etc.
> 
> Our business sees the benefits of a multi-environment structure to be
> that each division could have different processes and could set up
> BPCS
> with different system parameters etc. (one could use standard cost and
> one actual cost for example).
> 
> I would like to know if anyone else has gone through this process (and
> perhaps regretted it afterwards!)
> 
> Regards,
> ----------------------------------------
> Andrew Murphy
> XYRATEX
> Havant, UK
> Mailto:Andrew_Murphy@uk.xyratex.com
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> 
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