Re: mapics 6

Hey Dave, you forgot to mention SAP  <ggg> Gotta give them equal billing!  :-)
Now from my understanding
that really costs shops money.  As these other companies have downsized,
disappeared, etc., did MAPICS
pick up the pieces.  My bosses keep telling me to get something less expensive
than MAPICS.  They
really hate ALF .... it is a mighty chunk of change for a small manufacturing
shop.

What apps do you have to get going in this new job?  WOW, 19 years in MAPICS!
They're gonna start calling
you "Grampa MAPICS" pretty soon.    I got dubbed "Gramma MAPICS" a while back.
I've been in MAPICS
shop for 19 also.

Do you feel COMMON should be covering MAPICS at their conferences?  In the
sessions that is, not just the
EXPO?




"Dave Shaw" <daveshaw@bellsouth.net> on 08/15/2001 10:25:53 PM

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Subject:  Re: mapics 6



Gail,
Thanks!

I've sent resumes, directly or through recruiters, to dozens of companies.
I've had face-to-face interviews with 4 companies, all MAPICS shops, and
have had very positive responses from all 4.  My experience as  a
programmer, administrator, and manager in /400 shops helps, but it's that 19
years of MAPICS that's gotten me in the doors.  I don't think MAPICS is
about to take over the world, but in this little corner of it there's a lot
more demand for someone with MAPICS than there is for people with only
homebrew experience or some of the packages fallen on hard times (anyone
seen any ads for MacPac or Prism people lately?  Or, perhaps most sadly,
BPCS?).  There's lots of JD Edwards jobs out there, but from what I hear
it's because World and OneWorld both need a lot of work to run in all but
the simplest manufacturing operations.  I don't know this first hand, of
course, but my sources seem to.

Dave Shaw
MAPICS-L Moderator
Simpsonville, SC

----- Original Message -----
From: <gcrane@johansonmfg.com>
To: <mapics-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 10:04 PM
Subject: Re: mapics 6


>
>
> Good luck on your new job Dave.  Did they hire you because of your MAPICS
skills
> or because of your other skills?  I really wonder what is the driving
force in
> hiring technical people today.....the applications, iSeries or
programming.
> What is your opinion....is MAPICS skills in high demand?
>
>
>
>
>
> "David Shaw" <daveshaw@bellsouth.net> on 08/15/2001 08:22:17 PM
>
> Please respond to mapics-l@midrange.com
>
> To:   mapics-l@midrange.com
> cc:    (bcc: Gail L Crane/Johanson/JMC)
>
> Subject:  Re: mapics 6
>
>
>
> Carol,
>
> Will do!
>
> BTW, for those of you keeping track, I just accepted a permanent job with
> another MAPICS customer today.  They (or should that be we now?) are
running
> release 6 already, but there's big pieces of MAPICS which have never been
> implemented.  Should be interesting.
>
> Dave Shaw
> MAPICS-L Moderator
> Simpsonville, SC



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