Re: Upgrade Issue

Phil,
    FYI,
The last time I looked AM+ & CSM are also not ready for  R7. That is if you
have these 2 app's


Pete Olshavsky
Ind. Mapics Analyst

----- Original Message -----
From: <PCampa@Newport.com>
To: <mapics-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 10:48 AM
Subject: Upgrade Issue


> We are using XA Release 6.0.  Our upgrade strategy is to wait a minimum of
> six months
> after the official MAPICS general release.   However, We have worked with
> MAPICS on Beta testing
> of specific modules
>
> We have extensive custom code in the COM modules in the area of ATP logic.
> We have also
> done a great deal of work in incorporating our add-on modules via the
> INTEGRATOR.
> According to the MAPICS Technical Newsletter our development in the area
of
> INTEGRATOR
> may be a constraint in moving to the next release.
>
> Further, our MISL synchronization with our site in France requires both
> sites use the same MAPICS release.
> It would be nice if MISL supported features and options or had a product
> configuration integration.
>
> MAPICS foreign language releases typically lag and consequently so do
> conversion efforts.
> This is also an added constraint in moving forth with the upgrade.
>
> We also have a number of 'add-on' modules that we need to insure they are
XA
> 7.0 compliant.
> We do not have a constraint in supporting queries.  We have created a data
> warehouse that replicates
> our MAPICS essential files onto a SQL server.   (This is being moved to
SQL
> 400 and accessed via AS400 Netserver)
> Users develop their own queries using Windows querying tools such as
Crystal
> reports, Access, Excel, etc.
>
> At this point our critical path constraint is the migration of INTEGRATOR
> development to XA 7.0
> We are waiting for MAPICS to address this issue.   We have begun the
impact
> analysis of custom code and expect
> to be ready for XA 7.0 upgrade by the 4th quarter of this year.
>
> Regards,
>
> Philip Campa @ Newport
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