Re: MAPICS & Mfg systems (was "Accntg software")

Wynn,

In a message dated 98-01-08 02:09:25 EST, you write:

> Related to MAPICS,
>  
>  I do think the underlying applications were pretty good (just coded
>  poorly...no horribly! <g>). Also, IMHO, the manuals were pretty darned
good.

Just look at the new stuff!  They used SYNON naming standards rather than
their own for the database -- eeeeck!

>  This brings up a question I've wanted to post for a while:
>  
>  Anyone know of some good Manufacturing Systems Resources?
<<snip>>

Contact your local APICS chapter.  They generally meet monthly.  (BTW, Ollie
was Wight.)
  
>  Because I work with an in-house MRPII system that we continue to modify,
>  and with the explosion of ERP packages out there (of which my company is
>  too cheap to purchase), resources like this would be *extremely valuable*
>  to me.

Join APICS and get certified.  If your cheap company won't purchase an ERP,
many others will purchase _YOU_ if you are APICS certified.  After all,
understanding the system is twelve steps above understanding the software.
According to Ollie, selecting software is step 12 in the 25 steps to
implementing an MRP system.

JMHO,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

"Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time." -- Steven Wright
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