Re: Is ERP dead?

Subject: Re: Is ERP dead?
> Jumping ship?  to where? were there any trends mentioned?
>

B2B (business to business) Ariba, Commerce One, etc. (jumping from SAP
 in '98).

>
> Why do sellers get caught up in price bidding?  This is a focused and
> clear way for sellers to subsidize a spiteful group of buyers that feel
> that beating up vendors is a legitimate way to make profits.  Almost every
> bid of any size has several bids that can be categorized as:
>

the sad part is that many winners of this bidding may not be established in
the
line of business, and may not fully understand the business. The e-bid
companies
managing the bidding certainly don't. One size fits all !! How do you define
"Customer Service" in a bid?

Jim Franz
>
> +---
> | This is the Midrange System Mailing List!
> | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com.
> | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com.
> | To unsubscribe from this list send email to
MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com.
> | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator:
david@midrange.com
> +---

+---
| This is the Midrange System Mailing List!
| To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com.
| To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com.
| To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com.
| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com
+---