RE: BPCS 6.0 C/S

[Tyler Moriguchi <tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We _were_ a 6.0.2 C/S AS400 client, but put implementation on hold due to   
difficulties with our SSA consultant's failure to grasp our needs.  After   
numerous meetings where we assured by our consultants that BPCS would be   
able to satisfy our business requirements, we eventually discovered that   
we didn't realize that they meant "with sizable modifications or add on   
products ($$$)".
One questions that we continually asked of our consultants was to be   
given a list of customers with similar business practices, but we never   
really got a satisfactory answer.  Although they did throw out some   
names, either the companies they listed were on previous versions, or   
weren't really similar to our company.  So there are companies out there.   
   

You might check out the SSA web site (www.ssax.com ). They probably have   
a reference list of successful implementations (our name won't be on   
there).  I think you are on the right track trying to find answers from   
outside SSA.  The organization seems to be swamped at this moment and SSA   
response to questions seems to be generally slow.

This probably wasn't the answer that you were looking for, but I hope it   
helps out.

Tyler M.

P.S. > After such a negative message, I should say that although BPCS   
doesn't seem to be the right fit for my company, I have no doubt that it   
would work quite well for others in different business fields.

     >>  Anthony C Kleier@ROBBINSINC
     >>  05/05/98 12:56 PM
         

     >>  I am new to this mailing list and would like to know if anyone
     >>  else uses BPCS 6.0 full client/server for the AS/400?  SSA
     >>  tells us there are many companies using full c/s in production
     >>  but we can't find many, if any at all.



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