RE: Why did you choose BPCS

Dan:

Like any ERP package, BPCS has it's share of problems. Over the years, we've
rescued many companies that had major problems with BPCS, or with the
firm(s) that installed it for them.

>From our experience, the root causes of the problems tend to be (in no
special order):

- insufficient training of the people using the system
- data conversion errors
- consultants who are not effective
- project management, or lack thereof

These problems are not unique to BPCS, although the common opinion is that
the quality of BPCS code could be a little higher.

Many companies are very happy with BPCS. They trained their users well, had
good project management in place, and had good outside resources to draw
upon when needed.

If a company has BPCS, but has problems, they should focus on addressing the
issues. If you swim 3/4 of the way across a lake, it makes since to finish
the swim, not turn around and go back.


Ed Zdrok
Advanced Systems and Products (ASAP)

E-mail: Ed.Zdrok@BPCSpros.com



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-bpcs-l@midrange.com [mailto:owner-bpcs-l@midrange.com]On
> Behalf Of Dan Thomas
> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 1999 1:41 PM
> To: 'bpcs-l@midrange.com'
> Subject: Why did you choose BPCS
>
>
> I've followed this mail list for about five months now and most of the
> comments seem to be rather negative about performance and stability.  I
> realize these forums are not always indicative of the entire user
> base, but
> I'm curious what is driving users to choose BPCS or even stay with it.
>
> Dan Thomas
> Sr. VP Information Systems
> Medical Distribution, Inc.
> 4500 Progress Blvd
> Louisville, KY  40218-5058
> Phone (502) 454-9013 ext 120
> email  DThomas@lpw-mdi.com
>
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