RE: Events at SSA -- BPCS-L

Does anyone have any solid contacts at Gores Technology Group, or any solid
sources/reliable information on Gores Technology and their plans for BPCS.
We are at a crossroad with our IT/ERP Strategy and any leads/information
would be greatly appreciated...

Thanks,
David


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob [SMTP:stagis@fansteelvrwesson.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 8:00 AM
> To:   BPCS-L@midrange.com
> Cc:   'Hydro, Bill Wagner'; billw71@hotmail.com
> Subject:      RE: Events at SSA
> 
> We're also on 4.05CD as well as running 6.1 at two other plants.
> Personally, I don't use SSA tech support at all at the 4.05 plants.  We're
> content with the product - anything it's missing from my company's point
> of
> view we simply code.  I've got no reverence for maintaining teh virgin
> code
> in BPCS.  We DO keep up the prescribed method of doing additions (user-
> and
> user-file libraries), and our installation is mostly 'stock' with the
> exception of forms-changes.  Mostly what we've done has been additional
> reporting and we're satisfied with the product.
> 
> I've got my permanent key, the system is stable and known to the users and
> the MIS staff (all 2 of us) and we won't be changing in the short-term
> future.
> 
> The shops on 6.1?  A slightly different story - this was a new
> installation,
> thankyouverymuch.  Due to problems and DP personnel abandoning ship during
> what was seen as a 'hopeless' conversion, I was sent in as the cavalry
> along
> with an outside consultant and we went live on our Y2K-necessitated
> conversion on Thanksgiving weekend, 1999, whether they were ready or not.
> They've got a plain-vanilla package that we're currently coding additional
> reports for, and they're on the phone to SSA techies constantly.  These
> shops could have issues if there's problems with response, etc...and I
> might
> have problems if management deems it necessary for my shops to go to 6.1
> in
> order to be the same as the other shops.
> 
> There's always consultants/SSA partners, and these guys won't be going out
> of business anytime soon.  They ARE expensive (picture me dodging bullets
> from consulting companies here) but when you've got the right one, they're
> much more responsive than SSA as well as just as knowledgeable, without
> having the 'reverence' for the product that SSA promotes...they're willing
> to see what it'll do when you don't use it according to SSA's master plan.
> 
> For us?  As a stable company, BPCS meets our needs.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-bpcs-l@midrange.com [mailto:owner-bpcs-l@midrange.com]On
> Behalf Of Bandit Motorsports Inc.
> Sent: Monday, May 03, 1999 10:22 PM
> To: BPCS-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Events at SSA
> 
> 
> I've been ready the posts from this group for the past 6 months. It's a
> great learning tool to read everyone's issues and replies.  Thanks!!
> 
> We are on 4.05 CD.  With the recent melt down at SSA, I'm not sure, how
> much life this product will have at my company. Managment's patience is
> running very thin. Havn't seen much written on the subject here.  Will
> people in the group please share their thoughts on the subject?
> 
> Thanks.  George.
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