Re: MAPICS conference

[gcrane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I first started with MAPICS in 1981-82....seen lots of changes.  The client
stuff is OK and has it's own set of challenges.  What I wonder is ..... I
understand MAPICS is one ERP vendor that increased in value and increased in
install base in the 1999....look at BPCS....they are being sold off .... and
isn't there a rumor of bankruptcy there?  Just what do you feel is in the future
for MAPICS?  We are a small manufacturing company....cost is becoming a BIGGGG
issue.




Don <dr2@cssas400.com> on 04/15/2000 09:37:30 AM

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To:   "Patrick H. Carr" <pcarr@pioneeris.net>
cc:   MAPICS-L@midrange.com (bcc: Gail L Crane/Johanson/JMC)

Subject:  Re: MAPICS conference





Pat,

Uh, I was first exposed to MAPICS back on the S/38 in '83....we had the
same sentiments back then...:)

This is also the same sentiment I have with dealing with alot of the IBM
"business partners"....

Don

On Sat, 15 Apr 2000, Patrick H. Carr wrote:

> I'm new to MAPICS and the mfg. industry, started in 10/99. I've been in the
> IT field for the past 20 years. I went to the conference to get a feel for
> what MAPICS is and where it is going. I wanted to make sure that what I was
> "observing" with the MAPICS system wasn't due solely to how my company
> implemented MAPICS or how they used MAPICS. I came away from the conference
> disappointed. My company is at a critical juncture right now. We need
> desperately to upgrade our AS/400 and to do so MAPICS wants an ungodly sum
> of money to allow us to do it.
>
> I saw 'new' features and functions in MAPICS that have been available in
> other systems for many years, yet they want us now to buy the new module so
> we can take advantage of said features/functions. Yet every year we pay them
> a very handsome maintenance fee. I had the opportunity to speak with a few
> conference attendees and I heard some of the same concerns that I have. I
> also spoke with attendees that loved MAPICS. Yes, I went to the conference.
> No, I didn't come away with a warm & fuzzy about MAPICS the system or the
> company. Has the slide down the slippery slope begun for MAPICS Inc.?
>
> I apologize to the system moderator if my reply was to long. - Pat
>
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