Re: MAPICS and COMMON

Dale,
The "hands-on" sessions would be more than 15 minutes at a kiosk.  For
example, how about a session where we can create some "tab cards" using
Integrator (not just someone showing it), or real-time on the screen "how to
install MMA", etc., etc.

Eric


>From: DaleGindlesperger@fft-inc.com
>Reply-To: mapics-l@midrange.com
>To: mapics-l@midrange.com
>Subject: Re: MAPICS and COMMON
>Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 13:57:31 -0400
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>Eric,
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>I have to disagree a little regarding MAPICS being just a sales show - I
>attend several "customer solutions" sessions each year, and have given a
>couple.  I agree, the customer solutions are usually excellent - it is
>always good to see how people use the software to solve problems and how
>they may have implemented the apps in a (perhaps) unusual or different way.
>Yes, there are "sales sessions" to show the new stuff (which there has been
>a whole lot of lately!), but I find them necessary to see what all we can
>do with the new stuff - especially the new "Power Architecture" stuff.
>Without the sales sessions at the conference, I don't know how I'd get
>enough good information on the new apps and features.
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>I personally find the tech expo at the conferences to be VERY valuable.
>Last year's was the best yet - I liked that they expanded the hours from
>prior years.  However, I'd like to have it open even more, especially the
>area where you can talk to the MAPICS developers/support people and try out
>the new apps at the kiosks.  Is that what you mean by needing more "hands
>on?"
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>I'd like them to have some roundtables with users also - for things like
>their e-business strategies, effectively implementing some of the Browser
>apps, Supply Chain Management, etc.  Then we could get multiple company's
>solutions in one session.
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>Gail,
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>I think that COMMON and the MAPICS conferences serve different purposes.
>COMMON gives IT departments the opportunity to keep up-to-date with the IBM
>technologies, as well as, other technologies.
>
>The MAPICS Conference, on the other hand,introduces users to new
>applications, how other users are using MAPICS and 3rd party enhancements
>that they may not be aware of. What the MAPICS conference does not offer is
>"hands-on" sessions like they did in the past. It has become more of a
>"sales" conference instead of the User Conference.  They also need more
>users to speak on how they solved their problems using MAPICS.
>
>Eric A. Wolf
>Midrange Implementation Specialists
>eric_a_wolf@hotmail.com  -or- ericw@midrangespecialists.com
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