Re: XA Release 7

["Eric Wolf" <eric_a_wolf@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ron,

I, too, have no experience with R7.  However, I am currently working with
another independent consultant that used to work for a very large
manufacturer of consumer products.  He mentioned that before he left that
company they had been trying to get R7 up (and running) in a test
environment and had not been very successful.

They had numerous IBMers working there to figure out why it would not work.
If your company can afford this type of expense and your company wants/needs
to be cutting edge, you should at least put it up for testing.

The best solution may be to run production in R6 with plans to go to R7.
That way your company could see some return on the money already spent on
MAPICS.  If they wait to see R7 up and running, they may be upset at the
time it may take to implement.  R6 will not be that difficult (compared to
R7).

I would also suggest attending this year's MAPICS Conference to get feedback
from users that may not be on this list and from the MAPICS developer staff
themselves.

Eric A. Wolf
Independent MAPICS Consultant


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Lahr [mailto:rlahr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 6:47 PM
> To: MAPICS ERP System Discussion
> Subject: XA Release 7
>
> Dear Group:
>
> We recently bought MAPICS and our MAPICS reseller is telling us to install
> XA release 6 instead of 7 because 7 has lots of problems that MAPICS
hasn't
> addressed. They have prevented any of their customers from upgrading to 7
> but I know there are companies out there using it.
>
> We have several issues with release 6 and are looking for input from users
> and other resellers and consultants concerning your experiences with
release
> 7. Should we start on 6 or force our reseller to help us start on release
7?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Ron Lahr A+, MCSE
> Information Systems & Technology Manager
> www.altek-inc.com
> INNOVATIVE MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS
>
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