RE: Is ERP dead?

Dean,

Please let us know when your IMHO piece is available for general
consumption.

It's interesting to note the name of your company; do you do most of your
consulting on ERP products?

- Dan Bale

> -----Original Message-----
> From: DAsmussen@aol.com [SMTP:DAsmussen@aol.com]
> Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2000 1:14 AM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: Is ERP dead?
> 
> Booth,
> 
> In a message dated 5/26/00 10:05:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> boothm@earth.Goddard.edu writes:
> 
> > The featured speaker at our recent AS/400 User Group meeting made the 
> >  off-hand remark that ERP is dead.  When did this happen? Who is next of
> 
> >  kin?
> 
> Thanks!  I think you just gave me my next IMHO topic.  ERP was dead before
> 
> they came up with the acronym, just as it died as JIT, MRP II, and MRP
> before 
> it.  ERP, or whatever acronym you use, is a company-wide commitment
> requiring 
> an average of 18 months to implement.  Most companies, especially in
> today's 
> "what have you done for me in the last quarter" stock market, don't have
> the 
> stones to properly implement ERP.  After three or more failed attempts 
> (failed because they didn't commit the proper resources other than money) 
> most companies just gave up.  Don't give me that "e-commerce" crap as a 
> replacement, either.  You can't get a decent ATP (available to promise) 
> without having either an ERP system in place or more warehouse space than 
> God.  Note the companies that failed in e-commerce last Christmas were the
> 
> ones that took orders but didn't know that they couldn't fill them...
> 
> Regards!
> 
> Dean Asmussen
> Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
> Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
> E-mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com
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