Re: Lawson?

["Chuck Morehead" <cbmorehead@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris,

My previous employer ran Lawson.  We had two main complaints.  1 - Unix & NT
always got enhancements and updates first.  We (AS/400 users) had to wait
additional months for the same functionality.  2 - They were extremely
behind in their development of the healthcare enhancements for the materials
management module.  When we bought Lawson we understood that we would be
getting that update in a few months.  Two years later when I quit to take
the job I have now they still hadn't finished development (for the AS/400 -
NT & Unix had it).

In general, my understanding from the users was that it would not be
appropriate for small - medium sized companies.  I.e. the level of
sophistication and flexibility of the software also created a level of
complexity.  It seemed that they assumed that some tasks would be divided up
among multiple people, and the software was designed as such, whereas in a
smaller company a single employee would handle it.  However, if you are
looking at packages like JDE, PeopleSoft, or SAP then I think you should
also look at Lawson.

Chuck

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Beck" <CBeck@good-sam.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 2:12 PM
Subject: Lawson?


> Is anyone out there running Lawson on a 400?   Are you happy with it?
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> Chris
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