Re: Hersey and SAP - how did the train wreck end?

Off list, because I don't know if anybody from that client is a lurker.

I haven't heard any more about the SAP implementation. If you live in a
house built by Hovnanian, you're paying for it.

Two years ago, the client I was at got a new IT manager who I knew from day
one was a real putz, and knew enough about the 400 to be dangerous, even
though he claimed to have been a consultant for New Resources, Inc. His
stated "mission" was to get rid of all the consultants. What happened was
that he brought in a bunch of his buddies from the consulting world who were
having trouble getting assignments. Then he expected me to train them! And
yes, one of them is an H1B....:-((  He started bringing SQL server
applications to "augment" the 400 stuff, even though we already had
everything necessary in place. I once overheard him tell someone that he was
interested in "learning" SQL server for the future.

It took him 6 months, but he finally pushed me to the point where I had to
tell him that some business was not worth having, and that I was exercising
the clause in my contract to give him 30 days notice. I still get support
calls from his staff members with whom I am friendly, and I even dial in to
fix things his buddies screw up (he doesn't know about it), because I know
that eventually he'll be gone and I'll be back.

What a world. Time to leave for church.

Paul Nelson
Arbor Solutions, Inc.
708-670-6978 Cell
708-923-7354 Home
pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Booth Martin" <Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 6:57 PM
Subject: Re: Hersey and SAP - how did the train wreck end?


A couple of years ago?  Any idea where it stands now?


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-------Original Message-------

From: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Date: Saturday, June 07, 2003 3:17:18 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Hersey and SAP - how did the train wreck end?

A couple of years ago, a large homebuilder client of mine told me that he
had been told by the owner of an even bigger competitor that his company was
in the process of implementing SAP. My first thought was the IT manager was
padding his resume, cuz even JDE had gotten out of that market segment. I
then asked him how bad the implementation was going. The answer was 35
million and counting.

The owner of that company really didn't understand what he had been talked
into. Like Ken said, more money than brains.

Paul Nelson
Arbor Solutions, Inc.
708-670-6978 Cell
708-923-7354 Home
pnelson@xxxxxxxxxxx

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