My .02.
Ask Infor for their BPCS development roadmap and you will get the
deer-in-the-headlights look. Seriously, they stuck a fork in it a long
time ago and don't really expect any new accounts. It is however; still a
bit of a cash cow for current installs paying software maintenance because
there is little to no reinvestment into the product on Infor's part.
Also, forget the pricing argument because that should just be used as a
tie-breaker or to eliminate the solutions under or over your budget radar.
Just compare it with its competition on its features, flexibility, and
personalization ability and you will know what you need to do.
Dale.
Dale Walker
Director, Information Technology
Le Sueur Incorporated
507-665-6204 ext 277
www.lesueurinc.com
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RE: iSeries revenue plummets
The SSA Infor pricing rules are such that they drive top management into
non-IBM arms ... to upgrade BPCS/400 to the next higher 400 platform ...
the cost for BPCS new license is ten times the cost of the next IBM
hardware. Thus we keep the old box running as long as we can, and when it
finally flakes out, might not stick with IBM due to the ERP pricing.
Part of it is the current state of "globalization". What percentage of
SSA's
customers 15 years ago still have manufacturing facilities in the US?
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