Re: IBM i Foodservice Distribution Softyware

Jeff,

I think any ERP software package is going to involve some serious cash.
I would also keep in mind that not many people pay list. List is
primarily there so they can charge you x% of list as annual maintenance. I
sometimes wonder if those whose prices are ridiculously high ever plan on
making any more sales or if they're just milking the maintenance cash cow.

Personally, it's not mandatory that my support people live in America and
be solely of northern European descent. However, I do expect timely,
technically competent answers communicated clearly and understandingly in
a professional and courteous manner.


Rob Berendt
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From: Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Non-Technical Discussion about the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)"
<midrange-nontech@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 11/13/2014 08:55 AM
Subject: Re: IBM i Foodservice Distribution Softyware
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Is the *SPENDMONEY because it's Oracle? Or for any of the options we look
at?

Thanks.

On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 8:47 AM, Paul Nelson <nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

As Al Barsa used to say, be prepared for the *SPENDMONEY parameter. One
thing to start asking is where the support line people are located.

Paul Nelson
Cell 708-670-6978
Office 409-267-4027
nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


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Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 7:44 AM
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Subject: Re: IBM i Foodservice Distribution Softyware

Another named surfaced yesterday.

An IBM BP we deal with partners with some SW providers, including one

that

does JD Edwards. JD Edwards is owned by Oracle, isn't it? The BP

assured

me it runs on IBM i and will continue to do so.

I'm supposed to get more info today. Any opinions on JD Edwards?



On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 4:00 PM, Paul Nelson <nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

I know Retalix was used successfully by European Imports in Chicago

before

they got swallowed up by Sysco Foods.

Paul Nelson
Cell 708-670-6978
Office 409-267-4027
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Subject: Re: IBM i Foodservice Distribution Softyware

These are the ones I've found so far:

Business Applications, Inc (will work for food distribution with help

from

another vendor)
Harris Data
I/O DMAS Plus
Infor
Retalix
Software Concept
Target
Turning Point Systems
Vormittag Associates, Inc

Any others?






On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 4:48 PM, <MichaelQuigley@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Midrange-NonTech" <midrange-nontech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on
11/07/2014 01:00:05 PM:

----- Message from Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on Thu,

6

Nov 2014 13:45:21 -0500 -----

To:

"Non-Technical Discussion about the AS400 / iSeries" <midrange-
nontech@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Subject:

IBM i Foodservice Distribution Softyware

The 3 of us in senior management positions here at Dilgard are all

about

the same age and will all be retiring in 8-10 years at about the

same

time. The Board of Directors has 'suggested' that we replace the

custom

in

house software I have developed over the past 40 years with

something

off

the shelf. The idea being it will be easier to find support as

well

as

making the company more valuable.

What IBM i (AS/400) ERP software packages are out there? Looking

for

the

usual gamut of apps. A/R, A/P, Ordering, Billing, Inventory

Control

and

Management, GL, Warehouse, etc.

Thanks.

--
Jeff Crosby
VP Information Systems
UniPro FoodService/Dilgard
P.O. Box 13369
Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
260-422-7531
www.dilgardfoods.com

The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily the opinion

of

my

company. Unless I say so.

We run several modules from Infor/Infinium. Their support is good,
although the price keeps going up. (It's coming to the point where

we'll

soon be spending as much on the annual support as we did on the

initial

licensing. We may have to re-evaluate our options in the future.) I

don't

always like the results of support, but I understand where Infor is

coming

from. The support people are always willing to work with us and try

to

get

a workable solution.

Infor has grown into one of the largest software vendors out there.

They

have very good IBM i (a.k.a., AS/400) support. They've grown by

snatching

up other vendors. Unlike other organizations which have snatched up

a

group of vendors, they continue to support and enhance the products

they

acquire. They've also had a program to allow full credit of

licensing

costs when switching between their various software lines.

From the limited exposure I've had, I would take a serious look at

their

Lawson product line. I don't know if VAI has anything in the Food

Services

Distribution area, but what I've seen from them also looks

well-done.

I've

also heard good things about Harris Data Systems.

I know years ago a large food services distributor in Great Falls,

Montana

was reworking all their mainframe stuff to run on the AS/400. They

felt

the competitive advantage of their custom written software was worth

far

more than the cost of maintaining it. Your BOD may find that

something

to

think about before moving to something off the shelf.
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