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Non-Tech : The Y2K Newspaper -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bill Ounce who wrote (136)	11/1/1999 10:48:00 AM
From: Bill Ounce	Respond to of 198

Computerworld -- Gore Tex maker files suite over software installation [ This isn't necessarily Y2K related, but is an example of what we will see when companies botch migrations to new software product to achieve Y2K compliance ] computerworld.com [...] The suit charges the software maker and consultancy with failing to properly install PeopleSoft's Human Resources Management System to the point of damaging Gore's business operations. [...] The suit alleges that Deloitte & Touche consultants weren't the PeopleSoft experts they purported to be and that the company "suffered because of PeopleSoft's and D&T's scheme to defraud and failure to perform as promised." [...]

To: Bill Ounce who wrote (136)	11/1/1999 10:55:00 AM
From: Bill Ounce	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 198

Update: Failed ERP gamble haunts Hershey [ We'll see more such stories in 1Q 2000, the question is how many? Will there be a significant enough number to cause a recession? ] computerworld.com (Online News, 10/29/99 04:52 PM) Update: Failed ERP gamble haunts Hershey By Craig Stedman A$112 million ERP project has blown up in the face of Hershey Foods Corp., which said Tuesday it's still struggling to fix order-processing problems that are hampering its ability to ship candy and other products to retailers. Analysts and industry sources said the Hershey, Pa., manufacturer appears to have lost a gamble that it could install a wide swath of SAPAG's R/3 enterprise resource planning applications, plus companion packages from two other vendors, in a single rollout during one of its busiest shipping seasons. [ The bolded section sounds virtually identical to what other companies are doing for Y2K ] The sources said Hershey squeezed what was originally expected to be a four-year project into just 30 months before going live with the ERPsystem in July, which is when retailers begin ordering big amounts of candy for back-to-school and Halloween sales. [...] "People hate the idea of a phased deployment," Shepherd said. "But these systems tie together in very intricate ways, and things that work fine in testing can turn out to be a disaster [when you go live]." At Hershey, the system problems will likely result in lost market share and could lead fed-up retailers to drop some of the company's products from their shelves, Wolfe said.