Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : Siebel Systems (SEBL) - strong buy? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Cesare J Marini who wrote (2169)	10/14/1998 5:36:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6974

Well for one thing, if you have an IT support organization that has staffed up in ERP expertise, you have an advantage when it comes to hiring the new personnel required to support SFA. Probably not a major consideration when it comes to choosing a package.... unless those same IT mgrs are on the selection committee, and often they are.... Michelle

To: Cesare J Marini who wrote (2169)	10/14/1998 6:06:00 PM
From: j_b	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6974

<<Really? Why? If I went through a painful tooth extraction I don't think I'd start with the same dentist when I needed a filling.>> As bad as the original implementation might have been, imagine how bad the SFA implementation would be if the integration wasn't tight. You'd end up having to go to your ERP vendor anyway to make things work (you never want to believe what the vendor of the new software tells you about compatibility and ease of integration). That being the case, why not go to the ERP vendor first and save yourself the headache. After all, they've done integrations or implementations in the past, and they are the best suited to making sure your new product integrates properly. I realize most of the people on this thread think that the decision will be made by someone other than the person who made the ERP decision, but I don't think that's actually the case. Since the product must be integrated, the people that will be responsible for that integration (the MIS people) will have a large say in the matter, and they will go for ease of integration over ease of use or function any day. Add to that the recommendation of the original ERP chooser (he can't very well say he made a mistake, so he'll likely tout their other products), and the ease of handling a single maintenance or technical support source, and I'd say the ERP still has the edge. There's a lot more to this decision than features or the pain of the original implementation.