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To: Ted Downs who wrote (2744)	11/3/1998 7:59:00 AM
From: riposte	Respond to of 3424

Preparing for ERP Here's an interesting article at NetworkWorld Fusion (www.nwfusion.com ) concerning infrastructure preparations which should be taken prior to rolling out ERP systems. Preparing for ERP Enterprise resource planning systems call for careful - and generous - capacity estimates. By Neal Weinberg Network World, 11/02/98 After a year of intense network planning, Becton Dickinson next month is slated to turn on a SAP R/3 enterprise resource planning (ERP) system at the first of 180 sites worldwide. By the time it's finished, the project is expected to cost the medical products company in excess of $100 million. Most of the investment to streamline the company's manufacturing-related business processes centers on R/3 software modules, consulting fees, training and server hardware. But Becton Dickinson is also spending between $3.5 million and $5.5 million to upgrade its LANs and WANs. [REMAINING TEXT DELETED] FULL TEXT @ nwfusion.com