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To: P314159d who wrote (16137)	5/13/1999 11:23:00 PM
From: dave turliku	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21342

re: SAP - a year ago, the company I am at went up on SAP... was a disaster. I cannot express how my heart dropped when I read that release - we all laugh in the office about how SAP basically shut us down for about three months - no shipments - couldn't get stuff out the door - and I had to deal with my furious customers. Hope WSTL gets it right - those $200 per hour consultants crippled our bottom line for '98. Regards, Dave

To: P314159d who wrote (16137)	5/13/1999 11:33:00 PM
From: Mad Bomber	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21342

[SAP launch] bumps in the road are expected in the beginning always. When a company puts in SAP, it usually replaces like 80% of their previous systems. Even if they refuse to re-engineer the business as that is not vogue anymore, the software forces fundamental change across the business. Departments no longer can have barriers in between each other. They have to communicate or chaos results. I specialize in Oil & Gas so am not familiar with telecom wrinkles on SAP jobs, but it probably ramped up costs this qtr if they just went live. For a company with no earnings, it can be significant. If done right, however, SAP can make a big difference. MB