If it’s the exec team that’s very concerning they should have been your champions regardless of the operational changes required to get from A to B sounds like they got sold on “Shiny” and weren’t realistically thinking about the change.
If you are already live and users are down the path it’s a harder call. There still may be value in getting everyone shifted before they settle in too deep rooted or you have too many customizations.
If the exec team is far enough in the weeds that they are concerned about minutia you described, I can only assume they are working execs and you’re company is 25-75 employees. If you are in fact that size still consider the move you should be nimble enough.
I’d skip that, and go for 11.2 this fall. You’ll need to do a CRP regardless, so save a cycle and do it once! You can keep all the same classic views and customizations, and migrate departments over to the Kinetic UI as you get a chance to train them. And if someone asks for a classic customization once you’re on 11, then get mgmt to back the Epicor line of “All future development will be in Kinetic” Otherwise you’ll be doing it twice.
Thanks - I’m not in favor of doing anything twice… the year of preparing for implementation and then trying to work out all the kinks since then has been exhausting!
@WendyB , I’ve shared this before, but learning epicor very closely resembles the stages of grief. lol. Sounds like your users are still in denial, and you’ve moved onto the anger and bargaining phase.
Whew… ok…so if that’s going to be released this fall I will stop wasting my time testing in 10.2.700 and focus on the 5 million other things on my list while trying NOT to come up with too many customizations that I’ll have to deal with in Kinetic… got it!
Is there value in downloading and testing in 2021.1 until .2 is released?
If your focus is on classic then no. It’s effectively 700 there. If you want to start playing with the Kinietic forms and AppStudio (used to customize going forward) then 100%. Sounds like you didn’t make it to Insights 2021?
I did not make it to Insights…I’m effectively tied to my computer and desk. My focus is not on the classic – I do want to start working with the Kinetic and getting used to it and AppStudio. I’ll be kicking 700 off the server and replacing it with 2021.1 and going from there.
Thank goodness I decided to rant this week ! I’ve learned A LOT!
Make sure you take the time to get there next year you would have a head start on app studio they did a lot of labs on that. Next years labs should be better with passed time. This year’s were good but for sure needed polish.
Pretty common to hear things like this, relative to persons function in the org.
I know quite a few older, “frontline” users, those who do the bulk of the data entry/lookup and they still have fond memories of those old unix/green screens. Older systems, though limited functionality on one hand, on the other hand tended to be REALLY fast/easy for these types of end users.
Those who work in management, IT, etc… usually not big fans of those old systems. Instead they want access to lots and lots of raw data that can easily be manipulated - or customize processes, where the newer systems tend to excel.
As one of the few holders of the “Who Moved My Cheese” badge, I feel I must weigh in.
While change is inevitable, and often for the better, there are times when it looks like the change was made just for the sake of changing.
You know why GUI based O/S’s and there programs took off so fast? Because of repeatability (i.e. - minimal change). The commands: Open, Save, Print, etc … are under the File menu - where they’ve been since the original Macintosh and Windows 3.0. And that’s regardless of the program. So if you are using a new program you instinctively know where too look.
It took me a long time to transition from a menubar to the 2007 Office “ribbon bar” (is that what it is even called?)
Otherwise you’ll be doing it twice.
