Thanks, Chuck. Did you find any errors down the road after you went
live? I am guessing there is no great way to do this :-)
live? I am guessing there is no great way to do this :-)
--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, Casey Kuck <caseybohling@...> wrote:
>
> We did both. We did dual entry - we determined a ship date that
orders would not have to be entered into the old system going from
our Live date and any orders that would still be produced before our
Live date - we entered in both systems. Once cut-over came - we
entered "cut-over" materials, etc and applied the costs to that. It
was fairly smooth over all but you have to make sure everyone is on
their toes on paying attention.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Manasa Reddy <manasa@...>
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 12:31:07 PM
> Subject: RE: [Vantage] Re: Going live
>
> Depends...one way is dual entry...and if you have a lot of work
people
> will complain sooner or later, or they can forget to put it in one
> system vs the other. That can be a nightmare as well.
>
> The other way is to find the cost on the jobs the end of Friday
before
> cutover. Take those costs and apply it to a dummy op and then
continue
> with the last op from the old system when you are live. If you have
a
> consultant, they can explain the exact procedure for this and then
you
> do not have to deal with double entry and those dreaded mistakes
that
> can happen.
>
> If you want more info feel free to contact me.
>
> M. Manasa Reddy
>
> manasa@weldcoa. com
>
> P: 630-806-2000
>
> F: 630-806-2001
>
> ____________ _________ _________ __
>
> From: vantage@yahoogroups .com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups .com] On
Behalf
> Of vantagenook
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 1:21 PM
> To: vantage@yahoogroups .com
> Subject: [Vantage] Re: Going live
>
> Hi Dave,
>
> Thanks for your response. We are going live with Vantage 8.03 for
> the first time. Current system is HP (dos based).
>
> --- In vantage@yahoogroups .com <mailto:vantage% 40yahoogroups.
com> ,
> "Dave Pfiester" <dpfiester@ ..> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Diane,
> >
> > Are you upgrading from another version of Vantage or another
> software
> > program?
> >
> > --- In vantage@yahoogroups .com <mailto:vantage% 40yahoogroups.
com> ,
> "vantagenook" <vantagenook@ > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > We are wondering how Vantage users go-live--is it
> possible/advisable
> > to
> > > run your existing system parallel to Vantage so that all data
> going
> > in
> > > to Vantage is clean (the tabula rasa approach) or do you have
to
> > > manually force existing jobs that are currently housed in the
old
> > > system into Vantage? Our preference would be to leave our old
> system
> > > up until all of the jobs are complete but not sure what if any
> the
> > > ramifications would be. How has anyone else handled this
> situation?
> > > Thanks!
> > > Diane Popovich
> > > Nook Industries
> > > Cleveland, OH
> > >
> >
>
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>
>
>
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