Mark,
Excellent advice Mark, I can definetly relate to what you are
saying. Fortunatly "maybe" for us we have a COO/CFO who has worked
with ERP systems in the past so he is familiar with how they are
supposed to work, at least on the accounting side. Additionally,
with hiring me on as the IT Manager, he recently started trying to
change the mindset of of those set in their ways by examing how we
are currently using the system, making changes here and there, and
having me push training. However, this is causing a ripple affect
and many seeking employment elsewhere, which is a whole nother
topic. This could be a good thing in the long run but it hurts for
a while at first.
With your advice, I going to write a proposal to my COO/CFO to have
him push training because, as you said, users look for work arounds
when change comes from IT, which I have noticed. Nobody has time
for training.
On a side note: I'm glad I found this group; you all have been very
helpful and I look forward to returning the advice when I can.
Thanks,
Tony
Excellent advice Mark, I can definetly relate to what you are
saying. Fortunatly "maybe" for us we have a COO/CFO who has worked
with ERP systems in the past so he is familiar with how they are
supposed to work, at least on the accounting side. Additionally,
with hiring me on as the IT Manager, he recently started trying to
change the mindset of of those set in their ways by examing how we
are currently using the system, making changes here and there, and
having me push training. However, this is causing a ripple affect
and many seeking employment elsewhere, which is a whole nother
topic. This could be a good thing in the long run but it hurts for
a while at first.
With your advice, I going to write a proposal to my COO/CFO to have
him push training because, as you said, users look for work arounds
when change comes from IT, which I have noticed. Nobody has time
for training.
On a side note: I'm glad I found this group; you all have been very
helpful and I look forward to returning the advice when I can.
Thanks,
Tony
--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Dupuis" <dupuism@...> wrote:
>
> Tony,
>
>
>
> Just a thought on your approach. In my experience you cannot
effect lasting
> change by driving it from the IT side. The driving force must
come from
> upper management. Preferably from as high up as possible. When
change is
> pushed from the IT group the users tend to only look for system
work a
> rounds. They tend to be very focused on their issues and do not
usually see
> the big picture. In the worst case scenario management does not
have a clue
> and you are forced to use your talents to create system routines
that
> circumvent Vantage best practices. Are there others at your
company who see
> the need to get your business process's in line with the ERP
system? If not
> you have already lost the battle for change.
>
>
>
> Just my 2 cents
>
> Mark
>
>
>
>
>
> _____
>
> From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of
> sheehanam21
> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 7:37 PM
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Vantage] Re: Vantage & SQL
>
>
>
> Todd,
>
> I think I may have led you astray. Everyone here is very dependant
> on Vantage and have been for the past 7 years. However, training
> was never made a priority and I've only been here since September
06.
>
> As you can probably tell, people are set in their ways and the
ways
> they have been using Vantage isn't in line with the way they
should
> be using it. Trying to get everyone to change is rather difficult
> and takes babysteps, which is why I believe changing things about
> the system, like implementing SQL, would allow me to provide the
> users with tools to allow them to input and extract different
> information.
>
> Thanks,
> Tony
>
> --- In vantage@yahoogroups <mailto:vantage%
40yahoogroups.com> .com, "Todd
> Hofert" <todd@> wrote:
> >
> > Tony,
> >
> >
> >
> > I would guess that most people who are on V6.1, either purchased
> it with
> > Progress or they purchased it with SQL. As a result they are in
> the same
> > boat you are in. They are familiar with and can speak to the
> performance
> > of what they have but cannot accurately comment or compare to the
> > performance of the product they don't have.
> >
> >
> >
> > I do not have 6.1 SQL installed anywhere so I cannot
categorically
> say
> > so but the word on the street is that the performance
differences
> are
> > very significant. That is enough to make me leery enough to not
> propose
> > a change without determining for myself how significant the
> differences
> > are.
> >
> >
> >
> > Your previous message referring to people being to busy to use
the
> > software sounds a lot more like an implementation issue and not a
> > platform issue. I would spend some time taking a hard look at
why
> the
> > software isn't working for them and tend to that. If no one is
> using it,
> > it doesn't really matter what the database is.
> >
> >
> >
> > Just my two cents.
> >
> >
> >
> > Todd
> >
> >
> >
> > From: vantage@yahoogroups <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> .com
> [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups <mailto:vantage%
40yahoogroups.com> .com] On
> Behalf
> > Of sheehanam21
> > Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 12:50 PM
> > To: vantage@yahoogroups <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> .com
> > Subject: [Vantage] Vantage & SQL
> >
> >
> >
> > I am hearing a lot of negative things about haveing SQL as the
> > database for Vantage.
> >
> > Is there anyone out there that is running or has run Vantage 6.1
> on
> > SQL that is willing to tell me how good or bad this is working
for
> you
> > and how many users access your system.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tony
> >
> >
> >
> >
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