Re: [mv] MiniVend and ERP systems (de_DE: Warenwirtschaftssysteme)

[Birgitt Funk <birgitt@booktraders.com>]

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> On Sun, Jun 25, 2000 at 04:22:00PM +0200, Stefan Hornburg wrote:
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> > I hope that the next theme gets a similar echo. Has anyone of you
> > experiences with MiniVend and interfaces to enterprise resource 
> > planning (ERP) systems (or "Warenwirtschaftssyteme" in German) ?
>

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> <philosopy>
> There is a great amount of pressure on businesses to integrate their
> back end systems.  Lots of them don't see it yet: "Oh, we'll just
> manage it with a manual web interface and enter products manually"
> while two doors down the hall there is AS400 that could dump
> products and accounts DB nightly (or real time)  **ACCURATELY**
> and **AUTOMATICALLY**.  Hmmm, in a way we have a lot of experience
> where minivend is NOT an interface to ERP system ;^).
>
> This is a huge steamroller that will crush many medium sized businesses.
> The first players in a field that get the integrated package (ERP) up and
> running will have a tremendous service advantage over others in their
> field.
>

Racke, you would know better than me, but isn't SAP on its way to support
Linux platform ? At least last I remember them saying so last year or
1998 on the CeBIT. Anyone knows ?

> There will be little warning when it happens in any particular
> field; the market leader will be invisible until rollout and then will
> appear **boom**.

http://www.sap.com/company/index.htm

SAP is the world's largest inter-enterprise software company and the world's
fourth-largest independent software supplier, overall. In its most recent
fiscal year, ending Dec. 31, 1999, SAP AG reported revenues of EUR 5.11
billion. SAP employs over 21,700 people in more than 50 countries who are
dedicated to providing high-level customer support and services.

Go figure.

>  Most of these will take more work than booksellers
> and financial services but the outcome will be similar.  I'm wondering
> if the promotional products industry isn't about to get it's clock cleaned
> right now; see something like iprint.com.
>
> See also: Internet: The great leveller:  Caterpillar, D9.

What's that: a  book or a URL ?

> >
> > Any comment, if send to the list or to me privately, will be
> > greatly appreciated.

Racke, you should always help other people learn, so keep it "open" and not
"private". 8-)

Birgitt Funk
We must all hang together to stand free separately, or assuredly we
we will all hang collectively... (freely after the words of Benjamin
Franklin on July 4th, 1776: "We must all hang together, or assuredly we
will all hang separately"). 



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