MANMAN -interBiz Supply Chain Group - September 2000

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interBiz Supply Chain Group

MANMAN/HP STILL A SMART AND ECONOMICAL CHOICE

Session Code:

SMH01PN

Marriott Hotel

April 9-14, 2000

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Page 1

MANMAN/HP

STILL A SMART

AND ECONOMICAL CHOICE

interBiz Supply Chain Group

Session: SMH01PN

interBiz@CA-World 2000

Main Points

uThe Software

uThe Platform

uThird Party “bolt-ons”

uThe Talent Pool

uYour Installation

uThe Real Questions

interBiz@CA-World 2000

The Software

uMANMAN contains a vast amount of flexibility

and functionality

uThe functionality is well known

uGood user documentation

uReal-time design lends well to “bolt-on”

expansion

ümany offerings by vendors

üusers often willing to share

uWe tend to focus on what’s wrong

interBiz@CA-World 2000

The Software (2)

uThe biggest complaints I hear are:

üIt’s not GUI based (traditional MANMAN)

üIt’s not “new”, whatever that means

interBiz@CA-World 2000

The Platform - HP3000

uHardware already in place

uPrice Performance Leader

uSupport for Industry Standards

üTelnet

üODBC

üSQL

üApache

üSamba

ü… lots more

interBiz@CA-World 2000

The Platform (2)

uHighly scalable for growth

üwho here is close to maxing out the range?

uHighly reliable

üautofail over

üRAID

üMirrored disk

uLots of cost saving options (brokers)

Summary of content (4 pages)

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interBiz Supply Chain Group MANMAN/HP STILL A SMART AND ECONOMICAL CHOICE Session Code: SMH01PN Main Points uThe Software Platform uThird Party “bolt-ons” uThe Talent Pool uYour Installation uThe Real Questions uThe MANMAN/HP STILL A SMART AND ECONOMICAL CHOICE interBiz Supply Chain Group Session: SMH01PN interBiz@CA-World 2000 The Software contains a vast amount of flexibility and functionality uThe functionality is well known uGood user documentation uReal-time design lends well to “bolt-on” expansio
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interBiz Supply Chain Group MANMAN/HP STILL A SMART AND ECONOMICAL CHOICE Session Code: SMH01PN The Platform (3) uUtility Third Party “bolt-ons” u MANMAN/ S/W ü Report writers –host based –client based ü Data backup solutions ü Integrated Electronic Forms printing ü DB Maintenance tools ü Time & Date manipulators ü Integrated Fax solutions INSIGHT (GUI Sales Order Interface) S/W Concepts u Quantum S/W u Summit Systems u The Navigate Group (Advocate) u EDI vendors u JAS u ….
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interBiz Supply Chain Group MANMAN/HP STILL A SMART AND ECONOMICAL CHOICE Session Code: SMH01PN The Real Questions (2) uWho are these “people”? u 1) Vendors ü What might their motive be? They want to sell you something –S/W –H/W –Consulting –Training –Tools The Real Questions (3) u 2) “Pundits” ü They get paid to “stir the pot” ü Someone paid them to take a survey, validate an assumption, make a point, etc. ü They want to make a prediction ü But it isn’t their business they are betting.
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interBiz Supply Chain Group MANMAN/HP STILL A SMART AND ECONOMICAL CHOICE Session Code: SMH01PN The Real Questions (9) u Now ask yourself “What is the best investment for our business?” This is the question that usually doesn’t get asked, because there is a “hidden agenda”.