[Info-vax] The real problem that needs solving to grow VMS

[Simon Clubley]

On 2022-11-03, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
> On 11/3/2022 9:20 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2022-11-02, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Software that solves specific issues for a particular vertical market many times
>>> will not exist in other software packages.  The list can be rather long.  Just a
>>> few examples:
>>>
>>> Handling of cores
>>> Superscession of part numbers
>>>
>>> The lack of either of those examples is a total show stopper.
>>>
>>> This is applications that have over 40 years of specific development for this
>>> particular vertical market.  Some obsolete.  Some quite recent.
>>>
>>> The customers have looked hard for those "alternate ERP packages".  The search
>>> has failed.
>>>
>>> One customer is trying a cloud solution.  Looks like they are on course for a
>>> future crater.
>>>
>>> You can claim all you want about alternatives.  Doesn't mean any exist.
>>>
>>> The most common response from potential new vendors is "we can't do that".
>>>
>>
>> What is it precisely about supersessions that new vendors can't do ?
>
> The biggest issue with potential new vendors is that they seem to have never 
> heard of the concept, and don't want to hear about it.
>

I'm finding that rather hard to understand. Parts management, regardless
of industry, has a number of universal factors associated with it, and
supersession management is one of the core ones.

I could understand them having issues with the more complex scenarios
(which depends on how much effort they put into their software), but basic
supersessions, where exactly one existing part number is renamed to exactly
one new part number, are easy to implement.

Who exactly are these vendors ?

Simon.

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