Some very interesting developments on the mid-market ERP space:
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Entries categorized as ‘ERP’
Can Lawson Remain Relevant?
October 1, 2009 · 3 Comments
Categories: ERP · LWSN · Lawson · Lawson M3 · Lawson S3 · Thoughts
“We Are All Culpable”
August 22, 2009 · 3 Comments
That line comes back to me as I read about a client suing Lawson over a failed implementation.
The Morphing of the Enterprise Software Vendor Revenue Model
July 11, 2009 · 4 Comments
Is this an anomaly or an interesting market trend in the enterprise software?
In case you missed it this past week, Lawson released their latest financial results.
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Is LWSN Re-Investing Your Maintenance Fees?
May 5, 2009 · 7 Comments
Phil Simon forwarded this blog post about how software companies are “skimping” on R&D, and are using maintenance revenue streams to finance their on-going operations. You—as the software customer—send the vendor some money each year—some to be used for providing you support, but some of it is expected to be used to further enhance the product.
CUE 09 Descends On San Diego
April 27, 2009 · 10 Comments
When Lawson CUE was held in San Diego this past April, Lawson invited some software industry bloggers to attend the annual event. I’ll let you read their reviews:
- Frank Scavo’s Enterprise Spectator
- Michael Krigsman’s IT Project Failures
- Ray Wang’s Software Insider’s Point of View
- Vinnie Mirchandani’s Deal Architect
Unlike the LawsonGuru Blog, which targets you—the actual Lawson customer, each of these bloggers targets the larger enterprise software marketplace. But, hey, it’s Lawson’s conference, so they have to right to invite whomever they want.
Alas, I stayed home.
Categories: ERP · Harry Debes · LWSN · Landmark · Lawson · Lawson CUE · Lawson M3 · Lawson S3
We All Knew This Day Would Come
March 27, 2009 · 2 Comments
Your Paper, Sir?
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that the newspaper industry is in a serious decline. Maybe that’s not strong enough.
Newspapers, as we’ve known them, are on their deathbed. And it’s a sad reversal of fortune. Gone are the glory days of The Washington Post’s Woodward and Bernstein.
Categories: ERP · LSF9 · Lawson · Lawson S3 · Support · Thoughts · Upgrades
What Lawson Can Learn From IBM
February 19, 2009 · 5 Comments
As you know, LawsonGuru.com and Decision Analytics have absolutely no affiliation with Lawson Software. Which makes for a sometimes contentious relationship with Lawson.
Categories: Consulting · ERP · LWSN · Thoughts
Phil Simon’s New Book: Why New Systems Fail
February 12, 2009 · 1 Comment
Make sure you check out the new book, Why New Systems Fail: Theory and Practice Collide, by my friend and fellow independent consultant Phil Simon. The book includes an interview with me on reporting.
Categories: Consulting · ERP · IT · Thoughts
Are You Recession-Proof?
January 28, 2009 · 2 Comments
The economy is on practically everyone’s mind these days. We know we’re in for a bumpy ride over the next several months, and perhaps even years. Everywhere we turn, organizations are “battening down the hatches”, learning to do more with less. One way to do that is to evaluate our tools as well as our approaches to some of the routine tasks that we perform.
Categories: Consulting · ERP · IT · LBI · ProcessFlow · Thoughts
Customization: Risk vs. Reward
October 15, 2008 · 4 Comments
One of the realities of ERP is that organizations often feel they need to customize to meet their requirements. Customization is a tough choice to make and there really is no good answer. In this article, we’ll examine some of the reasons for customization of your Lawson S3 Applications, why to avoid it, and how to mitigate the risks if you do customize.
Categories: Customization · ERP · Lawson · Lawson S3 · Thoughts
