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SOFTCOMP

SOFTWARESTRENGTHSANDWEAKNESSES

SUNSYSTEMS

FeedbackfromGroupthedayafterthepresentation

Overall10at80%

Overall1at90%

Overall2at95+%

STRENGTHS

SupportandImplementation

Multilingual

Multicurrency

International

VARSupport

Centralizedcodeandchangecontrol

15consultantsspeakSpanish

TraininginEnglish,specialarrangementscanbemadetotraininSpanish

HelpDesk7by24withSpanishspeakinghelppersonnel

9000sitesin165countries

UsersinMining,Manufacturing,Services,andPharmaceuticals

FocusoninternationalAccounting

Modularsoftwareallowsfordifferentlanguages

CanberunfromaPCLAN,client/server,ofdifferentoperatingenvironments

Noperiodclosing

Flexibilitytodesignsupporthierarchy

CustomertoVARtoSun

CustomertoHQtoSun

CustomertoSun

Dailyuptodatebalancesintheledger

Conversiontoothercomputersissimple

Backupfromtheexistingplatformandrestoretothenewplatform

Implementationissupposedtobefastandquicktolearn

Itsasoftwareofhightechnologythatneedslittletechnologicalknowledgetooperate

Useroriented-highfunction/lowoverhead

Theyhaveatutorialontheproduct

Statutorydriven

ISO9000certified

5diskettesforthePCversionofthepackage

Identicalfunctionalityforallversions

Onlinerealtimeledger,notapepostings,noperiodendclosing

Projecttracking

Extremelystrongmulti-currency

Trainingavailableinonsiteandoffsite

Upto4languagesconcurrentlyinasingleinstallation

Designedforlowinfrastructureatinstallsite

Expandableaccountnumberstructure（cannotexceed50intotal）

SunSystems

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General

“What-if”feature,Roughpostingchoice

Userfriendly,flexible,reportwriter

Canconsolidatebyreportsofbycreatingacompanytocapturethedata

Alltranslationsdoneinlanguagesselected

Spanish-help,errormessages,etc.

CanimportReportWriterdatadowntoPCspreadsheetsoftware

Canalsotakeactualtransactionsto‘tool’programs

Canexporttransactions-Balance

DetailorSummary

Visionfeelandlookprettygood

Goodmultilingual

SecurityOK（notgreat）

Init’smulticurrency,itkeepsallhistoricrecords

AbilitytoexportdatatoExcelorLotustoworkwithandmakemonthlyreportsorgraphs

Individualandgrouplevelsecurity

FASB52compliant

GeneralLedger

Willkeepbothamountsbalanced

Detailexport

Abilitytotrackmultiplebudgets

Roughbooktostoreinterfacedatatemporarily-looksgood

Easytosetup/copytoanewlocation

Veryfriendlytoworkwithtomakechangesaccordingtothecountry

TotalFlexibility

Abilitytorevaluebudgets

Abilitytoenteronesidedentriestoaworkfile

FixedAssets

Securitycanbeincludedinamountusercanissuepurchaseorderformakingsupervisiontoapproval

DocumentGeneration-formstools

Variousdepreciationforms

ThisisgoodtohandleSLKPandthestatutoryincountryrequirements

Invariouscurrencies

CanbelinkedtoM&D

Theyhaveseveralreportsinordertoprintthemforourrecords

（Presentlydoingthismanually）

Providescapabilitytosegregate/selectassetsforreportingpurposes

（e.g.,NotreportlowcapitalassetsinCostaRica,under$1000）

SunSystems

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PurchasingandA/PScenario

Dollarsecurity

Vendorset-upsecurity

VendorHistory

AmendmentstoPurchaseOrder

AssigningPO#whenPOreleased

It’slinkedpurchasing/receiving/AP

Bettercontrols（PresentlydonemanuallyinMexico）

ThereportsorPOareadaptabletobeprintedaswewant

tofitaparticularestablishedform

WEAKNESSES

SupportandImplementation

U.K.researchanddevelopment-TimeZonedifferences

coordinationofproblemresolution

HelpDesk/ProblemManagement-Processisweak/besteffort

Problemsupportandaccesstoproblem/helpinformationismediocre

Notaneasymechanismforplanningupgradesordeterminingimpactofchange

AllprogrammingiscentralizedinEurope

DevelopmentgroupdevelopedintheUK

NoINFORMIXDatabase

Theyhavea24hourresponsetoaquestion

Sometimeweneedananswerrightaway

Notextilecompanieshaveusedthesystem

NocurrentHRroleout

General

Notclearhowtohandleyearend,physicalvs.calendar

Cleardown-toremoveolddata

hastobescheduled

alldatamustbeinproductionforreporting

ReportWriterrathercryptic

EDIlinkages-notaprettyhighimportantrequirement

GeneralLedger

Accrualreversals-shouldbedoneatexchangerateofpreviousmonthwithoutrequiringnewaccount

Extremeflexibilitycausescomplication

Requiresmoretraining,setup,implementation,planning,andpilotactivities

FixedAssets

NospecificfieldforTagNumber

Codehas10characters

Providesonly“basic”tracking,notcapitalmoney

SunSystems

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PurchasingandA/PScenario

NoRequisitionSystem,butcanworkaroundit

NoVendorPerformance

NettermsprintedonPurchaseOrder

PartialDelivery

Requisition/Approvalprocesswouldbenice,throughnotarequirement

TermsnotstoredatthePO,Invoicelevel,onlyatthesupplierlevel

NeedthepaymenttermsdaystobeprintedonthePO

Don’thavereceivinginspectioncapabilities

Prepay’s

Noperformancevendorstatistics

COMMENTS

SupportandImplementation

40consultants15inSpanish

Support12hoursperdayateachsupportlocation

Initialcallbackwithin24hours

Inthesupportandimplementationarea,itseemstobegood.TheyalreadyhaveexperienceinMexicoandSouthAmerica,willbegoodtotalktosomeofthecustomersthatarealreadyusingthispackageinthecountriesweneedthissystemtowork

$40Msales65%fromVARs

Supportcostruns7-18%fordirectsupport

MexicanVARscovertheCaribbean

General

Threereportwriters

1.FinancialAnalysis

2.OnlineusingVisionfromSunSystems（Drilldownanalysis）

3.Financialtables-mostcomplexreportwriter

Periodcleardownremovesdetailandreplaceswithaccountbalancesbyperiod

GeneralLedger

Duane’srevalueledgerquestions

FixedAssets

NotclearonhowtopassscheduledIDorevenTagNumber

SunSystems

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PurchasingandA/PScenario

NonPOpurchase/invoicedirectinput

alsoshortmethod,quickinputmethodcanbeused

IthasgeneralrequirementsofPurchasingsystemfoodfortheseveraltoolsithastoworkwith

AlsocoverstheSLKPand807facilitiesrequirements

TheyareabletoprovidethepurchaserequisitionsandthetermsdaysonthePO

Revaluationatpointofpayment-seemscomplex

QUESTIONS

（RobertRath）

InVision,

Candataaccessberestrictedbyview/updatebysubgroups?

Canpersonbelongtomorethan1group?

Isdecimalandthousandseparatorgetbylanguage/countryorbydatabase?

Aredifferentcompaniesstoredinseparatetables,oriscompany#partofkey?

Userdefinedfields,suchasimportpermitnumber?

Createcheckstoprepay?

WindowsDDECut/Paste?

Oneimportantissueisthefiscal/calendarmonthclosingperiods.

Ingeneral,itseemsverygood,andfriendlytoaccommodatetothenecessitiesoneachsiteandwiththegeneralitiesonaccounting,justneedstobeadjustedtoeachstatutoryrequirementsforeachcountry

OverallisagoodsystemtohandletheF/ArecordsbothforSLKPrequirementsandforthecountryrequirements

FOURGEN

STRENGTHS

SupportandImplementation

Commitmenttodevelopment

CASEbase

Percentofstaff-70of130

100%employeeownedcompany

Theyofferstrongsupportforproblemswithwidehourlytimetable

TheManceragroupisaverystrongfirminsystems,accounting,legalmatterswithpartnersorpeopleworkingintherestoftheCentralAmericasandtheCaribbeancountries

Qualitycontrolintranslations

General

Verystrongarchitectureanddesignfeatures

Securityexcellent

ThetranslationoftheSpanishscreensisverygood,understandableanddetailed

Thereportwritercanbehandledbyabilingualpersontocustomizethereports

Modificationstoonereleasecanbereappliedtosubsequentreleases

Customizable

Stronguploadanddownloadcapabilities

Goodwindowsinterface

Supportedbyvariousdifferentarchitectures

Errorlogfeature

ItisnotrequiredtocloseaperiodtorunaP&L

GeneralLedger

Thesetupstepshasalotofflexibilityaccordingtoourneeds

Tosetupthechartofaccounts,etc.

Basedoninformationkeyedin,theyhaveagreattooltoseethemonthlyresultsoncharts,greatfordecisionmakingandreportingtoHOPlevel,plantlevelorcountry

Goodsolidpackage

Massjournalentriesoptions

TheDSStoolisavailableinSpanish

FixedAssets

Subassets

Locationflexkeys（upto5segments）

PrettygoodcontrolofFixedAssetsfortheSLKPsideandtheoffshorelocations

GoodCIPcontrol

Handlesassettags

PurchasingandA/PScenario

Goodrequisitionfunction

Itemflexkeyconcept（7）

Pre-pays

2,3,or4waymatching

PurchaserequisitionstrackingtoPOtochecks

MatchesinvoicesagainstseveralPOs

Purchaserequisitionsauthorizationlimits

Catalogprocess

WEAKNESSES

SupportandImplementation

LimitedHotLine,5by12

Spanishsupportof4

AssumesinternalHelpDeskasthe1sttiersupportlevel

Telecommunicationsforupdatepatchesmaynotsupportshoplocations

Non-specialresponsetoturnaroundtimeandhistory

Weaksupportstrategyforstatutoryrequirements

Lackofinstallsinour807geographicarea

BasicallyMexico&PRonlyatpresent

TheyarenotworkingdirectlywithothercountriesotherthanMexico（inCentralAmericaandtheCaribbean）

Trainthetrainercourses,nothingfortheenduser

Regulatoryenhancementsor“localizations”areextensionsofproduct

Mostregulatorycomponentsarenotdone,especiallyinMexico

SupportstructureisslantedtowardSLKPinternalsta