Laraine,
We moved from 8.03 to 9.05. The only assistance we had was with moving some of
our customizations. Our operation is not complex and we were only using Vantage
1 year prior to our move to E9.05. The critical think for us was the testing
and re-testing to ensure that each module worked as expected; this was done via
several weeks of simulations but of course some things were not caught as
expected.
We received a cost from Epicor to do the migration, the first cost was for a
complete Project i.e. with all phases etc which was not the route I wanted to
go. The second cost was not bad but I felt we knew enough to do it in-house and
we did. The other aspect of the migration that should be looked at is your
reports. This causes us several headaches especially with the schema changes
etc. None the less we are up and running, currently on 9.05.602a with very
little issues and the program has become stable over patches.
Paul
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From: laraines422 <laraines422@...>
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, February 11, 2011 2:54:49 PM
Subject: [Vantage] Budget to Upgrade from Vantage 8.03.4xx to Epicor 9
Hi All,
Has anyone upgraded from Vantage 8.03.4xx to Epicor 9 – and come up with a final
cost on the upgrade? If so, could you share your ballpark number? We're
talking "hard costs" here, not estimates on lost productivity, etc. (we know
that number is incalculable!).
We have two companies – both are not too complex (no MRP or Scheduling (yet!) or
other Vantage-driven processes, our customizations are fairly simple, we do have
a slew of ODBC and BAQ forms and reports, etc.) and both companies are similar
to one another in their business processes. We have 15 regular user and 3 MES
licenses for both companies, we've been on Vantage (6 and 8) since 2006, with
our databases are around 1.2 GB and 1.0 GB respectively.
Our primary interest is with the Epicor costs; we know that the hardware costs
are a given (and any additional Epicor functions not included in the core
application), but our plan is to leverage Epicor's services with data
conversion, consulting, training, etc., as needed. Of course, we'll try to
minimize the latter two – but better to be prepared than not.
We're trying to look at a ballpark number now to present to our management –
before we even wade into the serious-commitment phase. We have asked Epicor for
a number too – I'm not sure if they'll quote anything without a conversation or
not.
Thanks in advance!
Laraine
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We moved from 8.03 to 9.05. The only assistance we had was with moving some of
our customizations. Our operation is not complex and we were only using Vantage
1 year prior to our move to E9.05. The critical think for us was the testing
and re-testing to ensure that each module worked as expected; this was done via
several weeks of simulations but of course some things were not caught as
expected.
We received a cost from Epicor to do the migration, the first cost was for a
complete Project i.e. with all phases etc which was not the route I wanted to
go. The second cost was not bad but I felt we knew enough to do it in-house and
we did. The other aspect of the migration that should be looked at is your
reports. This causes us several headaches especially with the schema changes
etc. None the less we are up and running, currently on 9.05.602a with very
little issues and the program has become stable over patches.
Paul
________________________________
From: laraines422 <laraines422@...>
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, February 11, 2011 2:54:49 PM
Subject: [Vantage] Budget to Upgrade from Vantage 8.03.4xx to Epicor 9
Hi All,
Has anyone upgraded from Vantage 8.03.4xx to Epicor 9 – and come up with a final
cost on the upgrade? If so, could you share your ballpark number? We're
talking "hard costs" here, not estimates on lost productivity, etc. (we know
that number is incalculable!).
We have two companies – both are not too complex (no MRP or Scheduling (yet!) or
other Vantage-driven processes, our customizations are fairly simple, we do have
a slew of ODBC and BAQ forms and reports, etc.) and both companies are similar
to one another in their business processes. We have 15 regular user and 3 MES
licenses for both companies, we've been on Vantage (6 and 8) since 2006, with
our databases are around 1.2 GB and 1.0 GB respectively.
Our primary interest is with the Epicor costs; we know that the hardware costs
are a given (and any additional Epicor functions not included in the core
application), but our plan is to leverage Epicor's services with data
conversion, consulting, training, etc., as needed. Of course, we'll try to
minimize the latter two – but better to be prepared than not.
We're trying to look at a ballpark number now to present to our management –
before we even wade into the serious-commitment phase. We have asked Epicor for
a number too – I'm not sure if they'll quote anything without a conversation or
not.
Thanks in advance!
Laraine
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