This system was introduced into my last Company shortly before I sought pastures new. It is very comprehensive, and can be linked to other, proprietary modules to provide a fully integrated business system. Depending on what you were used to using before, it is not the easiest package to use properly. It's tailored more for mass production than batch production (if that's you situation), and has much that requires manual input that you would expect to be more automatic, but it is a good, if rather long-winded system. The biggest trick, and the least straight-forward to get over to everyone, is a full appreciation and understanding of how the system works (or at least each function's part of it), and particularly what the implications are that any input has on other parts of the system. There are fields that have numerous, apparently disparate and often free-form options: what you input, and how, has downstream effects, though, that can badly restrict the systems effectiveness. I found it to be a fact that it requires a consistent form/format of input from everyone involved, if the levels of control that are achievable are to be realised. This means a lot of hard work on someone's part, well in advance of system launch, to determine what the input content needs to be under various circumstances. It accepts a lot of rubbish, but the rubbish undermines the outputs. If the input requirements are understood and adhered to with iron discipline, the system can work remarkably well, but it needs far more than a face-value assessment, and a full overlay of precisely what the inputs should be in all your business's circumstances. Hope this helps. Pete Duncan Martin Christie <mchristie@TEKN To: [log in to unmask] OFLEX.COM> cc: (bcc: DUNCAN Peter/Asst Prin Engr/ST Aero/ST Group) Sent by: Subject: [TN] "Paradigm" ERP software by Cimnet TechNet <[log in to unmask] G> 06/28/01 08:41 PM Please respond to "TechNet E-Mail Forum."; Please respond to Martin Christie Fellow technetters, Has anyone got experience of Paradigm ERP software by Cimnet? We're currently looking at various ERP / MRP systems specifically tailored for PCB manufacture. This system looks very comprehensive / impressive. Just wondering if anyone out there has first hand experience of this software.....good and bad experiences appreciated. Best regards, Martin Christie --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.262 / Virus Database: 132 - Release Date: 12/06/01 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------