Great Plains and WennSoft....Pitfalls????

[JustMac]

Does anyone have negatives to watch out for when implementing GP with WennSoft products????

Anything at all?????

 

[carlintn]

Our company (involved with construction projects) is looking for a project cost control solution that integrates with Great Plains. Wennsoft looks good on the surface, but the deafening silence following this post suggests that maybe their claim of over 1,200 satisfied users may be overstated???

 

[35mph]

Here's something to be on the lookout for... not specifically with WennSoft, but with ANY job costing system:

How tough is it to set up a job?

Many users want a job costing system, but for small and/or unique jobs, it takes a lot of work to set up the job, steps, resources, bugdets, users, items, hours, start date/end date, overhead...

All other things being equal, a job cost system, in my opinion and experience, is easiest to use in an environment where there are standard, repeatable jobs, with standard materials, pre-defined labor hours, standard overhead, etc....

As far as WennSoft goes, they've been around "forever" and have won many awards from Great Plains... but like anything else, depth, power, and richness of features takes some time to set up.

 

[carlintn]

MUCH thanks for the input. Our projects are in the 100 million dollar range and up, so "depth, power, and richness of features" is MUCH important to us than is ease of set-up and the associated overhead. Wennsoft touts the awards from Great Plains, but I'm looking for the experiences of real world users, which seems to be lacking .....