Re:The End of the Accounting Search
by Spooky23 on Sunday May 21, 2023 @05:49PM
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The chrome of Excel changes. The core product is COBOL like in its stability.
The problem with all of these enterprise web applications is that they all suck. I worked for a big government agency that transitioned from a mostly homegrown, mainframe 3270 based accounting system to PeopleSoft. The staff revolted.
We joked about the “Revenge of the Beancounters”, but looking at it, they were right. It took them 4-6 months to train a new person with the old system, but they were hyper-productive. With the new system, they actually needed to grow the staff because you couldn’t build out workflows that the business needed.
They did get some benefits, like improved payments and invoice tracking. (Which drove the business case) But the general financial operations suffered.
The problem with all of these enterprise web applications is that they all suck. I worked for a big government agency that transitioned from a mostly homegrown, mainframe 3270 based accounting system to PeopleSoft. The staff revolted.
We joked about the “Revenge of the Beancounters”, but looking at it, they were right. It took them 4-6 months to train a new person with the old system, but they were hyper-productive. With the new system, they actually needed to grow the staff because you couldn’t build out workflows that the business needed.
They did get some benefits, like improved payments and invoice tracking. (Which drove the business case) But the general financial operations suffered.