Cincom Sticks to CONTROL of ETO and MRO
Part 3: Challenges and User Recommendations
P.J. Jakovljevic - May 27, 2002

Challenges

As stated at the end of <a href="/Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2002/05/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_05_24_02_1.asp" target="_blank"><b>Part 2</b></a>, <b>Cincom</b> will have to address inevitable challenges in order to continue to thrive in this ruthless competitive environment with a limited opportunity and functionality that cannot easily be leveraged in many other diverse sectors. Many larger vendors with more resources and leading-edge technology have invaded Cincom's stronghold, and have also been closing the functional parity gap. The likes of <b>SAP</b>, <b>Oracle</b>, <b>Baan</b>, <b>Intentia</b>, <b>IFS</b>, and <b>Western Data Systems (WDS)</b> have espoused strong counterpart offering to <b>CONTROL^TM</b>, while Cincom's <b>Priority^TM</b> competes with the likes of <b>Epicor</b>, <b>Made2Manage</b>, <b>Relevant Business Systems</b>, and <b>Lilly Software</b>.<br> <br> <font color="#336699">This is <b>Part 3</b> of a 3-part note on Cincom Systems.<br> <br> <a href="/Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2002/05/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_05_23_02_1.asp" target="_blank"><b>Part 1</b></a> presented a history of the company and detailed recent developments.<br> <br> <a href="/Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2002/05/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_05_24_02_1.asp" target="_blank"><b>Part 2</b></a> discussed the Market Impact.</font>..