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June 2009

The LawsonGuru Letter
Thought-Provoking Commentary for the Lawson Software Community
In This Issue
Is LWSN Re-Investing Your Maintenance Fees?
ProcessFlow Integrator Part 14: ProcessFlow Server
Purchasing for Routine Maintenance
Any MSS "plain vanilla" implementations?
Interface development methodology and standards
Worthwhile Reading
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"Nobody got anywhere in the world by simply being content."
-- Louis L'Amour
Is LWSN Re-Investing Your Maintenance Fees?
You--the customer--send Lawson money each year.  Some is to be used for providing you support, but some of it is expected to be used to further enhance the product.
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Welcome to the latest issue of The LawsonGuru Letter, a free newsletter providing provocative commentary on issues important to the Lawson Software community.  The LawsonGuru Letter is published by-and is solely the opinion of-John Henley of Decision Analytics.
ProcessFlow Integrator Part 14: ProcessFlow Server
So far in this article series on ProcessFlow Integrator, we have focused on designing flows, and have examined some of the nodes that can be used in your flows.  The nodes we have looked at thus far have been in the context of standalone flows; however, using flows in conjunction with the ProcessFlow server provides the backbone for building a process-based use of Lawson's applications in your organization.  So, we now turn our attention to the server-based components of ProcessFlow. Read More...
 Purchasing for Routine Maintenance
Our Facilities Dept. has many routine purchases each month.  What would work best is a Blanket PO and release numbers for each invoice.  Can Lawson help us easily with this?  How do other Hospital Facilities groups do it?  We are in a terrible quandary of band-aids to make things work.  Rhe charges need to be easily dispersed throughout the other departments cost accounts.  We end up taking three days fixing the GL because we can't get Lawson to work for us on the front end. Any help would be appreciated.  Read More...
Any MSS "plain vanilla" implementations?
My employer has been using Lawson for some years, paying for manager self service (MSS) but not successfully able to implement it. I'm new to the organization (working in HR), and have taken responsibility for getting MSS up and running. We keep running into system limitations for basic HR processes, and appear to be faced with the decision to abandon MSS, or use our talented IT folks to make lots of changes...  Read More...
Interface development methodology and standards
We are preparing to implement Lawson, and will be utilizing a combination of ProcessFlow Integrator (PFI) and our Cloverleaf engine for our interfaces.  We are looking for advice and lessons learned pertaining to process flow development methodology, file naming conventions, and coding standards.  Does anyone have information or recommendations to share?  Read More...
Thanks for joining us this month. 
 
Sincerely,
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
John Henley
Decision Analytics
Worthwhile Reading
Prepare to Demolish Application Silos
Every large corporation's business and IT leaders would love to be able to point to a unified master data management and metadata resource, a universal business object model, a library of process maps and an authoritative single source of consistent governing policies.
A New Role for Old Geeks
Older professionals could hold the key to creating more stable, durable software.
An Employee Bill of Rights
Whether your boss is good or bad, here's what you have the right to expect.

 Decision Analytics

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