Comments on: The end of the supplier centric integrated suite; Now the client centric best of breed suites. https://smithink.com/2022/02/04/the-end-of-the-supplier-centric-integrated-suite-now-the-client-centric-best-of-breed-suites/ Experience delivers the how Mon, 14 Feb 2022 20:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: David Smith https://smithink.com/2022/02/04/the-end-of-the-supplier-centric-integrated-suite-now-the-client-centric-best-of-breed-suites/#comment-8360 Mon, 14 Feb 2022 20:43:00 +0000 https://smithink.com/?p=11298#comment-8360 Hi Peter,

I agree, it is hard to work out the strategy of some of the incumbent suppliers. It does then become a time consuming tasks to the put together your own solution based on a variety of applications/suppliers and making sure that they can be successfully and effectly integrated.

]]> By: David Smith https://smithink.com/2022/02/04/the-end-of-the-supplier-centric-integrated-suite-now-the-client-centric-best-of-breed-suites/#comment-8359 Mon, 14 Feb 2022 20:39:24 +0000 https://smithink.com/?p=11298#comment-8359 In reply to David Adams.

Yes, 1976 was quite early. My firm bought an Anpac system circa 1977. Converted to 2022 $ those systems in the 1970s were incredibly expensive.

]]> By: Peter Vickers https://smithink.com/2022/02/04/the-end-of-the-supplier-centric-integrated-suite-now-the-client-centric-best-of-breed-suites/#comment-8319 Fri, 11 Feb 2022 05:47:20 +0000 https://smithink.com/?p=11298#comment-8319 Our firm has been as user of Anpac/Solution 6/MYOB AE for the last 42 years. we are now finding that MYOB is opting our of various modules for our practice and can’t even maintain the account preparation software for various entities. We are now having to spend a lot of time filling these gaps and setting up clients on new programs. This to me is a very bad business model where you allow competitors an inroad into your customers business.

]]> By: David Adams https://smithink.com/2022/02/04/the-end-of-the-supplier-centric-integrated-suite-now-the-client-centric-best-of-breed-suites/#comment-8282 Mon, 07 Feb 2022 23:56:27 +0000 https://smithink.com/?p=11298#comment-8282 I bought the Hartley computer system in about 1976-one of the first in Australia. Cost $28000 if I remember correctly. It was an excellent system for its time. The computer was a Wang I think.
There was double depreciation and investment allowance that year, which meant I could claim 80% of the cost.

(You were too young then, Mr Smith! )

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