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Welcome to LawsonGuru.com, a Gathering Place and Information Center for the Lawson Software Community.  LawsonGuru.com and The LawsonGuru Letter are provided as free services by Decision Analytics to the Lawson Software client community. So, enjoy the site. Feel free to browse the site and explore. You must register to view certain sections of the site, and to post to the LawsonGuru.com Forums. Lawson® is a registered trademark of Lawson Software, Inc. LawsonGuru.com and Decision Analytics are neither affiliated with nor sponsored by Lawson Software, Inc. Lawson Software, Inc. is not responsible for the content of this information. | |
| | LawsonGuru.com Store now Open for Business! - Thursday, May 22, 2008 | In response to your many requests, I have opened the LawsonGuru Store, where you can purchase Crystal Reports for use with your Lawson applications. I'm still building up the inventory, but some popular reports are now available. I've kept the prices pretty low; you'll be getting high-quality reports for less than you'd pay for a couple of hours of consulting. | read more ... |
| Share Your Add-In Solutions! - Monday, March 31, 2008 Stop Re-inventing The Wheel!
C'mon, help your fellow clients! I have added a new Add-In Library where you you can share your Excel Add-In Query Wizard and Upload Wizard solutions. To get things started, I've uploaded a few, but the rest is up to you! read more ... |
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Going to work isn’t nearly as dangerous today as it was in the days when young boys were forced to climb and clean chimneys, steel workers balanced untethered atop skyscrapers and women risked their limbs working in textile mills. Back then, every workday could be your last. Baseline Magazine, May 2008
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How to avoid finance hiring mistakes. CFO Magazine, May 2008
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Top IT shops made themselves approachable, and now everyone wants a piece. Project portfolio management can help hold off the hordes while keeping your hard-won reputation intact. Information Week, April 7, 2008
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The software Vendor's Project oasis, code name for a massive ERP overhaul, nearly crippled its ordering system. Refocusing on the user experience and connecting with a hidden class of customers salvaged the company's business. Baseline Magazine, April 2008
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Lawson (and related ERP) News
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LAWSON SOFTWARE, INC. Files SEC form 8-K, Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement (EDGAR Online)
Lawson Software Guidance Dips (Zacks.com) We expect to see consulting growth decrease to the low single-digits as Lawson outsources more of the low margin work to integration partners.
LAWSON SOFTWARE, INC. Financials (EDGAR Online Financials)
Central Grocers Selects Lawson M3 Enterprise Management System (Business Wire) ST. PAUL, Minn.----Lawson Software today announced that Central Grocers, Inc. licensed the Lawson M3 Enterprise Finance Management, Supply Chain Management, Customer Sales and Service, and Enterprise Performance Management Suites - along with Lawson System Foundation.
New Star Analyst Rankings for LAWSON SOFTWARE INC (StarMine)
LAWSON SOFTWARE, INC. Files SEC form 10-K, Annual Report (EDGAR Online)
Lawson Software Turning It Around (at TheStreet.com) The company should see margins improve in the next fiscal year.
On the Watch: LWSN WYNN CVX (AP) Shares of Lawson Software Inc. may trade actively on Friday, after the business software company guided for adjusted fiscal first-quarter and annual earnings below Wall Street expectations.
Lawson Software, Inc. F4Q08 (Qtr End 05/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript (at Seeking Alpha)
Lawson Software 1Q outlook falls below Street view (AP) Business software company Lawson Software Inc. on Thursday predicted adjusted fiscal first-quarter and annual earnings will come in below Wall Street expectations.
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Using Excel Add-Ins to Add Accounts and Sub AccountsOne of the great powers of the Excel Add-Ins is that you can use them to "automate" mundane tasks that take multiple steps in LID or Portal. One good example is that of adding detail GL Accounts and Sub Accounts. Without the Excel Add-Ins, this requires using two different LID / Portal forms. |
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 The Bendable Work-Week Consider an organization which, up until now at least, has had 7-hour workdays. And, not for all employees, but for most administrative staff, except IT. To justify the exclusion of IT, they say “IT workers make too much money already”...
Pondering an Age Old Question I think it goes something like this: “’tis better to have loved and lost, or to never have loved at all?”
To put a twist on it a bit, is it better to have competed and lost, or never to have competed? That is the question.
You s...
LWSN: It’s Time (to Reinvest) Yesterday, Lawson released their fourth-quarter and fiscal year 2008. To just read Lawson’s press release (http://www.lawson.com/wcw.nsf/pub/new_3CABF3), you can see that (according to Lawson, at least) everything’s rosy:
“Compan...
Oh, So This Is Why P-Cards Aren’t a Good Idea? P-Cards are always a love/hate topic. Some people swear by them as an easier-than-easy way to purchase goods and services without a lot of paperwork and process. Others despise them as a way to bypass the entire purchasing process. And as an invi...
Oh, so now you’re an expert, huh? Can’t you just envision this as being a perfect line of Alice Kramden dialogue from an episode of The Honeymooners? Ralph is contriving some plan with Norton, purporting to be “the expert” on whatever scheme is being cooked up. ...
LWSN: Watch Your Back! For several years now, I’ve been telling Lawson (and anyone else who’s been listening…) that Microsoft–not SAP and not Oracle–is the competitor that Lawson needs to watch out for:
In articles and discussions over the...
One Of My Hats: "Application Architect"? A recent CIO magazine article (http://www.cio.com/article/187350/Hot_Jobs_Applications_Architect/1) made me think about some of the roles I fill for my clients.
When describing my own consulting business, I really have a hard time, since I’m ...
Lawson’s Install Amnesia Does anyone else think that when you install a Lawson application, install locations should be remembered for future installs?
In other words, why do you have to enter these paths every single time you install a Lawson product?
And while we’...
Wonders Never Cease As they say, “wonders never cease”, or something like that.
In last month’s LawsonGuru Letter I asked for your feedback on how well you think Lawson Support is working for you. And, just as I’m compiling your comments, I ne...
Too clever for your own good? I’ve never been a fan of complicated scripting, whether it’s shell scripts, Perl, python, or whatever. The reason I don’t like it is because it’s usually written by developers who think they’re being “clever̶...
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