With the move to increased globalisation of businesses, 7.5 also extends support for global enterprises with international manufacturing and supply chain management concerns. Trimbole attributed much of the worldwide growth to Year 2000 issues. Companies with 15 year-old payroll systems are facing Y2K problems and are using the opportunity to move away from their legacy systems. But one area in which PeopleSoft still has a hole in its product line is that of Customer Management. And with the closer direct customer relationships that are emerging through e-commerce and online customer support, Trimbole acknowledged it as a significant gap.
Formal negotiations are ongoing with a couple of companies.
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