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It has replaced UNICOM, I would struggle to give anything any higher praise
All I hear is white noise
Apologies for thinking the worst. However, at my place it is a case of possibly the busiest accounts and sub accounts trying to get to grips with a new system, with inadequate, a sub standard transition/migration process which didn't even attempt to understand unit requirements and a megalomaniac QM for the coup de grace. I'm a customer and I feel the result of all this.Nope, I was just trying to inject some levity into a dull Friday night
MJDI, like a multitude of other MIS systems that have been introduced, offered so much and has delivered so little.
Despite the fact that we procure these sytems on the cheap, they are usually designed for other uses and are then bastardised by us. One of the major reasons, always, is the lack of training we give our people.
Whether it be MJDI, JPA, JAMES or any of the others. The are very few competent, never mind experts who are able to fully exploit these systems. Admittedly most user become very good at segments, but very few the whole.
We ultimately end up with so called SME's who have self taught (sometimes completely wrong) who then pass on snippets to others, or even worse boldly inform others that the 'computer says no', this then becomes accepted fact.
On any given day, a 'manger', if he was following every work edict and working practice, could be reasonably expected to log onto and update/exploit:
MJDI
Blenheim
JPA
JAMES
ODR
FISS
MOSS
Not to mention a plethora of other MIS, non of which cross populate and those that do usually do it badly!
Most of these systems involve small inadequate training packages or even worse DLP self teach/test packages and doesn't include all the annual DLP tests such as security etc!
Jack of all trades, masters of none is so apt to military MIS
Back to the question, for the generalist MJDI, is far easier (and more familiar) to navigate and exploit than UNICOM, we still have G4 'experts' that are woefully undertrained and unable to utilise/exploit the system properly. And like UNICOM errors made now in setting up accounts AinU's etc, will probably sit with units for years.
A bad workman always blames his tools, even if the tool is not great to start with
Exactly, it was rolled out by 'logistic experts' that didn't understand software rollout, information flow or business requirements. It's hard to believe that it's the 21st century.
