Contd..

"Any surprises during the week?" was one of the question in the final wrap-up meeting.. S.H. says " Here is one guy ,who is never out of Hyderabad for work.." Every one else in the room surprised as well and me too surprised as I never realized this news about me will be a surprise..

"What are the challenges ?" was the another question.Working hours is the biggest challenge to me.I personally prefer working in 7-4 or 8-5 timings ,but I have to work from 12-8 when the client is in Europe and 2-10 ,when the client goes back to U.S.

Went out to 'Run way 9' , had Biryanis and Pizzas at Lunch , 4-5 hr discussions per day, they were impressed with the hospitality, I'm impressed with S.H's patience ,
I'm surprised to know that T.H. liked Hyderabani Biryani ,very much.. we had it couple
This project is very different from many of the consulting projects. Very rarely, clients visit to give requirements but It really worked out well as we got most of the things clarified. Zain deserves the credit for it.

Went out to Runway9 and had fun.. we divided into four teams 'SCM Team', 'Fin Team', Tech & DBA Team' and 'Sales Team' and played Go-carting, archery,shooting etc..

This client has a very strange business model. They sell the same product with three different brands. It's like making easy things very complex . (May be they need Oracle ERP just becoz of their complex business model and ). To the best of my knowledge ,only Oracle makes Salespeople life difficult by offering similar services with different brands ,but they have a reason as they acquired all other ERP Vendors (Except SAP)

Whatz your surprise Sudhakar , asked Z.A.
Your business model it self
What do you mean??
Why would you sell the same product with three different brands?
Didn't get a clear answer, but I personally felt, these guys made a simple business to complex and eventually complex ERP like Oracle can support this

P.S: This was completely un edited text and simply posted for the heck of doing it,instead of keepint it as draft.