What's SAP?

Post by kdeldycke » Fri, Feb 14, 2020, 2:17 PM UTC

commoner wrote: post #122

kdeldycke wrote: post #74

Maybe ERPs are the ultimate test of an agile culture. Sounds weird right? But bear with me. Most ERP projects fail. They end up over-budget and delivered really late. Why? They are sold like custom implementations, promising the stakeholders they’ll be adapted to their specific needs. It's rarely the case. The reality requires the whole business to change: its processes, its workflows, its traditions. Therefore, only…

That judgment is based on the premise that the processes mandated by the ERP software are more effective than the company's current processes. If a company terminates its adoption of an ERP solution, it does not necessarily mean that the company is not "agile" enough. The company's leadership may simply be concluding that changing its processes to the ones mandated by the ERP would make the company run less efficient…

Good point, and thanks for demonstrating how compromise needs to be pondered at the executive level too.

Post by m01 » Sat, Feb 15, 2020, 7:59 PM UTC

hef19898 wrote: post #357

nachteilig wrote: post #252

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What would you say is the right scale for something like SAP? We are only at a few million right bald and around 250 people and are starting to think about it.

As the other comment stated, I would say you're not there yet, sclae-wise. Hard to tell without further details, so. If you decide to the SAP-route in the future I would advise the following (no complete list by far, so): - Stick to the standard, the smaller you are the less customization you do. ususally I'd say 90% standard, if you're small aim for 100%. makes it faster and easier to implement. And cheaper, because…

Just curious, what put you off Odoo so much? (I've not used it myself)

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