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SAP implementation question
Posted on 6/14/13 at 3:55 pm
Posted on 6/14/13 at 3:55 pm
My company is currently implementing SAP. needless to say it has been and continues to be the biggest CF ever. I blame much of it on my company for lack of preparation. Question I have is, has anyone recently gone through this and what can I expect moving forward?
Is SAP that beneficial as far as efficiency is concerned? What benefits are there to it?
Fwiw I'm a sales rep and the issue is that the office has no clue what they are doing. Really making it hard on the sales force and our customers.
Is SAP that beneficial as far as efficiency is concerned? What benefits are there to it?
Fwiw I'm a sales rep and the issue is that the office has no clue what they are doing. Really making it hard on the sales force and our customers.
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Posted on 6/14/13 at 4:10 pm to cptigger
Yikes.......
I've never dealt with it on the sales front, but I'm in procurement and can tell you its a bear when its first implemented (from personal and second hand experience - suppliers of mine implementing it).
It's not bad once your folks get up to speed, but there definitely will be some growing pains along the way. The best thing you can do is to warn your customers there may be some hiccups, and if they ever get concerned to contact you.
I've never dealt with it on the sales front, but I'm in procurement and can tell you its a bear when its first implemented (from personal and second hand experience - suppliers of mine implementing it).
It's not bad once your folks get up to speed, but there definitely will be some growing pains along the way. The best thing you can do is to warn your customers there may be some hiccups, and if they ever get concerned to contact you.
Posted on 6/14/13 at 4:12 pm to cptigger
What ever SAP quoted you in both time and money triple it and if you are getting custom programming / integration with other ERP systems... then triple that as well. Any changes will be out of scope and will require a change order which costs mega bucks.
What industry are you in BTW? I am speaking from an asset management / rental and sales perspective for a large publicly traded company.
Posted on 6/14/13 at 4:16 pm to cptigger
I heard SAP sucks. Get quicken.
Posted on 6/14/13 at 4:52 pm to cptigger
We use SAP at work, and when we switched to it I believe everyone wanted to kill whoever decided to make that move. Since then we've seen the benefits of it and 2yrs later it's not a problem at all. It took time to get used to it, and it wasn't easy. However, it has helped us.
Posted on 6/14/13 at 4:53 pm to cptigger
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needless to say it has been and continues to be the biggest CF ever
For our company as well.
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I blame much of it on my company for lack of preparation
You could train your people for 10 years and you would STILL not be prepared.
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Question I have is, has anyone recently gone through this and what can I expect moving forward?
3 years and its still miserable. But we are a manufacturer, so it may be different for y'all.
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Is SAP that beneficial as far as efficiency is concerned? What benefits are there to it?
It is truly an versitile tool. You can run so many different areas of your company on it. However, it's incredible complex and it will frick up your shite for a long time.
Posted on 6/14/13 at 5:01 pm to cptigger
I do implementation for one of their competitors. Any large ERP package like that is going to involve major changes on the part of the organization. It usually takes several years for the benefits to become evident.
Posted on 6/14/13 at 5:22 pm to cptigger
I just took a new position where I have to use SAP. My brain melts just thinking about all of the little codes and whatnot you have to know to get it to operate. It does so much, but I just don't know how to use it and don't think I'll really come around for a few years 
Posted on 6/14/13 at 9:47 pm to cptigger
I'm in supply chain at a large manufacturing company that is wrapping up a long and expensive implementation.
It's painful at first and requires major organizational changes.....but it's worth it for us. Personally I'm happy I've been able to become proficient with it.
It's painful at first and requires major organizational changes.....but it's worth it for us. Personally I'm happy I've been able to become proficient with it.
This post was edited on 6/14/13 at 9:51 pm
Posted on 6/14/13 at 10:00 pm to cptigger
Went through it last year, it finally getting better. Just bear with it
Posted on 6/15/13 at 2:29 am to cptigger
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This post was edited on 7/7/13 at 3:23 am
Posted on 6/15/13 at 8:10 am to cptigger
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Question I have is, has anyone recently gone through this and what can I expect moving forward?
yes. sap was installed in my co about 8 years ago. when i went through the first training, it was very confusing. however, don't get too discouraged. your i.t. dept. will tweek it mulitple times to make it more user friendly. it's not bad whenever you get to know it.
be patient. it takes a while.
Posted on 6/15/13 at 9:15 pm to cptigger
I'm not familiar with SAP but I have a lot of experience with Oracle ERP implementations. Bottom line is all these multi-year, multi million dollar implementations, if not planned and 'phased' well can turn into CFs.
I've seen as many succeed as fail. You have to start small to go big. Else you will go down in flames.
As to the benefits, once your business reaches a certain size and complexity, off the shelf software, spreadsheets and home grown customer applications will not do the job. SAP and Oracle are not 'sexy' but they have a whole lot of functionality needed to support large enterprise level complexity. You can go best of breed and do a bunch of apps to try and replace these behemoths but then you bite off more than you can chew again in terms of integration.
So many parts to this problem.
I've seen as many succeed as fail. You have to start small to go big. Else you will go down in flames.
As to the benefits, once your business reaches a certain size and complexity, off the shelf software, spreadsheets and home grown customer applications will not do the job. SAP and Oracle are not 'sexy' but they have a whole lot of functionality needed to support large enterprise level complexity. You can go best of breed and do a bunch of apps to try and replace these behemoths but then you bite off more than you can chew again in terms of integration.
So many parts to this problem.
This post was edited on 6/15/13 at 9:16 pm
Posted on 6/17/13 at 11:10 am to cptigger
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My company is currently implementing SAP. needless to say it has been and continues to be the biggest CF ever. I blame much of it on my company for lack of preparation. Question I have is, has anyone recently gone through this and what can I expect moving forward?
Is SAP that beneficial as far as efficiency is concerned? What benefits are there to it?
Fwiw I'm a sales rep and the issue is that the office has no clue what they are doing. Really making it hard on the sales force and our customers.
As an ERP consultant. You're in for a long road. I trained on SAP while in school, I hated it. SAP has the potential to bankrupt your company so be careful.
I would recommend making a cheat sheet for all the entry codes and work to make sure it was setup properly to capture everything you need to capture. The implementation cycle is long and very difficult.
Posted on 6/18/13 at 1:17 pm to cptigger
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My company is currently implementing SAP. needless to say it has been and continues to be the biggest CF ever.
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has anyone recently gone through this and what can I expect moving forward?
continues to be the biggest CF ever.
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