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On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 05:42:21PM +0000, paul sutton wrote: > Somehow I think it's going to take a big change to make anything > happen, but we are getting there slowly. I am trying to figure out > what exactly SAP is , is it a windows program Unix program etc, and > what it's for, apart form some sort of business application. > I have found a website but I just want a simple explanation, of course > if conveyed via the lug then it would be of interst to anyone else who > wants to know, in the meantime I will carry on googling, before > heading off to this evenings lug meet, > Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAP_AG SAP Products page: http://www.sap.com/solutions/index.epx SAP is an Enterprise Resource Planning program. There are open source ones (Compiere which runs on oracle seems to be the best known one although there are others: http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/trove_list.php?form_cat=577) What ERP is link all aspects of a business together into one computer system: - All Sales (from salesman, web, distributor etc) - All Purchases (from contractor, purchasing manager etc) - Inventory - Finance (including data from banks) The biggest problem in creating such a database is the changes to peoples routines. Creating an ERP program takes a great deal of management time: try googling for "ERP disasters" eg in a year 2000 story "Take Meta Group's damning finding, for instance: The average ERP implementation takes 23 months, has a total cost of ownership of $15 million and rewards (so to speak) the business with an average negative net present value of $1.5 million" Once completed and assuming data input is accurate then all data can be managed by those who need it. For example I remember reading somewhere that Cisco state that they can have their year end accounts finished by 9 am on the 1 Jan. Which is pretty impressive -- Henry Tue Oct 17 06:51:39 BST 2006
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