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Tactics, Strategy, ROI, TCO and Realizing Business Benefit from SAP

When implementing or upgrading SAP too often I encounter back yard mechanics that have changed the oil on someone else's cars and checked the tire pressure--, somehow they think that qualifies them to do engine overhauls on Formula 1 race cars. And just in case the analogy doesn’t seem to make sense, why again do you expect these old-style implementation vendors and consultants to transform your business into a competitive powerhouse by only addressing cost-focused ROI and TCO methods? ...

SAP Development Landscape and Systems: Misguided Practices Carry Huge Costs

Anyone who has implemented SAP for any period of time has seen the classic three tier system environment.  You have a Development landscape, QA landscape, and then a Production landscape.  Classic scenario is that you do your prototyping, system setup and design, and just initial first pass validation in the development landscape in the appropriate client.  When it comes to development environments a consistent pattern has emerged where the Basis team will trip over buckets of dollars to...