See PART 1 – SAP Implementation is an Investment NOT an Event How much is it going to cost and how long is it going to take? That is the classic approach to SAP implementations. Today it’s not enough and the marketplace is demanding more from their IT dollars. Now there are questions about measuring cost reductions, process [...]
Previously I explained the two primary types of implementations–, with SAP or any other ERP package you will do business process engineering or software engineering. The differences in these two types of implementation approaches will have a major impact on your total cost of ownership (TCO) and your long term application life-cycle costs. ——————————- Software [...]
In reading through a post on the CIO Magazine blogs (“ERP Costs: 3 Signs Companies Are Wasting Less Money” [FN1]) on Panorama’s comparison of Saas with tranditional ERP it would appear that Saas is not all it is cracked up to be. SAP has completely missed the boat here on not capitalizing on the GENUINE shortcomings [...]