Advantage of SAP over other ERPs

[Former Member]

Hi Everyone,

Can anyone tell me in little detail the advantage of SAP over other ERPs and its disadvantages as well.

Advance Thanks

Regards

Aadarsh

[suresh_datti]

Unlike other ERPs SAP is tightly integrated across different modules ie FI/CO/HR/MM/SD etc..

Regards,

Suresh Datti

P.S. and yes the consultants do get paid more too...

[Former Member]

Hi,

There are number of technical reasons numbers of companies are planning to implement SAP. It’s highly configurable, highly secure data handling, min data redundancy, max data consistency, you can capitalize on economics of sales like purchasing, tight integration-cross function.

refer these links:

http://www.cxotoday.com/cxo/jsp/article.jsp?article_id=69066&cat_id=911

http://www.sap.com/solutions/business-suite/erp/pdf/BWP_SB_Value_Based_Services.pdf

http://www.techinterviews.com/?p=184

Regards,

Gayathri

[Former Member]

Hi

Here is the difference

SAP (Product)=>

Enterprise resource planning software built around the company's R/3 system that provides the capability to manage financial, asset, and cost accounting, production operations and materials, personnel, plants, and archived documents.

ERP =>

Short for enterprise resource planning, a business management system that integrates all facets of the business, including planning, manufacturing, sales, and marketing. As the ERP methodology has become more popular, software applications have emerged to help business managers implement ERP in business activities such as inventory control, order tracking, customer service, finance and human resources

you go through these links for better idea about advantages and disadvantages of ERP and SAP

http://www.erpconsultant.com/

I hope this will help you to solve your problem.

Thanks

Mrutyunjaya Tripathy

This is

[Former Member]

hi...

<b>Advantage of SAP over other ERPs</b>

• Three Tier Client/Server System

• Open System - Many O/S’s & DBMS’s

• Differentiated Development, Test & Production Systems (SAP’s Landscape)

• Imbedded Version Control

• Integrated Development & Implementation Tools

• Sophisticated Management & Monitoring Environment

<b>Disadvantage of SAP over other ERPs</b>

• Expensive

• Very Complex

• Demands Highly Trained Staff

• Lengthy Implementation Time

• Inter-modules functions least understood by

business, but high on list of reasons to buy

• Creates internal conflict in organizations

• SAP rolls out new versions every 6 months

hope u ve found it helpful.

Regards,

Ananaya.S