Dumb question: what is SAP

[TheFaQQer]

this argument about companies having to change their business processes to fit the erp systems

this is a real phylosophical argument with many sides

there are companies who have processes in place, why do they do things that way.... because they always have, is it the best way.... they don't know

many companies would do well to have a look at their business processes and compare them to the erp standards and see what the fit gaps are and whether there are positive or negative reasons for the gaps

of course the erp systems are infinately customisable and can be changed to fit any business and these kinds of projects changing erp to fit some company set in its ways can be the most lucrative because of all the customisation work

but at the same time, companies would do well to take an open minded look at how they do things and whether they really are the best ways or simply because that's the way the lazy sods have always done it

no skin off my nose either way

to the question about the profitability of the chocolate factory, from the little I know they are doing very well

Milan.

philosophical

infinitely

HTH

[Francko]

Not sure if somebody mentioned this already as I don't want to read all posts in this thread.

However, what I find amazing about SAP is that you can basically find a job pretty much everywhere. Even in a small village, you still have a company that uses SAP. Most of us, IT bods, are pretty much forced to work in big towns or commute to them. I really wish I had SAP in my pocket just because it gives you a better choice to move to smaller towns.

[NotAllThere]

Not in my experience. ( Or, perhaps, not for how much I charge... )

[milanbenes]

quite


but, you know, it was a Franko claim.

Milan.

[ThomasSoerensen]

Not in my experience. ( Or, perhaps, not for how much I charge... )

WHS

[Francko]

Not in my experience. ( Or, perhaps, not for how much I charge... )

Well, the only contract that I have found outside Zürich with my skillset was in Martigny and it never happened again. Yet if I had SAP on my list I would have already found lots of contract/permanent jobs pretty much everywhere. A small company will survive without its own application servers or integration suites but not without SAP. Of course, if you are a greedy no-life person like Milan then taking a rate cut must seem like a big thing to do. But also the lower costs of small towns is something to consider, at the end it all balances off quite well.

[Doggy Styles]

I only got interested in SAP because a pretty lady up the pub does it.

[ThomasSoerensen]

Well, the only contract that I have found outside Zürich with my skillset was in Martigny and it never happened again. Yet if I had SAP on my list I would have already found lots of contract/permanent jobs pretty much everywhere. A small company will survive without its own application servers or integration suites but not without SAP. Of course, if you are a greedy no-life person like Milan then taking a rate cut must seem like a big thing to do. But also the lower costs of small towns is something to consider, at the end it all balances off quite well.

you Rock!

[TheFaQQer]

Even in a small village, you still have a company that uses SAP.

The small village I grew up in has the following enterprises:

• 2 churches
• 4 pubs
• 1 post office
• 1 hairdressers

AFAIK, none of them run SAP, but I may be mistaken...

[ThomasSoerensen]

The small village I grew up in has the following enterprises:

• 2 churches
• 4 pubs
• 1 post office
• 1 hairdressers

AFAIK, none of them run SAP, but I may be mistaken...

in defense of Frankie all of them could be on SAP, if they were part of a chain and using a centrally managed system. I doubt though that a contract for working on the SAP system would require you to be located in that village. Most likely you would be located in Central London as that is where all the chains they would be part of have their HQ.

I work on a SAP system every day that are used by workers all over the world, that does not mean I have to sit in Ukraine or the Philliphines just because the user with a problem is there.