[2838] in SAPr3-news
Re: Wall Street Journal Pg. 1 3/14/96
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Procurement)
Tue May 20 13:07:21 1997
To: sapr3-news@MIT.EDU
Date: 20 May 1997 14:55:49 GMT
From: "Procurement" <mbuchalter@lbl.gov>
I suspect that those who are agonizing about implementing SAP are agonizing
about implementing a automated system (not about SAP), and have had little
experience implementing other systems.
I work for an institution that has been implementing Oracle purchasing
system for 3 years. It has spent in excess of 1.25 million on consultants
to adapt it to our requirements. NOBODY likes it and it has added very
little value. It has in some cases actually decreased value and increased
cost of some "products". If certain high ranking managers had not invested
their prestige and egos in this system it would have been dumped long ago.
It still isn't fully implemented and AP is not integrated. There has been
a huge investment in an interface for AP.
Now after all that investment and time there is serious talk of dumping it.
Jebga <jebga@aol.com> wrote in article
<19970323135301.IAA20183@ladder01.news.aol.com>...
> The "root canal" reference is probably company specific. My experience is
> that the politics of change is the challenge. Because of the fear of the
> unknown some of those in top management are more concerned with
protecting
> their empire than participating in a true process reengineering effort
> while implementing S.A.P.
>What ever is said about
> implementation, after three years of using the system I can assure you
> that the product is worth the pain. I never really understood data
> intergration and how it can benefit how you manage your business but
> S.A.P. is a great tool.
> PS-- I am not selling S.A.P. nor do I own any S.A.P. stock!!
