SAP ERP Reviews

SAP is an extremely integrated system. Not all companies are ready for this. Many are so used to having systems that require a lot of batch processing, giving kind of an extra cushion to allow for errors or mistakes. SAP is a live system, meaning that when you commit or transact something, it triggers the integration among all modules that touch whatever the transaction is for. An example is allowing SAP to generate purchasing documents based on the scheduled demand for production. Say someone puts in a work order and by mistake, fat fingers an extra zero on the desired quantity. This may cause SAP to purchase WAY more raw materials than you need. This is a great feature, but it can also come back to hurt you if not controlled properly.

SAP ERP is well suited due to its Digital Global Boardroom feature, which allows normalization of feedback with minimal manual intervention after input from the supervisor has been filled as input. Digital Signature is also an outstanding improvement from the previous version of this software. Add to it the SAP ERP Operations, and you have an eye on how resource pipeline is looking for future projects.

SAP ERP is well suited for large organizations that can fully utilize its potential. plus SAP ERP is an expensive solution, a company needs to allocate a dedicated resource to properly implement it from infrastructures, people, training and support. SAP ERP is least ideal for small enterprises, unless such enterprise belong to a holding company which runs SAP system.

SAP ERP is well suited for a medium to large size Company as there is a lot of functionality that may not be used by a smaller company.

Appropriate for large scale companies with the willingness to implement it in a reasonable time, guided by a SAP partner. High commitment if a company decides to get SAP-ified.

SAP ERP is well suited to support finance and OTC functions. It is less appropriate for publishing industry-related and subscription-based business models, as there is no support for renewals out of the box in S/4 yet.

SAP works well to send out and to receive files to third parties like banks and Concur. We have multiple data streams from and to our system are scheduled and happen behind the scenes. It's robust and houses a great deal of data - including images - so we can limit the amount of paper we manage. It doesn't have a standard setup, which makes is great for people who like to customize their information but it is much more difficult for new employees or people without experience in this software.

SAP is a nice tool to house all the financial sub groups into one system.

If business and financial consolidation is a problem for any organization, SAP would work very well to bring in consistency in processes and transparency in financials. The solution works well if the customization is kept to a minimal level and industry standard business processes are followed in an organization.

Integration information from your retail stores into the system in a broad base and getting the update of all the operations and financial figures very quickly is one of the key points of the SAP ERP for Retail (IS-R) that we are using. We integrate our 400 stores sales and stock movements every 2 hours allowing us to keep progress on what is going on and reducing integration time by night and also reducing the amount of information lost when a technical problem occurs at the store.

Any corporation with more than 1000 employees and with complex business processes is suitable to use SAP ERP. It provides a solid and well-known product that will help the company to grow and reach its goals.
I wouldn't recommend it for those companies with business processes that don't fit with the SAP standard as it will require a huge effort of personalization.

SAP is great for multi-national companies who want to integrate their reporting and processes across organizations. It handles inter-company transactions well and offers tools for tracking data, materials, and money across multiple entities and operational locations. SAP is not a good idea for smaller companies that have fairly simple or straightforward processes. I would also not advise companies with lower financial resources to move toward SAP due to the huge demand for resources that SAP commands, not only during implementation but also to maintain it.

If you are a media company with many big processes that you can't handle anymore and you don't know how to centralize the work, sap ERP would be perfect, you will see how controlled you can have your process, and all your users with have permission to do exactly what they need to do, it is good for security.

Accounting, financial stability, and consistency are core strengths with SAP and well suited. We can also drill down into transactions and automated a great deal of reporting which save us hundreds of hours. Auditing of transactions and analyzing data became much more suitable for the company. When we made the decision, it was for a 5+ year horizon, but we know that SAP will be around.

This is a system of integrated applications, runs well with compatible systems, such as Ariba. Good for data management, inventory, finance, HR, sales, etc.

I used other ERPs, but SAP is more complete and adaptive to complex business. For small entries I think it's too complicated and quite expensive to implement. In small teams, it's difficult to guarantee proper segmentation of duties.

I would recommend SAP for medium to large companies that have operations in several regions or locations where you need to make sure you can have a high standard level on how to collect transactional data. I would not recommend using SAP and making too much customization across locations or business units.

SAP ERP adapts very well to organizations that have a complex and difficult to control operation to address, because it has the work tools that allow the modules to integrate each of the processes present across production, facilitating planning, execution, and immediate follow-up of each of the actions.

SAP ERP is not recommended to be implemented in simple organizations with simple work operations. A simple organization does not require investing a significant amount of money in the implementation of an ERP system, which SAP ERP requires (with input from several professionals, due to the number of variables that compose it and because of its complexity).

It generates a lot of reprocessing for us. Some customers who place orders with purchase orders, if they re-order an order with the same order, there is no validation that indicates that the order is already in the customer's account in order X. For issues related to invoices, products, purchasing history, it is excellent. It has scrips to repeat usual functions (requests).

If the companies run a full production process, SAP ERP is the way to go. It will take your production, administration, and maintenance to another level. Otherwise, if you have less areas or your company only works in one point of the production area, it is going to be very high-price investment for just one area of improvement.

It is a valid solution for multinational companies, as it manages pretty well all data updates. For small companies, the SME version of SAP is still complex to implement due to the enormous number of options to customise it.

SAP ECC will work in any industry but you need to make a proper business blueprint or master business process flow which clearly identifies the exact flow and process of your manufacturing or business methods. SAP also can be used as a financial and sales only system without running its PP or MM module. It is a flexible system. You can use SAP in various industries including restaurants and coffee shops. I cannot see why SAP will not function or fit everywhere unless there is a geographical support issue or a in country with restrictive software policies.

Well suitable for large organizations with complex business processes. It provides best practices and built-in processes for a wide range of industries – from manufacturing and distribution to professional services and retail.