I am not a SAP consultant, like your I am an infrastructure geek, but I have been around a few companies that have implemented it. In my non-involved view SAP is a great product as long as you do not need to customize it very heavily. Anytime that heavy customization is required (from what I've seen) is when you see those failures. It also means that any time SAP releases fixes it will take you a lot of your development time to incorporate to those into your customized installation.
Also, you might be interested in this annoucement from SAP and Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/apr05/04-26SAPMSBusinessEfficiencyPR.asp That will let your users access SAP functionality through Office. It's not out now but if you are only starting to look at SAP then I would suggest that it will be out in your implementation timeline. Phil On 5/9/05, Kern, Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This really has nothing to do with AD so ignore this if you like or give me > some feedback if you're bored. > > My company is looking at a SAP solution. I was wondering if anyone is running > SAP out there or what your thoughts are. > Frankly, I feel with the failure rate for erp coupled with the fact that one > monolithic solution never sounds like a good idea, I would advise against it. > Also, I feel introducing any new user interface or sw to an end user is > always an uphill battle(at least where I work). > Finally, I'd hate to be beholden to outside consultants for the rest my of > life. > > Does anyone have any feelings about SAP? > The company I work for is a very large liqour distributor. > > Thanks a lot and sorry for the OT! List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
