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SAP

  • 07-02-2020 10:53pm
    #1
    kbacc
    Registered Users Posts: 21 ✭


    Many people recommend "using SAP" but SAP have a lot of software products.


    When you hear people talking about "using SAP" what are they referring to?


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_SAP_products


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  • #2
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,903 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    kbacc wrote:
    When you hear people talking about "using SAP" what are they referring to?


    The biggest, most expensive heap of ****e ever


  • #3
    MAJJ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,679 ✭✭✭MAJJ


    They are usually talking about the biggest ERP / integrated business process system software in the world. It's large and can be complex and meets the needs of Multinationals e.g Coke, IBM , Google , Unilever, Colgate all run their businesses end to end on this. Often the software version was known as R/3 or ECC, most recent versions are called HANA which can also be cloud based.

    I believe the have a smaller business system called SAP business One, but most FI roles are for the larger product.


  • #4
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,903 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    MAJJ wrote:
    They are usually talking about the biggest ERP / integrated business process system software in the world. It's large and can be complex and meets the needs of Multinationals e.g Coke, IBM , Google , Unilever, Colgate all run their businesses end to end on this. Often the software version was known as R/3 or ECC, most recent versions are called HANA which can also be cloud based.


    It absolutely did not meet the needs of a large multi-national I worked in for a while, it was just the most complicated heap of junk ever, and the company spent millions on it


  • #5
    chrisstrong
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭chrisstrong


    kbacc wrote: »
    Many people recommend "using SAP" but SAP have a lot of software products.


    When you hear people talking about "using SAP" what are they referring to?


    When I previously worked for Sage, one of their accounting applications had the same acroym, Sage Accounts Production. It was extremely popular in Ireland.

    sage.com/en-ie/accountants/products/sage-accounts-production/


  • #6
    thegolfer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 346 ✭✭thegolfer


    Wanderer78 wrote: »
    The biggest, most expensive heap of ****e ever

    Fully agree. Worked in practice for a number of years, had nothing but problems every single time.

    The Sage people employed to install couldn't even install it correctly. Helpline admitted that 1/7 users had difficulty using the product, hence the expensive support.

    Get quick books installed over 50 in my time, and few issues.


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  • #7
    eusap
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 665 ✭✭✭eusap


    What is the use case for SAP or the background to the question?, SAP is a large german multi national and as stated 70% of the top 100 companies in the world run on SAP.

    SAP has a core ERP system called ECC or R3, the new version is called S4 and sits on a HANA Database. You can have a HANA database with the old ECC or R3 system.

    The extra systems are bolt on that are normally specific to different industry (chemical/pharma/industrial etc...)


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