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Ironically SAP is also a German company. I have no idea why anybody thinks that using SAP will help any company. One size fits all approach with hilarious failu

Ironically SAP is also a German company. I have no idea why anybody thinks that using SAP will help any company. One size fits all approach with hilarious failure stories. Still, some managers think it is great. Amazon could not enter the German market that easily, people really like to shop in Aldi / Lidl and the online retail business is not as strong as in the US.

bflesch 6y ago
When thinking about SAP, it helps to imagine how bad it has been at many companies before they introduced SAP. It has many flaws, but at least people are finally using a database to store their information :o) On a side note, Amazon is unable to penetrate ALDI & LIDL's market share because they offer better prices. It's as easy as that, and it is not about whether German people love waiting in queues or driving to some shop. The savings by shopping at discounters are very real. Once you factor delivery costs into the equation, many German food retailers only offer the more expensive brand foods for delivery, and not the cheap stuff - exactly as Amazon does.
kazen44 6y ago
SAP makes a ton of sense if you have a large, complex operation that spans multiple countries. SAP is terrible yes, but do you know any other way on how to get complex processes from multiple sectors together in a single system? SAP is basically admitting your logistics and operations became so complex and large that there is no other way to do this more efficiently. One example is a company which produces ship engines and various other parts. They source all resources from different sub-companies across the globe. From the raw material to final assembly. All this information needed to be tracked in an ERP system and to be honest, SAP works well in this regard because it has a standardized process (which is terrible i must admit) but atleast it's a standardized process.

bflesch 6y ago

When thinking about SAP, it helps to imagine how bad it has been at many companies before they introduced SAP. It has many flaws, but at least people are finally using a database to store their information :o) On a side note, Amazon is unable to penetrate ALDI & LIDL's market share because they offer better prices. It's as easy as that, and it is not about whether German people love waiting in queues or driving to some shop. The savings by shopping at discounters are very real. Once you factor delivery costs into the equation, many German food retailers only offer the more expensive brand foods for delivery, and not the cheap stuff - exactly as Amazon does.

kazen44 6y ago

SAP makes a ton of sense if you have a large, complex operation that spans multiple countries. SAP is terrible yes, but do you know any other way on how to get complex processes from multiple sectors together in a single system? SAP is basically admitting your logistics and operations became so complex and large that there is no other way to do this more efficiently. One example is a company which produces ship engines and various other parts. They source all resources from different sub-companies across the globe. From the raw material to final assembly. All this information needed to be tracked in an ERP system and to be honest, SAP works well in this regard because it has a standardized process (which is terrible i must admit) but atleast it's a standardized process.