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When HP converted to SAP, I think their production basically stopped, for six months, and they lost $400 million. Switching to a new system; even when it is fo
by ChrisMarshallNY 1y ago
When HP converted to SAP, I think their production basically stopped, for six months, and they lost $400 million.
Switching to a new system; even when it is for the better, is a painful, expensive process.
The company that I worked for, did a successful transition to SAP, but it took about two years, and a lot of butthurt.
- cluckindan 1y agoSwitching to SAP ERP was already an in-joke level of well-known catastrophe in IT consulting circles 20 years ago. I’m glad to see nothing has changed in that respect.
- mensetmanusman 1y agoSap adds so much syrup to the gears of business that it kills some.
- mrweasel 1y agoI feel like a ton of SAP transitions only succeed because they have to.
- pradn 1y agoThey say its easier to change your company to fit SAP than to mold SAP to fit your company.
- majewsky 1y ago(Disclosure: I work at SAP, though not on the ERP stuff or anything of that sort.) From what I've been told, this is actually supposed to be a selling point of SAP: They have built tools to fit the processes of the industry leaders, so by buying into SAP, you're buying into the winning way of doing business. I am not endorsing this opinion or making a claim regarding its veracity, just stating that that is what I have heard.
- benced 1y agoI remember reading an article about a hospital switching computerized medical record system and the CIO had a killer quote along the lines of "every extra day I take on this migration, people die"