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Re:What's SAP, and why's it worth $163B? (2020) by rossdavidh on Friday September 09, 2022 @09:56AM (#32779288)
Having worked at companies that switched from non-SAP to SAP, I can say with confidence that this statement is false. SAP is successful because the transition is so mind-bogglingly expensive that it is impossible to admit that it was a mistake afterwards.
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Re:What's SAP, and why's it worth $163B? (2020) by P5fRxh5kUvp2th on Friday September 09, 2022 @03:34PM (#32783854)
Any attempt to completely rewrite an existing system is "mind-bogglingly expensive", this isn't exclusive to SAP.
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Re:What's SAP, and why's it worth $163B? (2020) by paulclinger on Friday September 09, 2022 @06:33PM (#32785696)
Not only that, but given the price tag, the organization itself will adjust its own processes to adapt even to a highly customizable SAP product, which may not be the case for smaller, cheaper, and better scoped other products.
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Re:What's SAP, and why's it worth $163B? (2020) by donnythecroc on Friday September 09, 2022 @03:33PM (#32783841)
This exact same experience at my company.
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