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MrEs t1_j636qzl wrote

Wow sap still exists?!?

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poopapat320 t1_j63fyki wrote

SAP is actually quite common in manufacturing environments.

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zantosh t1_j63ltxi wrote

Actually you should be saying "wow oracle still exists!" Or " JDE still exists" because SAP has taken over the market in that software area

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Wolpfack t1_j63slge wrote

> Actually you should be saying "wow oracle still exists!

Oracle NetSuite has grown its customer base from 11,000 customers in 2016 to over 27,000 customers in 2022.

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Wolpfack t1_j63t1oh wrote

SAP S/Hana is the leading ERP in large environments. It's used by Walmart, Exxon, Apple, Boeing, Chevron, Ford, GM, Costco, Alphabet (Google) among many others.

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Dantzig t1_j64q030 wrote

And its implementation at Aldi Lidl was halted after spending €500 million

https://www.henricodolfing.com/2020/05/case-study-lidl-sap-debacle.html?m=1

Edit: wrong German store

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LokiWinterwind t1_j65msnu wrote

It was Lidl and the article has a very nice synopsis. What Went Wrong

The problems arose when Lidl discovered that the SAP system based it's inventory on retail prices, where Lidl was used to do that based on purchase prices. Lidl refused to change both her mindset and processes and decided to customise the software. That was the beginning of the end.

That's something so basic and fundamental that it must have poped up in the first workshops and they decided to adapt a standard software in a fundamental way... That never works out well

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Dantzig t1_j67dqjy wrote

True I read a different article a while back and remember wrongly.

I was surprised just how little the SAP is a “program” and it seems more like a framework for SAP-consultants to fill out the blank canvas.

There even is a time registration module which I can say from experience is a bad port of an Excel sheet

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PerpetuallyOffline t1_j66xue2 wrote

SAP is one of the most prevalent software companies in the world. Most people have probably used software sold by SAP or hosted by SAP at one time or another, even if you don't know it.

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Motopsycho-007 t1_j63r0qo wrote

Here in Ontario (Canada), manufacturers use it, hospitals, government and box stores like home depot, just a few examples

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emsai t1_j63k4nk wrote

Running strong still, as weird as it might seem

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