Author: Paul Stimpson Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Swap versus RAM size (was: I just have
totellsomeone...)
Hi,
Alan Pope wrote: > 2008/10/26 Paul Stimpson <paul@???>:
>
>> Don't talk to us about SAP. Two of my customers have it. Both have noticed a significant decrease in productivity as staff that should be working have to spend time on SAP doing accounts.
>>
>> I've lost count of the number of times I've heard statements like "but that used to be quick and easy in Oracle." People are lying to suppliers about when they'll get paid because they can't get stuff through SAP in a timely fashion.
>>
>
> And that couldn't possibly be down to a lack of training, or a lack of
> support from the SAP implementation team during the transition?
>
>
It could be. I wasn't there in the pre-implementation phase for either
company. All I know is that I haven't heard a good word about it in
either place (one which has had it for several years and the other where
it's going in now.) The staff all report that they are spending a
significant proportion of their day "being accountants" rather than
"doing their job."
> I've been on countless sites where people blame SAP for their business
> issues, when the company is too tight or shortsighted to put together
> even the most basic education for the enduser community. There seems
> to be this belief that you can sit someone in front of a computer and
> they will just pick up whatever app it is. That may well be true for
> basic use of an app like Word, but I wouldn't trust my business to a
> community of undereducated users.
>
> Not saying that's the case on your site, but I've been on plenty where it is.
>
As I said, it is possible. I would hope not as these are both
multi-thousand bums-on-seats, name-you-know companies. I don't know how
many employees a company has to have before a SAP installation is
viable; I assume that it's not really aimed at small companies. I don't
know what the first company used before but the second is coming over
from Oracle and the staff I've spoken to don't know why (they perceive
Oracle as a product that worked well for them and had minimal impact on
their business practices.)
