SAP - ERP
SAP is an acronym for Systems, Applications, Products.
An ERP software used for Managing
Men
Methods
Money
Markets
Materials
Mortar-Brick
Machines
Messages...
Miscellaneous (Assets & Actions)
in an Enterprise.
Materials (SAP Products) Related
The different SAP R/3 Modules.
Selecting SAP ?
Which SAP to choose ? (A Brief Overview of SAP Product Suites)
SAP Products Based On Size of Organization
SAP for Large Organizations - mySAP BS (Business Suite)
SAP for Small Organizations - SAP Business One
SAP for Medium Organizations - mySAP ERP
SAP for Mid-Market Organizations
Updated ! SAP Business ByDesign will become part of the SAP HANA Cloud Platorm. ( 31st October 2013)
Earlier !(1st October 2007) SAP has launched it's On Demand Software Solution - Business ByDesign - SAP has finally entered the On demand Hosted ERP Software Solution Market with their new offering called as Business ByDesign.
This mid-market solution (earlier named A1S) covers the following functional areas - Financials, CRM (Customer Relationship Management), HRM (Human Resources Management), Supply Chain Management, Project Management, Supplier Relationship Management, Compliance Management & Executive Management Support.
It has certain innovations such as Personalized Trial System, Built-In Learning & Automation of Routine Software Tasks among other features. Pricing starts at USD $ 149 per User Per month. It is available to select SAP customers only in a few countries globally.
Single Page Information on above SAP products (except Business ByDesign).
SAP Products Based on Type of Business
Vertical Industry / Business Segments
mySAP All In One - AIO
SAP Industry Specific - IS Modules.
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Selecting SAP ? (cont)
Money Related
The current ongoing & future re-engineering of the entire SAP product suite to SOA - Service Oriented Architecture based principles as well as emergence of On-Demand Software Delivery will naturally lead to significant implications for SAP financial investment decisions as well as their business partner ecosystem.
Organizations are advised to stagger their SAP investment decisions on a Just-In-Time Need-To-Invest-Now basis to ensure that they are protected from future obsolescence and benefit from SOA & SAAS led business model transformations.
Also, the ongoing financial meltdown induced recession has prompted many organizations to start seeking savings from their SAP investments.
Measure SAP Investments and Savings.
Missing SAP ROI's ?
SAP For Free ?
Approximate SAP Project Cost Component Percentages.
Methods Related
Brief Overview - Checklist Of Points For A SAP Implementation Project.
SAP ERP - Simplifying All Processes ?
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Markets Related
Some SAAS - Software As A Service Pointers from SAP's 2007 Summit in Mumbai ( 8th June 2007)
The SAAS (Software As A Service) Trend is poised to be an important market trend not only globally but also Asia Pacific region (including India).
The global SAAS market will treble from USD 6.3 Billion in 2006 to USD 19.3 Billion in 2011.
The Indian market is forecasted to grow by a CAGR ( Compounded Annual Growth Rate ) of 27% in the adoption of On Demand Software (SAP's terminology for SAAS) upto 2009.
This is faster than the growth rate of 20% for the Overall Enterprise Software market.
SAP Insight - Phased Evolution Of Software On Demand Market
SAP is viewing the evolution of the Software On Demand market in 5 phases.
These are Hosted Delivery of Basic Features, Richer Functionality in Core Areas, Configuration & Customisation, Extended Analytics & Dashboards and lastly a Partner Ecosystem.
SAP's SAAS Architecture - Between the 2 basic SAAS architecture options of Multi-tenancy (where multiple organizations share a single instance of the application and database) and Isolated Tenancy (which has individual hosted application and database instances for each customer), SAP's Software On Demand works on the latter option.
SAP also plans to offer customers options to move from on demand solutions to on premise solutions at a later stage.
Weblog - SAP finally plunges into the ASP (Application Service Provider) Space...
Is SAP sapping out the Competition ?
SAP Offshore Outsourcing / OffSourcing - Weblogs
Men & Women Related - Make the right SAP Moves !
SAP Career Section
SAP Education Certification FAQ and Costs in India.
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