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It continued to make the company lean and more profitable by providing tools to manage business operations better, such as production scheduling, finance, and estimating products.
We have saved the equivalent of three or four man-days a week across the business.
With increased visibility, there is a substantial opportunity for return on investment.
SAP ERP did provide value for money.
The transcript suggests SAP S4HANA Cloud may offer cost and time savings.
Epicor's support is strong with extensive self-help options.
When issues are raised to customer support, they direct us to work with the partner.
The technical support is good and rated eight.
SAP technical support is very good.
It was very quick, and we didn't have many tickets, but every time any issues arose, they were very quickly resolved.
It is not easy to justify something as high priority unless the system is completely down.
My experience shows that it often requires another level or two to reach someone who can effectively address the problems.
If tickets are raised to the wrong team, it takes considerable time to be routed to the appropriate team.
SAP is continuously improving the functionalities towards the current versions.
Epicor ERP scales extremely well, allowing for multi-company and multi-plant operations.
The system is adapting to our growing needs, but some requirements necessitate upgrading Epicor ERP to meet current needs, which represents an additional expense for us.
It is scalable when moving from one version to another or adding additional components like warehouse management.
The scalability of SAP ERP is excellent.
We are evaluating how scalable SAP S_4HANA Cloud has been; moving to the latest version poses not much of a challenge compared to on-prem upgrades, as SAP handles the technical areas.
Epicor ERP has experienced multiple crashes and performance drops multiple times.
Production processes would be on hold without stability, so it is quite important that the software is very stable.
Stability-wise, SAP ERP is the best product among others.
SAP S_4HANA Cloud is very stable, especially for bigger corporates that are geographically spread out.
It is very flexible and can cater to every industry.
We are using Microsoft Azure connectivity to connect to SAP S_4HANA Cloud system, and from an availability and stability perspective, it is quite stable.
There's extensive customization required for Epicor ERP, and the standard process is not suitable.
The cost management and product costing should be enhanced, along with issues in the manufacturing process.
SAP ERP could improve by integrating additional components such as digital signatures and barcoding.
SAP recently implemented Databricks, and they started investing significantly in the analytic environment.
We are using version 6.0 and it meets our needs.
The challenge is that if a customer has already deployed the entire solution on-premises, it becomes difficult to immediately convert to the new product and manage new license costs.
This reliance on ETL experts or data engineers is necessary to ensure clean quality data, which is critical for the effective operation of the SAP S_4HANA system.
It should have features or facilities so customers can get audit-related queries resolved independently without requiring ticket-based service.
While the exact current licensing costs are confidential, it is approximately 50% of Oracle's cost.
We are satisfied with the pricing and anticipate savings of seventeen percent across the organization.
Epicor ERP is value-conscious in pricing, offering more compared to competitors.
Small and medium companies can struggle with the pricing.
The pricing for SAP ERP is medium but slightly on the higher side.
The real-time analytics support decision-making by using dashboards to manage insights for roles throughout the company, including production, finance, sales, and purchasing.
The most significant features of Epicor ERP for our business process are quality control and supply chain management.
If you're doing a project management module, it is linked with finance. Unless finance is implemented, this module cannot be completed.
The consistent integrations and real-time data analytics in SAP ERP significantly enhance the decision-making process by facilitating follow-ups and action points.
SAP ERP has impacted our organization positively because it is highly customizable to build any process we have in our companies and to write programs.
SAP ERP is particularly strong in manufacturing, from production planning to plant maintenance, then Material Management itself, and managing warehouse management and inventory control.
Some of the most important features include data analytics and real-time data analysis capabilities.
The integration between SAP EWM and S4HANA Cloud is seamless.
SAP S/4HANA Cloud provides integration, controls, efficiency, visibility into business operations, and collaboration, especially for geographically spread operations.
Product | Market Share (%) |
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Epicor ERP | 3.5% |
SAP ERP | 17.2% |
SAP S/4HANA | 9.6% |
Other | 69.7% |
Product | Market Share (%) |
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SAP ERP | 17.2% |
SAP S/4HANA | 9.6% |
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central | 6.5% |
Other | 66.7% |
Product | Market Share (%) |
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SAP S/4HANA Cloud | 15.2% |
Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP | 20.6% |
NetSuite ERP | 18.6% |
Other | 45.6% |
Company Size | Count |
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Small Business | 12 |
Midsize Enterprise | 4 |
Large Enterprise | 2 |
Company Size | Count |
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Small Business | 31 |
Midsize Enterprise | 30 |
Large Enterprise | 76 |
Company Size | Count |
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Small Business | 24 |
Midsize Enterprise | 9 |
Large Enterprise | 29 |
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