SAP ERP Reviews

It's the biggest and the most prominent ERP system in business, globally, and it can be used for almost anything. This is one of the biggest advantages of SAP - having so many modules and supporting so many different industrial sectors. Therefore, it would be hard to find what the SAP can't do.

The solution is the biggest ERP system globally and can do pretty much anything.

With all the complexity, there isn't any tool that is so complex and offers so many features as the SAP does those days.

If you are well versed in SAP, the initial setup is pretty simple. 

It's pretty pricey for the functionality. 

In certain barriers, for example, CRM, Salesforce can do better than the analog tools in SAP. It's not naturally grown from its own development of the SAP and a lot of products or solutions are bought in or purchased by SAP. I'm using different technologies due to this.

A major problem of SAP these days is it's not homogenous. It's a conglomerate of many different solutions and systems, which are not very well integrated.

The initial setup can be difficult if your team is unfamiliar with the product.

Technical support could be better. 

I've worked with the solution on and off for 15 years. I didn't spend the last 15 years just implementing SAP ERP. I did all other kinds of projects as well. That said, I've worked with the product for a while.

I was doing working with three different companies for the past 15 years as well as a couple of external clients. I've used it across a few different industries. 

Technical support definitely can be faster. We have had a couple of tickets in solution support opened for a long, long time without proper or satisfactory response. We're not 100% happy with the level of support we receive. 

The setup complexity depends on how strong of a team you have. If you have enough experience, then no major problem with implementation. For the cloud solutions, now you don't even really install. You just get your own tenant developed or created by the SAP itself.

The size of the technical team you will need depends on your business scale. You can do it with a small team of two or three people if it's a small implementation. You can also deal with the thousands of mandates if it's a complex enterprise implementation. That said, it's the same or very similar with any other tool as the complexity is not driven by the tool itself. Rather, it is the business processes of a customer.

It's definitely not the cheapest system to license and run. It could be cheaper. 

Typically, they offer yearly licensing agreements. 

I'm not only an end-user. I'm a project manager who has implemented it in the past.

The solution can be deployed both on-premises and on the cloud. 

I would rate the solution at an eight out of ten.

I would recommend the solution to other users and organizations. 

I use SAP for logistics transactions. I test SAP transactions to make sure they work correctly and train colleagues who are SAP users.

As our Warehouse Management System, SAP efficiently manages our warehouse operations in real-time.

The most valuable features are its worldwide reach.

Although you can use SAP as a Warehouse Management System, and you don’t need any other program for that purpose, it is not enough as a Transportation Management System. You need another program which is integrated with SAP. I think this is an area where SAP should improve. It should be work as a Transportation Management System.

• Supply Chain Management (MM, SD, CS, PP, PM and WM)
• Finance and Controlling (FI/CO)
• Human Capital Management (HCM)
• Analytics (BI and BO)
• Quality Management (QM)
• Project System (PS)
• SRM, CRM, ESS/MSS, EP and so on

Decision making, requirement planning, and real-time MIS have all improved within the company.

Certain things are off-the shelf, but there are a few things that need to be developed based on client specific or unique business processes.

Nearly two decades

There have been no issues with the deployment.

There have been no stability issues.

There have been no issues scaling it.

Very good

Very good

We have implemented in several solutions and used them across our various organizations.

Straightforward

Initially through SAP Partners and then in-house

Less than 24 Months

To optimize the Licensing cost, please choose different SAP Users.

To minimize the implementation cost, try to adopt Rapid Deployment Solutions

Yes, with other ERP solutions like Oracle, Microsoft and so on.

SAP ERP is capable of handling all types of business scenarios and industry verticals.

• Procurement
• Warehousing
• Inventory management

SAP ERP has created a paperless environment for us. We used to have an electronic system but at some stage it was required to be recorded manually on paper. Also there were some other issues, for the maintenance approval, a hard copy was required but now these sort of approvals are through the system.

Every activity creates its own unique Document Number even in the same line of action. For example, if it issues some materials using activity code 201, and then a reversal using code 202 our reference # should be the same, with the same line number. In the backend, a separate document number can be created.

Also PR should be the reference number from creation until the materials are received by the common users.

Since 2010.

Data transfer was an issue.

No

Satisfactory.

6 out of 10

Yes, and the decision to switch came from management.

Complex as there was a lot of data conversion involved

We used a vendor team, expertise was 6/10.

Good

Not known but costly.

DBS, and ASI were also considered but management chose ERP.

Positive solution.

SAP is an enterprise-wide application and we use it across all departments including finance, project management, HR and procurement.

SAP is a very process controlled application. It does not allow users to manage the data. Once the initial process is set, it works smoothly.

The integration with others applications could be easier. There are many different features that this solution offers which could be easier to implement. This solution previously has a best practice implementation which we used to easily make improvements. 

I have used this solution for nine years.

This is a very stable solution.

This is a scalable solution that comes with many options and add-ons. 

Deployment is costly and it takes a lot of time, but once it is done it is very smooth. We deployed SAP in a phased manner, country by country. We started with one country, gave it a year or so, and then we moved on to the second country. We have rolled this solution out in six countries over six years.

We started the implementation with a vendor team and then started hiring our own consultants. We have between eight to twelve consultants internally. 

It takes a little bit of time to cover the ROI on this solution due to its cost. 

This solution was initially costly until we moved to internal consulting which brought the overall cost of ownership and maintenance down. 

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten. 

Mostly, I use ERP for engineering applications — small fry infrastructure.

ERP could use better integration with other systems. That's always the thing. Any upgrade or any other integration would be helpful with such a solid platform.

I have been using SAP ERP for about 10 years now. 

ERP is stable. The outcome is clear to us as far as the design goes.

I don't set the solution up. It's just for me to play with the keyboard.

I would rate ERP seven out of 10. 

The system can be integrated with other SAP functionalities - such as finance, production, sales, marketing, HR, et cetera, and can also be customized to become a model that's specifically designed for my business. That's the solution's most valuable aspect.

The solution is quite expensive. They need to work on the pricing to make it more reasonable.

There are no extra features needed. It's quite a complete solution.

I've been using the solution for seven years now. It's been a good amount of time.

The solution offers quite good stability. The performance is reliable. There aren't bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's very good.

The solution is a bit smaller than I prefer to use, however, we don't have to take too many liberties with it, so, for us, it's fine.

We have about 20 users on the product currently.

We have reached out to technical support in the past. They've been quite good and I would say that, overall, we've been satisfied with the level of support they've provided.

The initial setup was pretty straightforward. I don't believe it was complex.

The vendor handled the entire setup for our organization. We didn't actually have to worry about the implementation process.

The costs are high in terms of licensing. It will be too expensive for many companies if they are considering using this solution.

We're just customers. We don't have a business relationship with SAP.

We are using the latest version of the solution.

Although it is a good product, I'd recommend that other organizations consider an alternate solution. This is due to the fact that it's a very expensive model. For us, for the very initial stage of our business, we've spent quite a lot on it. If a company has a vision for the next five years, it could prove difficult to adhere to the solution should things unexpectedly change.

It might be better to have a basic application available on the market. The licensing costs are far too high on this one.

I'd rate the solution seven out of ten, even though the costs are so large. In this time of COVID, people really are more cost-conscious and high licensing costs are untenable for a lot of businesses.

I worked with some other ERPs previously and I am a computer engineer. I find it to be very stable in comparison to other systems. There is no downtime. That's important to us due to the fact that we have companies around the world and don't have specific service hours. It needs to constantly be running, and it can do that beautifully.

The architecture of the solution overall is great. It's great for development, testing, and production. I've worked with solutions where the architecture wasn't as strong and it was a disaster.

The integration of the solution is great.

The system is very big. It is not exactly user-friendly, due to the fact that it's so massive and complex.

You need to put a lot of data into the system in order to get something out of it.

The solution is expensive.

Our company began using SAP during its first installation in Slovenia. We've used it since 1998. It's been more than 20 years at this point, so more than two decades of working with the solution.

The solution is stable. There are no concerns there. We don't have bugs or glitches. It works extremely well and it reliable.

The solution is very scalable. It's quite a sizeable product, to begin with. Users would have no problem expanding it out if they need to.

We have around 1,000 users on the solution currently.

Technical support has largely been very supportive of our company. If we need an SAP developer, we're able to get one. However, the solution has been so stable so far there have been very few problems in general, so we haven't needed much help. Overall, we are satisfied with the level of support we get.

We require 10-12 people to handle the maintenance on the solution.

The pricing of the solution could be a bit lower. It's on the more expensive side, as far as solutions go.

We're just a customer. We don't have any kind of business relationship with SAP. We aren't consultants or resellers.

We use SAP ERP, and on the other side, on the office side, and the user side, we are straight Microsoft.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten. It's not exactly user-friendly and is quite a sizeable solution. If it weren't for that and the high price tag I might rate it a bit higher.