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Senior Solutions Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Stable and scalable software for internal solutions
Pros and Cons
  • "ERP is very stable."
  • "In the next release, I would like to see more technical integration for directly designed solutions on behalf of the selling process so that you can design solutions and not have to use ten or more other tools to get the solution for selling."

What is our primary use case?

I use ERP for internal solutions like selling and our customer database.

What needs improvement?

An area for improvement would be the response time. In the next release, I would like to see more technical integration for directly designed solutions on behalf of the selling process so that you can design solutions and not have to use ten or more other tools to get the solution for selling.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using this solution for a couple of years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

ERP is very stable.

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What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

This solution is scalable.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I previously used Salesforce.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate this solution as eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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reviewer1045770 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of ICT Infrastructure at a construction company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Fast, 100% stable, and good data integrity
Pros and Cons
  • "It has a lot of integrity of data, and it is fast. All the users feel that they can trust this data. So, data integrity is the most important value of SAP."
  • "It is not flexible for the users. SAP works in a specific way, and the users and the processes have to adapt to the way it works. It is hard to customize it to the level that we need for our work. It is not easy to get new extensions for process functions, modules, or activities."

What is our primary use case?

Almost all of our data processes are running on this platform. We use it for finance, production, logistics, and human resources.

What is most valuable?

It has a lot of integrity of data, and it is fast. All the users feel that they can trust this data. So, data integrity is the most important value of SAP.

It is scalable. It has the capacity to get bigger and consolidate data from all business processes.

What needs improvement?

It is not flexible for the users. SAP works in a specific way, and the users and the processes have to adapt to the way it works. It is hard to customize it to the level that we need for our work. It is not easy to get new extensions for process functions, modules, or activities.

It doesn't integrate well with other solutions. SAP is a closed circle, and it is not easy to share information with all of our ecosystems. SAP has its own solution for everything, such as for business intelligence and other things. There are many specialized vendors who are doing better than SAP, but it is not easy to integrate SAP with other solutions.

For how long have I used the solution?

It has been about 16 years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is 100% stable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Its scalability is good, but it is not flexible. 

We can keep going with SAP. We have been growing, and we have been adding new business entities to our SAP. The number of enterprises that we manage with our SAP is growing. So, it is scalable.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate it a nine out of 10. It is a very good platform.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Product Owner at Software Technology
Real User
Top 20
Overall good features, stable, but lacking flexibility
Pros and Cons
  • "Overall the solution is very good in the industry."
  • "The flexibility in using the software could improve. I am from a product background and I've been testing a lot of applications, for example, Informatics. The UI, features, and cloud version could improve."

What is our primary use case?

We are using SAP ERP in the agricultural industry and we use it mostly for finance control models.

What is most valuable?

Overall the solution is very good in the industry.

What needs improvement?

The flexibility in using the software could improve. I am from a product background and I've been testing a lot of applications, for example, Informatics. The UI, features, and cloud version could improve.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using SAP ERP for approximately two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

SAP ERP is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I have found SAP ERP scalable.

We have approximately 100 people using this solution in my organization.

How are customer service and support?

My team was involved with the support and they could improve by being faster.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We have used a previous solution and it was a purely homegrown system, which was completely customized and developed in .NET.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was complex and took approximately three hours for all the computers.

What about the implementation team?

We used an integrator for the implementation of the solution. Four consultants is a good number for the process.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We pay annually for the use of this solution.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend this solution.

I would rate SAP ERP a seven out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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reviewer1681698 - PeerSpot reviewer
National Development Division at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
Real User
Reliable but could use more integrations
Pros and Cons
  • "ERP is stable. The outcome is clear to us as far as the design goes."
  • "ERP could use better integration with other systems."

What is our primary use case?

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

What needs improvement?

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.

For how long have I used the solution?

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

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

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

How was the initial setup?

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

What other advice do I have?

I would rate ERP seven out of 10. 

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Enterprise Solutions Architect at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Real User
Is annually updated and enhanced
Pros and Cons
  • "SAP is already working on improvements by doing annual releases with enhancements."
  • "More integrations and built-in integrations with other environments and products are needed."

What is our primary use case?

We implement it for customers, and we use the software internally for process management and inventory management.

What is most valuable?

SAP is already working on improvements by doing annual releases with enhancements.

What needs improvement?

I would like to see more integrations and built-in integrations with other environments and products. Sometimes, we have a product that needs something, and we would need to replace a feature or model in the system with other models outside.

In this case, we would like the system to be more flexible, more component-based. Then, we would be able to take one component and leave the others. We won't have to buy in bulk to benefit from the product. We can select features and pay for those.

Technical support could be better.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been working with this product for almost 7 years.

How are customer service and support?

As for technical support, it depends on how SAP defines the level of the ticket. Sometimes, the ticket is very important to us, while from the perspective of SAP, its of low or medium priority. This makes things difficult for us.

When the ticket is of medium or low priority from the perspective of SAP, it takes more time to solve it.

So, when we have product limitations or something's not working, we would need to help the customers find a solution or workaround.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is a little bit complex. In the beginning, it takes some time for the business consultants to prepare the environment and set up everything. Usually, if you give the consultants the appropriate time to do the setup correctly the first time, everything will go smoothly.

What other advice do I have?

On a scale from one to ten, I would rate SAP ERP at eight.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: partner
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reviewer1676889 - PeerSpot reviewer
Project and Service delivery Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Real User
The biggest ERP system globally that has great features and can do pretty much everything
Pros and Cons
  • "If you are well versed in SAP, the initial setup is pretty simple."
  • "Technical support could be better."

What is our primary use case?

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.

What is most valuable?

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. 

What needs improvement?

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. 

For how long have I used the solution?

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.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

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. 

How are customer service and technical support?

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. 

How was the initial setup?

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.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

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

Typically, they offer yearly licensing agreements. 

What other advice do I have?

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. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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reviewer1466862 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager Finance at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Good integration, stable, and scalable, but needs a better user interface
Pros and Cons
  • "Its integration is most valuable."
  • "Its user interface should be improved."

What is our primary use case?

We are using it for all of our core business processes, including finance, sales and distribution, warehousing, and HR. We have its latest version.

What is most valuable?

Its integration is most valuable.

What needs improvement?

Its user interface should be improved.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for more than seven years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is also scalable. Currently, we have more than a thousand users.

How are customer service and technical support?

Their technical support is fine. We have a Service Level Agreement with SAP's technical support. They are within their Service Level Agreement.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend this solution. It is the best ERP product. We plan to keep using it in the foreseeable future.

I would rate SAP ERP a seven out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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reviewer1552263 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. SAP Portfolio Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Stable solution; great tech support
Pros and Cons
  • "Their tech support is always good."
  • "SAP ERP is scalable. We have some five to ten thousand SAP ERP users."

What is our primary use case?

All of our business transactions happen in ERP. 

What needs improvement?

All SAP solutions are quite costly. They could be cheaper. The license costs are pretty high. 

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using SAP ERP for more than a decade. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

SAP ERP is stable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

SAP ERP is scalable. We have some five to ten thousand SAP ERP users. 

How are customer service and technical support?

Their tech support is always good. 

What about the implementation team?

We deployed in-house. Some 200 members of our technical team were involved. They were in roles like manager, engineer, admin, and support team member. 

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend this solution. 

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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