Comments on: Gartner, SAP and small business – an oxymoron? http://www.accmanpro.com/2006/04/27/gartner-sap-and-small-business-an-oxymoron/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:01:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: SMB / SME Have Become Obsolete Acronyms| Zoli’s Blog http://www.accmanpro.com/2006/04/27/gartner-sap-and-small-business-an-oxymoron/comment-page-1/#comment-1007 SMB / SME Have Become Obsolete Acronyms| Zoli’s Blog Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:08:40 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/?p=735#comment-1007 [...] Gartner, SAP and small business - an oxymoron? Dennis points us to Small Business Vision - a Gartner Event. As he says: “SAP also has a [...] [...] Gartner, SAP and small business – an oxymoron? Dennis points us to Small Business Vision – a Gartner Event. As he says: “SAP also has a [...]

]]> By: Project Manager http://www.accmanpro.com/2006/04/27/gartner-sap-and-small-business-an-oxymoron/comment-page-1/#comment-1006 Project Manager Fri, 21 Jul 2006 10:38:46 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/?p=735#comment-1006 I think SAP will find it very hard to break the SMB market as they must shake thier expensive and exclusive image. Yes I have worked with a company which ran SAP as thier ERP / Financial system. It was / is a very powerful system, yet I needed to have two full time ABAP programmers backed up by a BASIS team and Config experienced staff. This didn't even cover all the reporting requirements the business had. These were ultimately processed out side the main SAP system as it was quicker and much more flexible. If we had not been a subsiduary of a multi-national corporation we would have never gone down the SAP route, saved several years worth of pain and huge consulting costs. So how are they going the break the SME market? Probably as most large businessed do, throw lots of money at it. I think SAP will find it very hard to break the SMB market as they must shake thier expensive and exclusive image.
Yes I have worked with a company which ran SAP as thier ERP / Financial system. It was / is a very powerful system, yet I needed to have two full time ABAP programmers backed up by a BASIS team and Config experienced staff. This didn’t even cover all the reporting requirements the business had. These were ultimately processed out side the main SAP system as it was quicker and much more flexible.
If we had not been a subsiduary of a multi-national corporation we would have never gone down the SAP route, saved several years worth of pain and huge consulting costs.
So how are they going the break the SME market? Probably as most large businessed do, throw lots of money at it.

]]> By: Zoli's Blog http://www.accmanpro.com/2006/04/27/gartner-sap-and-small-business-an-oxymoron/comment-page-1/#comment-1005 Zoli's Blog Wed, 10 May 2006 18:00:07 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/?p=735#comment-1005 <strong>SMB / SME Have Become Obsolete Acronyms...</strong> SMB / SME  describes Small - Midsize Businesses (Enterprises), but in terms of describing a market segment, especially in the software industry it  has become obsolete. Why? It used to collectively refer to companies too small to be attracti... SMB / SME Have Become Obsolete Acronyms…

SMB / SME  describes Small – Midsize Businesses (Enterprises), but in terms of describing a market segment, especially in the software industry it  has become obsolete. Why?
It used to collectively refer to companies too small to be attracti…

]]> By: Dennis Howlett http://www.accmanpro.com/2006/04/27/gartner-sap-and-small-business-an-oxymoron/comment-page-1/#comment-1004 Dennis Howlett Thu, 27 Apr 2006 12:34:17 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/?p=735#comment-1004 Which is why I'm thinking about a segment play rather than individual company. Which is why I’m thinking about a segment play rather than individual company.

]]> By: Ric http://www.accmanpro.com/2006/04/27/gartner-sap-and-small-business-an-oxymoron/comment-page-1/#comment-1003 Ric Thu, 27 Apr 2006 10:19:46 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/?p=735#comment-1003 I can actually see SAP or one (or even ALL) of the other major ERP vendors being interested in this sort of model. What I don't see is their traditional implementation partners being interested. My experience is that most of the (very) substantial cost of an SAP/JDE/Oracle/etc implementation isn't software licences - it's the cost of the consultants to "help" you install and configure. It's not software innovation that gets SAP et al the revenues - it's software complexity. I can actually see SAP or one (or even ALL) of the other major ERP vendors being interested in this sort of model. What I don’t see is their traditional implementation partners being interested. My experience is that most of the (very) substantial cost of an SAP/JDE/Oracle/etc implementation isn’t software licences – it’s the cost of the consultants to “help” you install and configure. It’s not software innovation that gets SAP et al the revenues – it’s software complexity.

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