Comments on: Time to re-evaluate SAP? http://www.accmanpro.com/2009/12/16/time-to-re-evaluate-sap/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:01:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: roadhunter http://www.accmanpro.com/2009/12/16/time-to-re-evaluate-sap/comment-page-1/#comment-7465 roadhunter Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:59:59 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/?p=6110#comment-7465 Business One is in no way expensive. To compare it to Dynamics NAV is to compare a Honda Accord with a Cadillac. That is, for far less money, you get a much more reliable and dependable product with SAP BO.<br> -John Boston<br> Navigator Business Solutions<br> <a href="mailto:jboston68@cox.net" rel="nofollow">jboston68@cox.net</a> Business One is in no way expensive. To compare it to Dynamics NAV is to compare a Honda Accord with a Cadillac. That is, for far less money, you get a much more reliable and dependable product with SAP BO.
-John Boston
Navigator Business Solutions
jboston68@cox.net

]]> By: roadhunter http://www.accmanpro.com/2009/12/16/time-to-re-evaluate-sap/comment-page-1/#comment-7466 roadhunter Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:59:59 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/?p=6110#comment-7466 Business One is in no way expensive. To compare it to Dynamics NAV is to compare a Honda Accord with a Cadillac. That is, for far less money, you get a much more reliable and dependable product with SAP BO.<br> -John Boston<br> Navigator Business Solutions<br> <a href="mailto:jboston68@cox.net" rel="nofollow">jboston68@cox.net</a> Business One is in no way expensive. To compare it to Dynamics NAV is to compare a Honda Accord with a Cadillac. That is, for far less money, you get a much more reliable and dependable product with SAP BO.
-John Boston
Navigator Business Solutions
jboston68@cox.net

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.accmanpro.com/2009/12/16/time-to-re-evaluate-sap/comment-page-1/#comment-9631 Anonymous Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:59:00 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/?p=6110#comment-9631 Business One is in no way expensive. To compare it to Dynamics NAV is to compare a Honda Accord with a Cadillac. That is, for far less money, you get a much more reliable and dependable product with SAP BO. -John Boston Navigator Business Solutions jboston68@cox.net Business One is in no way expensive. To compare it to Dynamics NAV is to compare a Honda Accord with a Cadillac. That is, for far less money, you get a much more reliable and dependable product with SAP BO.
-John Boston
Navigator Business Solutions
jboston68@cox.net

]]> By: dahowlett http://www.accmanpro.com/2009/12/16/time-to-re-evaluate-sap/comment-page-1/#comment-7464 dahowlett Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:58:20 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/?p=6110#comment-7464 Go to market has always been the big question and as you say, there are some question marks there, not least overcoming the past history on BYD. But then SAP has a habit of confounding its critics in the long term. Go to market has always been the big question and as you say, there are some question marks there, not least overcoming the past history on BYD. But then SAP has a habit of confounding its critics in the long term.

]]> By: dahowlett http://www.accmanpro.com/2009/12/16/time-to-re-evaluate-sap/comment-page-1/#comment-7468 dahowlett Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:58:20 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/?p=6110#comment-7468 Go to market has always been the big question and as you say, there are some question marks there, not least overcoming the past history on BYD. But then SAP has a habit of confounding its critics in the long term. Go to market has always been the big question and as you say, there are some question marks there, not least overcoming the past history on BYD. But then SAP has a habit of confounding its critics in the long term.

]]> By: Jon Reed http://www.accmanpro.com/2009/12/16/time-to-re-evaluate-sap/comment-page-1/#comment-7467 Jon Reed Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:33:23 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/?p=6110#comment-7467 Dennis, having attended these SME tracks as well, I would concur with many of your sentiments. I thought the message was much sharper, with more clarity about the role of each of the three products. By Design looks to be a factor in the market, the functionality is impressive. Sometimes there seemed to be a bit of extra complexity in terms of completing workflow steps, and the ByD UI can use some work as we've all noted, but these are solvable problems. Writing off SAP in the SME space would be foolish. <br><br>The only caveat I would add is that I have a few ties into the SAP SME partner and services side who have mixed reviews at best. (the partners at the summit were enthusiastic however). SAP is going to be very reliant on its partners to sell and service SME products and clearly, there is work to do there. SAP acknowledged this at the event - if the partner strategy can match the product quality, then SAP should be a real factor in SME ERP going forward. Dennis, having attended these SME tracks as well, I would concur with many of your sentiments. I thought the message was much sharper, with more clarity about the role of each of the three products. By Design looks to be a factor in the market, the functionality is impressive. Sometimes there seemed to be a bit of extra complexity in terms of completing workflow steps, and the ByD UI can use some work as we've all noted, but these are solvable problems. Writing off SAP in the SME space would be foolish.

The only caveat I would add is that I have a few ties into the SAP SME partner and services side who have mixed reviews at best. (the partners at the summit were enthusiastic however). SAP is going to be very reliant on its partners to sell and service SME products and clearly, there is work to do there. SAP acknowledged this at the event – if the partner strategy can match the product quality, then SAP should be a real factor in SME ERP going forward.

]]> By: dahowlett http://www.accmanpro.com/2009/12/16/time-to-re-evaluate-sap/comment-page-1/#comment-9610 dahowlett Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:58:00 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/?p=6110#comment-9610 Go to market has always been the big question and as you say, there are some question marks there, not least overcoming the past history on BYD. But then SAP has a habit of confounding its critics in the long term. Go to market has always been the big question and as you say, there are some question marks there, not least overcoming the past history on BYD. But then SAP has a habit of confounding its critics in the long term.

]]> By: Jon Reed http://www.accmanpro.com/2009/12/16/time-to-re-evaluate-sap/comment-page-1/#comment-7463 Jon Reed Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:33:23 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/?p=6110#comment-7463 Dennis, having attended these SME tracks as well, I would concur with many of your sentiments. I thought the message was much sharper, with more clarity about the role of each of the three products. By Design looks to be a factor in the market, the functionality is impressive. Sometimes there seemed to be a bit of extra complexity in terms of completing workflow steps, and the ByD UI can use some work as we've all noted, but these are solvable problems. Writing off SAP in the SME space would be foolish. The only caveat I would add is that I have a few ties into the SAP SME partner and services side who have mixed reviews at best. (the partners at the summit were enthusiastic however). SAP is going to be very reliant on its partners to sell and service SME products and clearly, there is work to do there. SAP acknowledged this at the event - if the partner strategy can match the product quality, then SAP should be a real factor in SME ERP going forward. Dennis, having attended these SME tracks as well, I would concur with many of your sentiments. I thought the message was much sharper, with more clarity about the role of each of the three products. By Design looks to be a factor in the market, the functionality is impressive. Sometimes there seemed to be a bit of extra complexity in terms of completing workflow steps, and the ByD UI can use some work as we've all noted, but these are solvable problems. Writing off SAP in the SME space would be foolish. The only caveat I would add is that I have a few ties into the SAP SME partner and services side who have mixed reviews at best. (the partners at the summit were enthusiastic however). SAP is going to be very reliant on its partners to sell and service SME products and clearly, there is work to do there. SAP acknowledged this at the event – if the partner strategy can match the product quality, then SAP should be a real factor in SME ERP going forward.

]]> By: Jon Reed http://www.accmanpro.com/2009/12/16/time-to-re-evaluate-sap/comment-page-1/#comment-9609 Jon Reed Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:33:00 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/?p=6110#comment-9609 Dennis, having attended these SME tracks as well, I would concur with many of your sentiments. I thought the message was much sharper, with more clarity about the role of each of the three products. By Design looks to be a factor in the market, the functionality is impressive. Sometimes there seemed to be a bit of extra complexity in terms of completing workflow steps, and the ByD UI can use some work as we've all noted, but these are solvable problems. Writing off SAP in the SME space would be foolish. The only caveat I would add is that I have a few ties into the SAP SME partner and services side who have mixed reviews at best. (the partners at the summit were enthusiastic however). SAP is going to be very reliant on its partners to sell and service SME products and clearly, there is work to do there. SAP acknowledged this at the event - if the partner strategy can match the product quality, then SAP should be a real factor in SME ERP going forward. Dennis, having attended these SME tracks as well, I would concur with many of your sentiments. I thought the message was much sharper, with more clarity about the role of each of the three products. By Design looks to be a factor in the market, the functionality is impressive. Sometimes there seemed to be a bit of extra complexity in terms of completing workflow steps, and the ByD UI can use some work as we’ve all noted, but these are solvable problems. Writing off SAP in the SME space would be foolish.

The only caveat I would add is that I have a few ties into the SAP SME partner and services side who have mixed reviews at best. (the partners at the summit were enthusiastic however). SAP is going to be very reliant on its partners to sell and service SME products and clearly, there is work to do there. SAP acknowledged this at the event – if the partner strategy can match the product quality, then SAP should be a real factor in SME ERP going forward.

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