SAP software is the system that considers enterprise architecture and financial control the most meticulously among all ERP products worldwide. It is also the most rigorous system in terms of overall control logic and system structure, allowing enterprises implementing SAP systems to introduce advanced management concepts.
The SAP software is the most widely considered system for applicability in various industries and has the widest range of applications. For some special industries, industry solutions are provided.
The SAP system is the ERP system with the best overall stability.
The SAP system is most suitable for large enterprise groups. SAP is the only most suitable product for large enterprise groups in various industries to fully implement professional and unified ERP throughout the entire group. More than 80% of the Fortune Global 500 companies use SAP systems.
SAP is the most comprehensive and versatile ERP system. The core business within the enterprise, whether it is financial supply chain or logistics supply chain, such as finance, planning, inventory, production, project, equipment, human resource management, as well as external supplier relationship management, customer relationship management, SAP software, all have modules to provide strong support, and SAP modules are highly integrated.
Disadvantages of SAP software:
The system is too heavy, and the configuration and operation are exceptionally complex. Doing a business may require multiple pages.
The implementation cost is very high, and the cost of secondary development (ABAP language development) is quite high. The labor cost of using SAP software is also very high. Enterprises that have implemented SAP systems generally require a professional SAP consulting team to make good use of the SAP system. The team size should not be too small, usually consisting of 4-5 SAP consultants, because each SAP consultant only focuses on a certain aspect of SAP's functionality, and the learning cost of SAP is high. It is not realistic to hire one or a few SAP ALL to handle SAP software.
The cost of an SAP License is quite expensive.
The SAP standard reporting system cannot fully meet the actual needs of enterprises and often requires development to meet their special needs.
In actual operation, SAP is currently a big information island containing huge amounts of data.
The process-based functionality is very weak. Generally, enterprises need to go through the approval process to generate documents, which usually require approval through the workflow software of the external system, and then write the data into SAP software.