Alan B
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| posted on 6/10/04 at 04:56 PM |
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SAP?
Anyone familiar with this software?
A job application (not for me) asks for it....what is it?
Easy to learn?...etc.
Cheers
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JohnN
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| posted on 6/10/04 at 05:19 PM |
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SAP was founded in 1972 in Walldorf, Germany. It stands for Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing. The SAP R/3 enterprise application
suite for open client/server systems has established a new standards for providing business information management solutions..........
or so Mr Google tells me, I do hear it mentioned a lot where I work, as a company wide system but then I thought it was Salaries And Payroll??
John
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Alan B
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| posted on 6/10/04 at 05:27 PM |
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Thx John....yeah I googled too....was looking for a translation into English..LOL
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12a RX-7
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| posted on 6/10/04 at 05:33 PM |
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we use it at work, nothing too spectacular really, a system for running an entire business ... not very engineer friendly although it's probably
easy enough to work out for anyone who's competent with a PC
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Alan B
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| posted on 6/10/04 at 05:52 PM |
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Cheers..
So for someone who had never used it they could pick it up quickly?
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mackie
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| posted on 6/10/04 at 06:25 PM |
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To use it yes, to implement it no 
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DEAN C.
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| posted on 6/10/04 at 06:37 PM |
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Hi Alan,I used Sap when working for ICI 10 years ago , where it was used to run the parts and stores and also machine schedules and routine
maintenance programmes for us in the enginering side,just a basic programme by todays standards I think.
The way we used it was crude but it told us each day which services were planned and which parts we would need,and then automatically order the parts
from the stores and debit the stores stock levels,this was also used to price overheads on each machine.
The only reason I think we had it was to make records of schedules etc to help gain a British Standard recognition and later an ISO recognition.
DEAN........
Once I've finished a project why do I start another?
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alfasudsprint
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| posted on 6/10/04 at 07:17 PM |
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Alan,
I know next to nothing about it but...the g/f has worked with it as an analyst for 5 years...its only used by BIG companies, it has different modules
like one for personnel, one for stock control etc etc. Its highly specialsied and the training for support staff is bloody expensive, but that is for
the people with a degree in computer science who solve problems when it goes kapput...users have training from an in house pro who already had SAP
training...hope that helps, if you have specific q.'s I'll ask the pro for info, ok?
Tim
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Alan B
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| posted on 8/10/04 at 04:59 PM |
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Thanks guys.....good help as always..
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Andy W
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| posted on 8/10/04 at 08:52 PM |
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I use SAP PM at work, and have wasted many hours with it. The company I work is supposed to have had a 50 million budget for SAP. The way it works is
just not user friendly. It would be like having to go back windows 3.1 when you've being used to XP. Saying that Bill Gates tried to buy it for
35 billion and got turned down.
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