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[โ€“] arotrios@lemmy.world 49 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)

SAP works like it was built in the 90s. It's slow as fuck, doesn't have good export capability, the worst user interface I've ever worked with, and is the least flexible ERP system I've ever encountered.

I'd rather work with a custom built ERP in Oracle SQL circa 2000 than I would with SAP - at least then, I could get a clean table export in less than 3 hours. I mean, Nav is shit, but SAP is diarrhea locked behind a paywall.

Sorry, I know there's a big push towards non-US systems right now (which I support), but SAP is not a solution - it's just another way to make your employees hate their job.

[โ€“] rbn@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

SAP works like it was built in the 90s.

That's because most of its core is.

It's slow as fuck

Highly depends on what you're doing and how much data you're processing but in general this is incorrect. SAP uses in-memory computing for quite some time and looking at the vast amounts of data that is often processed, it's pretty impressive from my perspective if you keep in mind that everything must be traceable and consistent at every point in time. I worked with SAP a lot and also with many newer competitors and can guarantee you, that the more recently developed solutions, aren't any better.

doesn't have good export capability

You have Excel/CSV exports almost everywhere and where you don't have it, you can still always access all the data you need from the database tables via SQL, data extractors etc. Maybe not perfect but Oracle, Navision, Workday etc. aren't better IMO.

the worst user interface I've ever worked with

The old 'dynpro' UIs are pretty ugly compared to today's standard. SAP is aware of that and offers a new UI technology ('Fiori') for more than a decade. It's still not perfect but they're working on it.

is the least flexible ERP system I've ever encountered

Excuse me the harsh wording, but this is complete bullshit. SAP ERP is literally open source software (not FOSS!). Even if you are in the rare situation that your requirement cannot be fulfilled with one of the official enhancement mechanisms (Business Add-In, user exit, BRF+, enhancement points, database appends, etc.) you can literally just look at all the source code and adapt it to your needs. How much more flexibility can you have?

I'd rather work with a custom built ERP

If you are in a rather small company, I can get that sentiment. But in big corporations, building and maintaining everything yourself is just not an option in a world where legal and market requirements are constantly changing.

I can understand when people don't love SAP. It's not perfect by any means. But I also don't understand why it's sometimes hated like here. I've been in several evaluations for ERP systems where it won against plenty of competitors. It definitely is a pretty flexible and powerful solution for big companies.

[โ€“] Blaze 1 points 3 weeks ago

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