Re: [BPCS-L] why migrate

[Tom Jedrzejewicz <tomjedrz@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 15:39:48 +0530, navin.kulkarni
<navin.kulkarni@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> thanks for the help Al, there are somethings in specific i want to know :
> 
> 1. what are the feature that SAP provides and not BPCS.
> 2. the strengths and limitaitons of BPCS.
> 3. what approach is followed  ( as in , is there a basic guideline or
> methodology) for the migration.

#1 and #3 are both subjects about which large books have been written.  

#1 - There is probably an order of magnitude of complexity between
BPCS and SAP.  BPCS has a couple of thousand tables, SAP has 20 times
that. SAP has done a reasonable job of making the system database
independant.

#2 - I will leave this to others.

#3 - SAP has a "standard" methodology, which is phenomenally complex
and tweaked by every implementation partner.  SAP also has a number of
preconfigured solutions which are mostly configured for particular
industries.  They talk about 6 and 9 month implementation cycles.

SAP has a very comprehensive web site -- I strongly suggest that you
spend a whole lot of time there.

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Tom Jedrzejewicz
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