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Of course it helps! Thank you Martin for your feedback! Peter Vidal PALL Corporation / SR Programmer Analyst, IT Development Group 10540 Ridge Rd., Ste 203, New Port Richey, FL 34654-5111 http://www.pall.com "An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest." Benjamin Franklin "Martin Boardman" <mboardman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 03/13/2006 06:10 PM Please respond to MAPICS ERP System Discussion To: <mapics-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> cc: Fax to: Subject: Re: [MAPICS-L] MAPICS vs SAP I don't currently use SAP, but I was an SAP Business Analyst in a previous life (roughly 4 years ago). This was with a large, U.S. company that was in the process of implementing SAP across most, if not all, of their business units. I participated on 4 of those implementations over a 4-5 year period. I am now with a smaller company that runs MAPICS. SAP Pros - Integration. All modules interface with each other extremely well, in real time. In addition, any bolt on software worth it's weight has built adaptors to integrate with SAP. - Consolidation. Excellent from a large scale corporate standpoint. - Drill down capability. - Configuration. SAP tries to guide you toward "best practice" business processes. However, most business case scenarios can be configured in SAP. - Security. Granting authorization can be very specific. Even down to the field level. SAP Cons - Expensive. - Complicated. Especially for end users, navigating around SAP can be very overwhelming at first. - Reporting. My experiences was that SAP Report writer is very cumbersome. You'll have to use Crystal Reports or build customized reports. - Expensive. (yes, it's worth mentioning twice). - Requires significant amount of IT resources, compared to a MAPICS shop. Because of the complexity of SAP, it's tough to find a jack of all trades in the SAP world. As far as programming, I'm not a programmer, so I can't comment on the pro's and con's of programming in RPG vs. ABAP (SAP's language). I can say that there seemed to be an adequate amount of user exits and triggers available to interject any custom code needed. In a nutshell, my opinion is that SAP was great for the environment that I worked with it in, which was many business units with tens of thousands of users. However, SAP would be certainly be overkill for the smaller environment that I'm in now with a few business units and roughly 100 users. In this case, MAPICS certainly meets our needs. I do understand that SAP does offer a scaled down, SMB solution these days, though. Hope this helps. Martin Boardman Amphenol RF (203) 796-2039 mboardman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx message: 3 date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:43:11 -0500 from: "Peter Vidal" <Peter_Vidal@xxxxxxxx> subject: [MAPICS-L] MAPICS vs SAP Hi list! Anybody that is a current SAP power-user (and an ex-MAPICS power-user) that can tell us the pros and cons of you experience with SAP? 1) Application wise? 2) Programming wise? Please, US companies stories only. Regards, Peter Vidal PALL Corporation / SR Programmer Analyst, IT Development Group 10540 Ridge Rd., Ste 203, New Port Richey, FL 34654-5111 http://www.pall.com "A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory." Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha ------------------------------ message: 4 date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 14:56:54 -0800 from: LeLeux@xxxxxxxxxxxx subject: Re: [MAPICS-L] MAPICS vs SAP don't forget support-wise! "Peter Vidal" <Peter_Vidal@xxxxxxxx> Sent by: mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 03/10/2006 01:43 PM Please respond to MAPICS ERP System Discussion <mapics-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To mapics-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx cc Subject [MAPICS-L] MAPICS vs SAP Hi list! Anybody that is a current SAP power-user (and an ex-MAPICS power-user) that can tell us the pros and cons of you experience with SAP? 1) Application wise? 2) Programming wise? Please, US companies stories only. Regards, Peter Vidal PALL Corporation / SR Programmer Analyst, IT Development Group 10540 Ridge Rd., Ste 203, New Port Richey, FL 34654-5111 http://www.pall.com "A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory." Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha _______________________________________________ This is the MAPICS ERP System Discussion (MAPICS-L) mailing list To post a message email: MAPICS-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/mapics-l or email: MAPICS-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/mapics-l. ------------------------------ message: 5 date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 18:39:54 -0600 from: "Systems Plus/Roy Luce" <lwl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> subject: Re: [MAPICS-L] MAPICS vs SAP And price wise Roy Luce Main: 847-540-9635 Cell: 847-910-0884 Fax: 847-620-2799 Email: lwl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of LeLeux@xxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 4:57 PM To: MAPICS ERP System Discussion Subject: Re: [MAPICS-L] MAPICS vs SAP don't forget support-wise! "Peter Vidal" <Peter_Vidal@xxxxxxxx> Sent by: mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 03/10/2006 01:43 PM Please respond to MAPICS ERP System Discussion <mapics-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To mapics-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx cc Subject [MAPICS-L] MAPICS vs SAP Hi list! Anybody that is a current SAP power-user (and an ex-MAPICS power-user) that can tell us the pros and cons of you experience with SAP? 1) Application wise? 2) Programming wise? Please, US companies stories only. Regards, Peter Vidal PALL Corporation / SR Programmer Analyst, IT Development Group 10540 Ridge Rd., Ste 203, New Port Richey, FL 34654-5111 http://www.pall.com "A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory." 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