The challenge should rather be to make the Software do what it's supposed to do.
The challenge should rather be to make the Software do what it's supposed to do.
I'm pretty sure SAP does back office software (tracking parts and expenses) rather than automotive onboard systems. Just guessing. I was forced to use SAP in my Border Patrol job tracking fuel and maintenance costs for fleet vehicles. I am not a fan.
Exactly. That's what it is about.
This is called IS A VMS. Industry Solution Automotive- Vehicle Management System.. used by almost all vendors and developed together with Automotive Associations. The problem is to configure it properly. This however is usually not done by SAP but by a subject matter specialist. This is usually a consulting company providing the required skill.. and free of choice by automotive company.
SAP is as good as the people configuring it and using it. If there is a criticism, it is that it isn’t plug and play, it requires a lot of setting up and configuring to get it to do the things you want it to do. There are a lot of SAP consultants out there, they are not all created equal.
I was not a SAP consultant or expert, but was once involved in a SAP implementation for the Belgian railways as a maintenance expert (what I was, I am retired now). I had access to the "sand box" or how was it called, in fact the playground of the "almost" working system.
YepI was not a SAP consultant or expert, but was once involved in a SAP implementation for the Belgian railways as a maintenance expert (what I was, I am retired now). I had access to the "sand box" or how was it called, in fact the playground of the "almost" working system.
I was trying to find a solution, for a typical maintenance management problem (allocating costs from a workshop to another cost center or something like that, I don't remember exactly, but it was a bit more complex).
The SAP consultant told me this was impossible, and I thought: "this should be possible".
Playing around I found the solution, and I told him I had "the" solution. He said, "impossible". Didn't want to look.
I called his boss:
SAP is very powerful, but often not configured as it should be: pressure of deadlines, junior consultants, lack of expertise, ...
- "But Jean this is impossible" (the other guy was also present and had a big grin on his face - we didn't like each other)
- Me to his boss: "You have 5 minutes?"
- He: "yes"
- I did set up the solution, step by step
- He: "waw, didn't know that"
- The other guy walked away
I used to work at a SAP Training organization and I totally agree with you. The SAP system is too big to be configured. The result is very much based on the consultant's or the project manager's experience.I was not a SAP consultant or expert, but was once involved in a SAP implementation for the Belgian railways as a maintenance expert (what I was, I am retired now). I had access to the "sand box" or how was it called, in fact the playground of the "almost" working system.
I was trying to find a solution, for a typical maintenance management problem (allocating costs from a workshop to another cost center or something like that, I don't remember exactly, but it was a bit more complex).
The SAP consultant told me this was impossible, and I thought: "this should be possible".
Playing around I found the solution, and I told him I had "the" solution. He said, "impossible". Didn't want to look.
I called his boss:
SAP is very powerful, but often not configured as it should be: pressure of deadlines, junior consultants, lack of expertise, ...
- "But Jean this is impossible" (the other guy was also present and had a big grin on his face - we didn't like each other)
- Me to his boss: "You have 5 minutes?"
- He: "yes"
- I did set up the solution, step by step
- He: "waw, didn't know that"
- The other guy walked away
And budget constraints of the user, big companies always think they have a cheaper solution, which then requires more expertise to sort it out.I was not a SAP consultant or expert, but was once involved in a SAP implementation for the Belgian railways as a maintenance expert (what I was, I am retired now). I had access to the "sand box" or how was it called, in fact the playground of the "almost" working system.
I was trying to find a solution, for a typical maintenance management problem (allocating costs from a workshop to another cost center or something like that, I don't remember exactly, but it was a bit more complex).
The SAP consultant told me this was impossible, and I thought: "this should be possible".
Playing around I found the solution, and I told him I had "the" solution. He said, "impossible". Didn't want to look.
I called his boss:
SAP is very powerful, but often not configured as it should be: pressure of deadlines, junior consultants, lack of expertise, ...
- "But Jean this is impossible" (the other guy was also present and had a big grin on his face - we didn't like each other)
- Me to his boss: "You have 5 minutes?"
- He: "yes"
- I did set up the solution, step by step
- He: "waw, didn't know that"
- The other guy walked away
