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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.
 
I'm pretty sure SAP does back office software
Exactly. That's what it is about.

Invoices, vehicle documents, data for the web front-end, none of those things really seemed to work well so far.
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Exactly. That's what it is about.

Invoices, vehicle documents, data for the web front-end, none of those things really seemed wo work well so far.
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.
 
If you want to see a Grenadier in the wild just go to Abersoch in Wales.

Normally about 6 floating around at any one time, considering the place has a population of a few thousand people it’s not hard to see them.

Apart from there I have only seen one other on the road near Shrewsbury.

I actually commented when I drove from Birmingham to Bristol on the M5, that there and back I saw a sum total of zero IG’s on the motorway or anywhere else tbh.
 
Spotted a Scottish White TrialMaster at the Woolies roundabout in Emerald Vic on Saturday. Gave them a big wave from my D4.
If it's you, please PM me!
 
Had to do a lot of work and delivery’s around Brussels this week. Every day we spotted car transports in the opposite direction with each 4 grenadiers on transport towards the port of Zeebrugge. So for the guys out there, waiting for their Grenadier. Hang on, they are coming!!!!
 
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.
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.
 
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.

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:
  • "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 :ROFLMAO:
SAP is very powerful, but often not configured as it should be: pressure of deadlines, junior consultants, lack of expertise, ...
 
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:
  • "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 :ROFLMAO:
SAP is very powerful, but often not configured as it should be: pressure of deadlines, junior consultants, lack of expertise, ...
Yep
 
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:
  • "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 :ROFLMAO:
SAP is very powerful, but often not configured as it should be: pressure of deadlines, junior consultants, lack of expertise, ...
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.
For the same reason the SAP company often 'steal' experienced experts from their customers after the implementation of the system...lol
 
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:
  • "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 :ROFLMAO:
SAP is very powerful, but often not configured as it should be: pressure of deadlines, junior consultants, lack of expertise, ...
And budget constraints of the user, big companies always think they have a cheaper solution, which then requires more expertise to sort it out.
 
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