if it is like any of the implementations I've been tangentially involved in, it also burned 18 to 24 months to get to that point (to cancel)
But, once a company has given in and adapted to the way SAP wants it to run, they are fiercely loyal to it. It seems that the ability to eventually "drink the koolaid" is what makes a successful vs unsuccessful install. On 7/3/07, Rick Root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/3/07, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you are new to SAP, learn this one thing. > > > > They will not change the way SAP works to match your business or process. > > > > (They say they will, but they won't). > > > > You are going to end up changing your business and process to match > > the way SAP wants you to do it. > > > > Just relax into it, and it won;t be too painful. > > Yes, I've heard this about SAP. It's their job to tell you how to do yours. > > Dell apparently spent $100 million in an attempt to implement SAP, and > scrapped the whole thing to avoid having their entire company get > dragged down. > > Can you imagine, spending $100 million and then deciding the RIGHT > decision was to just stop and throw it all away? > > Rick > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade & see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJR Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:237734 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
