SAP ERP Valuable Features

Srinivasan Kuppuswamy - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder Partner & Chief Consultant at Sagesse Abundance

The solution's framework is amazing because it is architected to follow the principles of cost and financial accounting. 

The accounting module's record and report process is closely integrated with almost every other process. Any event happening across any function of the business is automatically updated in the accounting reports. 

The solution is quickly expanding its hybrid cloud and cloud-to-cloud integrations. Its new tool called Business Technology Platform catches integrations. It provides a single platform for development with the SAP-owned ABAP and other technologies like Java or open source. Integrations are available for systems both within and outside of the enterprise. 

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Mariia Gondal - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Business Consultant at FG Business Consultant

The most valuable features depend on the company's needs and area of expertise. For example, PP is quite an important module for industrial companies, but FI-CO is the most useful module for any company.

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SEAN Justine - PeerSpot reviewer
Professor at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

The most significant elements of this solution are the ability to create a virtual product, a service product, and delivery.

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Buyer's Guide
SAP ERP
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about SAP ERP. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
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VishalChopra - PeerSpot reviewer
VP Global Sales and Marketing at VC ERP CONSULTING PRIVATE LIMITED

It is the business process that SAP ERP captures very well as it supports the business process and evolves with the organization. Being one of the oldest ERP systems, a company can buy SAP and use it for the longest time they can think of, and they don't need to change the ERP system, which is one of the biggest advantages SAP ERP offers.

SAP ERP's interface is pretty easy nowadays, as it has evolved over time and has been made as user-friendly as a person would like it.

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TZ
CEO at Lifestyle Services Group (part of Phones4U)

The valuable feature of SAP ERP is that everything is connected and under one roof, creating a unified system. During SAP implementation, we seamlessly migrate data from various ERP systems, addressing the diverse range of client applications, programs, and ERPs that require interface connections. Post-implementation, everything is consolidated into a single system.

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Sameer Ghewade - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, Information Technology at Parag Milk Foods Ltd

SAP ERP is one of the most well-integrated solutions with all of the applications in my company, making it one of the most advantageous traits of the product.

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PedroJimenez - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Advisor at NBTeam

The integration is a valuable feature. Actually, in S/4HANA, the most valuable part for me is the Universal Journal because, in one table, you have all financial topics or financial data. So it's very easy to report and manage this information and consolidate, for example, the intercompany transactions and manage treasury cash flow. For me, the most important part is the Universal Journal.

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Desmond Festus - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Officer ERP at Swakop Uranium

A valuable feature is the application of customer feedback to improve the system by the retailer. Millions of dollars have been saved doing this. Improvements relating to costing structures can be made, and the system usability from on-premise to cloud and the terabytes and gigabytes required in the system have dramatically reduced. An example is working in the MM area with the system. Only a simple vendor had master data and many tables. From 40, the SAP on the cloud or the HANA version has reduced it to two tables. So it's a significant decrease still growing. By applying customer feedback, they have improved as retailers of their products.

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Sara Sara - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Engineer at Maroc Telecom ADSL

I like that it is applicable to so many use cases. 

It has been quite stable so far. 

Technical support is helpful and responsive. 

It's very scalable. 

The product is easy to use. 

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Mustapha Sedki Ben Romdhane - PeerSpot reviewer
Sourcing Purchasing Manager at Nexans autoelectric GmbH

The solution is simple to use.

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RP
SAP Platform Advisory at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

The most valuable feature of SAP ERP is the integration. It can be seamlessly integrated across the board.

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Harish Golla - PeerSpot reviewer
SAP Consultant at Quadricit

The most valuable features of SAP ERP is the flexibility and functionality. It is one of the best ERPs I have seen in the market.

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EF
Information Systems Manager at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

The solution can easily be standardized across processes. 

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Friedhelm Lefting - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at GESTRA AG

The solution provides a high level of integration. In my previous company, we were working with Oracle, and there were a lot of reconciliation issues. We do not have such issues in SAP because everything is integrated. GTS provides a lot of value.

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Kanchan Khubnani - PeerSpot reviewer
Management trainee at a analyst firm with 51-200 employees

The solution has made the most significant impact on our human resources function, specifically in HR operations and HR analytics. One feature of SAP ERP that I found most valuable is its use of codes for accessing specific functions.

For instance, using codes to view employee master data was helpful. The processing time was lengthy when dealing with a large amount of employee data. I believe SAP ERP could be faster, especially considering that my laptop's RAM is relatively low despite having a good processor. This delay in processing becomes particularly noticeable when dealing with thousands of employee records.

The tool's multi-integration system capability is good. The P30 module, which consists of employee master data, is connected to all the other modules.

The benefits of using SAP ERP are significant. All employee data is centralized at the backend, ensuring easy access and management. One of the key advantages is real-time updates. For example, changes made in the master data automatically reflect across all other HR modules, such as attendance, learning and development, training, and performance appraisal. This integration eliminates the need for manual updates and reduces the risk of data duplication or loss.

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Mohamed Nabih - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Of Information Technology at OSHCO group

The most valuable features of SAP ERP are the integration between all departments, such as purchasing, finance, trading, and sales.

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ML
Sr. Manager at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees

The most valuable features of SAP ERP are its stability, industry-specific package, and adaptable configuration. It is versatile in communication, making it easy to align with our business processes. 

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Neno Lazarov - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Of Financial Control at TED BED JSC

SAP ERP provides the perfect database and options for additional production. It's also good for finance analytics, production drill-down, and other types of analysis.

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Razan Dimashkieh - PeerSpot reviewer
Human Resources Analyst at Khatib & Alami

The payroll solution and the localization for advances are valuable.

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Wael Elsagh - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at EJADA

The most valuable feature of SAP ERP is the financial module, pre-configured packages, and plenty of features. The solution is updating and adding new features that are helpful.

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AjayKumar7 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, Business Analytics, BI Lead at Capgemini

The features are very useful for finance.

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JavedKhan1 - PeerSpot reviewer
SAP Security/GRC Manager at Tata Consultancy

One of the most relevant features is that the product connects to every software. Our third parties can integrate through SAP ERP extremely easily, integrate with data transfer and communicate within the solution. The solution is reliable for external connections that other software doesn't provide.

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Olaf Dölz - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Solution Engineer at Winshuttle

I'm an old-fashioned guy, so I feel better when I have GUI. So, not a web browser. This makes me feel better because of security issues.

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MV
Consultant at RDM Tech Solutions

I think the most valuable feature is that we get live real-time reporting.

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David Kunc - PeerSpot reviewer
Account Manager at Cadmium

I like the solution's ability to close plans and resource requirements in deals.

When I entered or itemized closing plans step by step on how to close deals, the solution helped me to materialize how I wanted to close the deal. It forced me to think about how to do it. If you have a vague idea of how to do it, different ways appear when you put it on paper or type it on a keyboard. The solution also monitors if I'm executing all the steps that I define necessary to closing a deal.

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PrateekBansal - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager at Mitsubishi Electric in India

The solution provides a lot of essential features to meet our business goals. 

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SN
ICT Consultant, CEO, Entrepreneur at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

I like SAP's premade workflows for various areas, such as supply chain, procurement, or finance. 

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IH
Vice President at Abacus Consulting

I like the solution’s features in finance, supply chain, sales, and distribution.

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MD
IT Development Director at Lottomatica SpA

I have found all the modules related to finance valuable, such as account management and HR. The entire suite is very useful.

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MS
Senior Application Delivery Specialist at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees

It is an integrated application, and it has been working really well. Earlier, there were different companies for different applications for manufacturing, finance controlling, logistics, and quality. It probably was the first fully integrated application. Whenever somebody is entering any data, for example, invoice data or ordering data, everyone with a right to see this data can see it in the system.

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SG
Manager, Robotics & Automation Systems at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees

A person gets to use the valuable features of the solution depending on how you have implemented the tool. If the tool doesn't have a required process, its user has to put that particular process into it, which is tedious.

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SF
DGM HR at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

We're using the main database. We're using the leave modules and transfers.

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Shady Mogawer - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at Arabian Cement Company

The Material Management and Sales and Distribution modules are great. The Financial Accounting module is also great.  

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NJ
Consultant at a tech consulting company with 10,001+ employees

It's a good solution as you get everything in one software. You get all modules in one software and therefore one doesn't have to look outside for any other software. 

The solution is quite scalable. 

The stability is excellent. 

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CV
Director of Transformation SAP at a consultancy with 501-1,000 employees

The most valuable features are the claim management. We also find the automation for the process within the "purchase to pay" can be valuable as well. We know that SAP already has an RPA solution to automate the reconciliation between the invoice and the orders, so we don't think that we can find a lot there. We would like to have some use cases with logistics and so on, but we don't have much right now.

We have a "purchase to pay" process, which is in SAP Ariba but mainly within the ERP. We would like to have more around purchasing because with purchasing we have a lot of money to gain and it could be very good for the business case.

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AA
GLOBAL ERP (SHIFT) Logical design and Technical Integration Lead at Sanofi

The most valuable feature is the finance management. However, there are many good features.

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NarendraKumar2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Process Mining Consultant at AG Consultancy & Apps. Lt.

The product’s most valuable feature is a centralized system integrating different departments within the organization. It works much faster compared to other vendors.

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Numair Mazhar - PeerSpot reviewer
Practice Head - Qlik / Solutions Architect at TMC (TallyMarks Consulting)

The solution is very organized. The layout of the datasets are great.

We like that we have real-time dashboard views.

I did appreciate the connectivity with QlikSense.

It is stable and reliable.

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Anshuman Bansal - PeerSpot reviewer
Head - SAP & Digital Transformation at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

SAP has the edge over other solutions in the sense that they have better production planning. When it comes to CapEx budgeting they have an edge over NetSuite. In terms of manufacturing in the automotive sector, most companies in the industry use SAP. They've recently included some good new features. 

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DM
EAM Executive at a educational organization with 5,001-10,000 employees

It is easier to migrate to SAP ERP from a legacy system. We have different products for data services, and it is easier to migrate to SAP ERP as compared to other solutions. 

Stability is one of the main features of SAP. What makes SAP ERP better than others is that SAP has taken into consideration the business processes of different industries, such as manufacturing. They have done the research, and they know what are the best practices. They have already implemented these best practices in SAP ERP, which are readily available for a client. Clients can also customize it based on their individual needs.

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SI
ERP Project Manager & Managing Consultant at Liwa Education, Iranfava

The solution is ideal for large enterprises. Normally, the companies begin bigger in size and have many production facilities. In terms of SAP ERP, it's best for very large organizations.

The detail of the configuration test thas appealed to me the most. I can do a lot of things in it. There are many great features on it. If you learn its code, you can do a lot of things. Generally, there's a lot of possibilities as the solution is quite vast and flexible. The possibility to configure it to fit any shape is great.

The solution can scale well.

The stability and performance are good.

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US
Senior Manager IT Business Systems Architect / SAP Project Manager at a consumer goods company with 201-500 employees

The solution has many valuable features.

The procurement and payment processing aspects are very helpful.

The product launch capabilities and plans for builds are very good. 

When compared to, for example, Oracle, this solution is much, much bigger.

The solution is very mature.

Technical support has been very helpful.

We've found the solution to be very stable.

The scalability is good.

Users will find the initial setup to be pretty straightforward.

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JF
Head Of Information Systems at MBDA

Finance view across functions has been valuable. The platform has been used to automate transactional processes.

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Shivdatt Patel - PeerSpot reviewer
Officer Programmer at Colourtex Ind Ltd

The most valuable features of SAP ERP are that its robust, user-friendly, and secure.

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Alaba Ayotunde O. OLUWAYIMIKA - PeerSpot reviewer
It Asset Management Lead at Dangote Industries Limited

This is a robust solution with a lot of control measures. They provide extensive documentation and I recommend it for an enterprise organization. The Asset Manager feature is great and the solution has good integration. 

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JS
Development Specialist at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

This product has a lot of good features. We previously used several systems that were very difficult to integrate. ERP is great because it's more or less integrated and that makes a big difference in our organization. The modeling of the SAP ERP means it has far more features, processes, and more functionalities than we previously had. In every aspect, SAP is an enterprise solution that has a lot of customization and, as a hospital, it offers us tremendous help that supports our processes. 

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it_user138537 - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Strategy Officer at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
  • Real Time end-to-end transactions
  • Industry standard flows
  • Structured data
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Manish Chhatbar - PeerSpot reviewer
SAP finance practice at Inteliwaves

The most valuable part of ERP is the well-integrated technology. The different modules talk to each other very seamlessly. The solution is also multilingual and multi-currency. It provides that level of support and is highly flexible. When it comes to integration with third-party softwares you can integrate with a lot of technologies and a lot of different data feeds. If I'm selling something on Amazon and I want to check product performance, I can directly interface with SAP and see all the dashboards and reports. That is the beauty of SAP.

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EM
Senior SAP Solutions Analyst at a healthcare company with 201-500 employees

The most valuable features of SAP ERP are the general operations. It has a good way to manage a business and do financial reporting. Overall we are happy with the robustness of the solution.

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PS
Delivery Manager at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

The best thing that SAP ERP has is the extensive coverage of processes for every field and business unit such as procurement, inventory, financials, asset management, plant maintenance, and production. We can cover up to 99.9% processes of our organization, which is the best thing about this solution. 

It also has a very good capability to integrate with other applications. The security and authorization level of SAP ERP is very high. No other solution can match this level.

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it_user520524 - PeerSpot reviewer
Programmer Analyst Principal Leader at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Human capital management - time and payroll

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MM
Head of Operations & Technology at LATAM Pass at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

The most valuable feature is the robust workflows that SAP provides to us in our organization. Overall, I find it the best ERP solution compared to other similar solutions.

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MB
Independent Consultant at Bosch&Cia

We find the product very valuable.

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Ra456it - PeerSpot reviewer
Digital Business Solutions - Key Account Manager at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

It is a utility-focused solution, and the deployment is very much aligned with utility service providers. If you look at the supply chain and the overall business model of a utility service provider, SAP is something that fits very well. That's because the company has invested tremendously in creating appropriate workflows pertaining to this segment or domain.

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MV
Deputy Manager - SAP / ERP at Cooper Corporation Pvt Ltd

The transactional integration of operations is the best-recommended feature of this product. It provides integration of all operational modules.

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CW
Chief of Systems Development at a non-tech company with 10,001+ employees

The most valuable feature is the security. We have a very small IT team in our company, so a lot of the maintenance has to be done by the provider. So SAP gives us the maintenance and software solutions that we need.

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AR
Manager at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees

It's a good ERP system.

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SH
IT Manager at Chun Wo Construction

It is a comprehensive and robust solution. It can provide lots of functional features. 

It's great for enterprise-level organizations.

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MZ
Head of ICT Infrastructure at a construction company with 1,001-5,000 employees

It has a lot of integrity of data, and it is fast. All the users feel that they can trust this data. So, data integrity is the most important value of SAP.

It is scalable. It has the capacity to get bigger and consolidate data from all business processes.

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PE
Projektmanager Logistik/SCM at a mining and metals company with 10,001+ employees

The capacity planning, which is useful to see what has been planned and the time that is needed. It is also easy to shift plans or production planning. It provides one overview.

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it_user311268 - PeerSpot reviewer
SAVP Accounting Information System Manager at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees

SAP Controlling and Fund Management

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Jayabarath S - PeerSpot reviewer
RPA Developer at Atominos consulting

It is helpful for reporting processes, and we have to figure out the times we store that data and if we need any additions. So we use it to automate our PR processes.

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ME
Enterprise Solutions Architect at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

SAP is already working on improvements by doing annual releases with enhancements.

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NP
Manager - Business Intelligence, Business Relationship Manager at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Control and governance are the best features of SAP. We have good support as well and there is a big ecosystem around SAP where we can get technical support. 

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AM
Head of Product Operations Planning at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I like that SAP ERP is very robust and stable.

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EY
Team leader SAP Development at Ness Technologies | נס טכנולוגיות

The power of ABAP Development Tools is the main valuable feature in the SAP ECC system. Every couple of years SAP upgrades ABAP technology significantly, which facilitates developers' work.

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it_user868626 - PeerSpot reviewer
SAP logistic experts-Mgr MDM Buisness analysis IT Enterprise Program at Teva Pharmaceuticals at Teva Pharmaceuticals

MDG provides a central location for governance of the creation/updating processes of master data. It allows you to change several fields in the same object. For example, we can change a field on the purchasing view and change another field on an accounting view to the same material at the same time.

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NM
Senior Business Process Analyst (BPM-BPMS) at Jiring

I think that the ability to describe details of processes in ERP is significant comparing to BPMS.in SAP ERP it is the most interesting thing to me that there are many details prepared in advance which are very slight but important, although it may not be suitable for everyone who wants an ERP or BPMS that is less complex and easier to use.  for example; if you want to submit a PO, the SAP have prepared all the details you need to submit in advance. All I am trying to say is that it is kind of a perfect best practice to use.

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VB
Applications Architecture at a engineering company with 5,001-10,000 employees

It integrates everything into one process.

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it_user849102 - PeerSpot reviewer
Corporate Information Management at Gebr. Heller Maschinenfabrik GmbH

The new Visual Enterprise functionalities: They give an intuitive approach to data and make communication between engineering and production easy.

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Veerender Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Owner at Software Technology

Overall the solution is very good in the industry.

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AM
SAP Architect/ Business Analyst BPC, BW , SAC , FI at a educational organization with 10,001+ employees

SAP ERP has a good user interface with a lot of functionalities and good interface options.

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reviewer1123512 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works

The most valuable features for us are:

  • Demand Planning: automated creation of supply requisitions for raw materials based on sales demand.
  • EDI: automated sales order processing and advanced shipment notifications.
  • MRP: Fully integrated with preventive and reactionary maintenance system to assist in scheduling work orders. Automated load balancing based on available resources (man & machine).
  • Invoicing: Automated invoicing based on shipped orders, with invoices emailed to customers automatically.
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it_user5520 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Manager at a manufacturing company with 501-1,000 employees
SAP ERP provides business efficiency to the basic business functions of finance, inventory, production, customer service, sales all in one database. Is designed for middle and large size companies. The database can be designed for specific industries, and there is the ability to choose features specific to your companies needs. There is an allowance for multiple company databases to be combined into one, which can reduce company costs, and reduce data redundancy. SAP ERP is top rated in functionality compared to other ERP systems that we also evaluated. View full review »
PV
Project and Service delivery Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The solution is the biggest ERP system globally and can do pretty much anything.

With all the complexity, there isn't any tool that is so complex and offers so many features as the SAP does those days.

If you are well versed in SAP, the initial setup is pretty simple. 

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it_user870699 - PeerSpot reviewer
Transportation Planning Responsible with 10,001+ employees

The most valuable features are its worldwide reach.

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MH
SAP Professional at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
  • Supply Chain Management (MM, SD, CS, PP, PM and WM)
  • Finance and Controlling (FI/CO)
  • Human Capital Management (HCM)
  • Analytics (BI and BO)
  • Quality Management (QM)
  • Project System (PS)
  • SRM, CRM, ESS/MSS, EP and so on
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it_user177144 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior System Analyst at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
  • Procurement
  • Warehousing
  • Inventory management
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MB
Associate Director at a tech company with 201-500 employees

SAP is a very process controlled application. It does not allow users to manage the data. Once the initial process is set, it works smoothly.

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OP
Azure Cloud Solution Architect(CSA) at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The system can be integrated with other SAP functionalities - such as finance, production, sales, marketing, HR, et cetera, and can also be customized to become a model that's specifically designed for my business. That's the solution's most valuable aspect.

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it_user881271 - PeerSpot reviewer
CIO at Kolektor Group d.o.o.

I worked with some other ERPs previously and I am a computer engineer. I find it to be very stable in comparison to other systems. There is no downtime. That's important to us due to the fact that we have companies around the world and don't have specific service hours. It needs to constantly be running, and it can do that beautifully.

The architecture of the solution overall is great. It's great for development, testing, and production. I've worked with solutions where the architecture wasn't as strong and it was a disaster.

The integration of the solution is great.

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MA
Sr. Manager IT at a consumer goods company with 1,001-5,000 employees

This is a great product with a lot of good integrated modules. It's a fine product in terms of integrity, I have a lot of praise for the SAP. This is a next generation tool that has been greatly improved. 

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TT
Associate Manager at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees

In general, I like the features of this solution, in particular the customization. 

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ND
Java Software Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

They provide a full service. 

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AM
Solution Application Development Manager at a real estate/law firm with 201-500 employees

This is a robust and feature-rich solution.

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it_user540270 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior HCM Consultant at a tech company with 501-1,000 employees
  • Supported over 180 types of business
  • Seamless integration inside SAP
  • Quick updates
  • Built-in localized versions
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it_user140448 - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Finance, Controlling, Material management, Plant maintenance. The integration between the various components. View full review »
KK
Manager Finance at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Its integration is most valuable.

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CJ
Vice President at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

SAP ERP has a solution for all our requirements. That is the only way I can put it because the evaluation was done by somebody else at our company many years back. What the product delivers kind of meets our requirements. That is the most valuable feature.  

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FH
SAP Basis Consultant at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The most valuable features are that it's very customizable and it's flexible.

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OK
IT manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

ERP can help manage all enterprise resources. It brings them together and provides some analytical data to inform management decisions.

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OA
SAP MDG Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The most valuable features are the ease of installation and the MM functionality.

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Buyer's Guide
SAP ERP
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about SAP ERP. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
768,246 professionals have used our research since 2012.