Darren New wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
>> What *does* SAP do?
> 
> It keeps track of *everything*.
> 

A good answer Darren LOL

As a SAP functional consultant. (You must keep track of what people tell 
you about themselves, Andrew. It is a way to impress the ladies ;) )

It is a management tool but that is from a management point of view and 
is a good way to sell it to companies. It is also a software tool to 
control most aspects of production, linking together calculating 
production demand from sales to buying raw materials in time to produce 
the finished goods, to delivering them to your customers. My involvement 
is in the maintenance of the production facilities, buying and storing 
the spare parts and controlling the labour resources of maintenance 
departments. Not that I actually get my hands dirty operating the 
system, you understand ;)
SAP integrates all the functions of major companies into one package so 
that there is connectivity and transparency throughout the company. It 
was sold to multi national companies first (Oil companies, 
Pharmaceutical, Chemical, Aero-space, food and beverages etc.) Now 
medium sized companies are targeted.

I could go on but I’m sure others will get the point. ;)


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Best Regards,
	Stephen

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