I use SAP and it is a pain. A SAP IT guy is my friend. He says SAP is excellent software. The problem is when conpany IT tries to reprogram SAP to fit specific needs. Any way about it, SAP as I use it is crap.
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ConocoPhillips from my perspective in an IT advisor function is comical sadly. ConocoPhillips must implement SAP because small and large firms implemented it on average a few years ago. We've seen small 500 and less employee companies who are much more efficient and productive thru the earlier implementations of SAP.
We are already so far behind we must continue to work and get it implemented as quickly as possible.
They should axe the SAP project until the company is profitable again. We are putting too many resources and money in a project that is already set up for failure. Postpone for a couple of years and work on it again later.
I've seen SAP implemented and every department I've worked in in the bville campus will lose a lot of heads because of simplicity of SAP. From uploads, corrections, calculations, and data analysis, SAP can do it for software cost and maintenance versus humans with insurance and salaries making human errors.
Very, very true!
SAP implementations are not a cost saving measure. SAP implementations increase efficiency and effectiveness. The skill sets to implement and manage SAP do not currently exist in ConocoPhillips.
You folks stating how much savings will occur with SAP have GOT to be kidding!! You obviously have never USED SAP or checked with companies who have! A P66 supervisor told me they laid people off, implemented SAP, AND hired more people to use it. As for COP, you have to know the business to use SAP to settle gas revenue correctly. Otherwise, SAP will crank out errors after errors after errors.
Resources from many departments are currently being used to test and implement SAP while others in the group are responsible for monthly normal functions. Agree after implemented might not need as many people. Without those resources it will be difficult to accomplish by June 2016.
SAP team won't be affected I'm sure and it's much easier to implement SAP training 30-40% less people on how to use multiple modules than teaching everyone how to use the one module they need. In the grand scheme of things, SAP takes about 1-2 days to learn then it's just common sense self teaching. SAP alone will wipe out tons of jobs on innovation.
Wow that doesn't seem possible if they plan on implementing SAP by next year.
That's fairly low from what I've been told. I've been told 30% minimal to 40% being probable and some departments in Bartlesville will take even more than that and merged in with other groups under one manager/one supervisor to maintain 2-3 projects/groups under one umbrella. Thus why they called 2015 the year of "cross training"
My manager told me they had to plan for 12, 15, and 20 percent. Depending on stock and the price of a barrel of crude.