Sometimes The Best Option is a Small Application Partners SAP

Large and well established provider of SAP services have advantages over smaller, less known in terms of reputation and a large number of resources, "Level 2" SAP applications can benefit from the equivalent of "a-li ".

In fact, many people Liz Herbert, Cambridge, Massachusetts, senior analyst for the hands is easier than the strings, may sell the project to find comfort, go with a well-known product-based Forrester Research Inc.

But the road does not mean that all the time, Herbert said. Small businesses can offer great things can not be providers. For example, small businesses can often be cheaper than the average of 10%. This can be more flexible in terms of pricing. Level 2 lose at least 2,000 SAP experts SAP service providers and service revenues of 200 million Euros, is defined as the SAP said.

"The important thing is to be open-minded on this issue may be beyond the suppliers [companies], large corporations, multinational companies, where 15 or 20," said Herbert.

"Attention more, better pricing, more flexibility to our customers receive only the level-2 and I want to work alone, sometimes," said Herbert. "But in other cases, the best source of niche, specific industry often capacity."

Taking into account four main areas

In general, market report new title: Service providers of level two, SAP, SAP Herbert describe the basic areas into account when assessing small suppliers:

• Industry Experience: relevant sector expertise only begins with customers to find, but in many cases, such as market prices in the retail market Vendavo SAP industry-specific requirements of the accessory. Customers should look for suppliers with extensive experience in the industry. 
• Understanding of local needs: Many SAP customers, including corporate tax and legal requirements, process consultants who need to understand the needs of local markets. But also according to Herbert, an understanding of the business can usually be done. For example, a company with local expertise in SAP CRM is a provider of applications, such as sales door to door in this country, a special application of these rules could help some companies. 
• Online service expertise: such as Accenture, CSC, IBM and Tata Consultancy Services, multinational partners, such as process consulting, technology services, including implementation, including SAP offers life and support the level 2 suppliers are generally smaller than Forrester, focuses on one or two. These small businesses need help in finding a partner specializing in the field must choose one. 
• Sufficient information: most of the major service providers to provide detailed information on the SAP modules, despite the small vendors, including Hana and analysis of these new areas such as CRM, can provide more difficult to find assistance, mobility, and Sybase, and environmental health and safety (EHS).

Banner Pharmacaps Inc., High Point, North Carolina-based private pharmaceutical company, is a provider of specialist consultancy service, cause Clarkston medium enterprises.

Production Planning and banner materials management and warehouse management for funding, including a number of modules of SAP ERP deployment, instead of looking at four different ERP systems. Automation of warehouse management to help the mixture was added to a radio frequency module.

Banner serious Bill Bissinger, the parent company according to the information agent, never considered one of the largest providers of services. Large companies when running is that I want to create a new set of core business processes, he said. However, Banner wanted to go with a company that specializes in the pharmaceutical industry and can help prevent re-create the wheel to go with the established practices of the industry best medicine.

Banners can be in the system, and one company are looking for a good fit culturally and running as soon as possible using accelerators and distribution methods. Company to keep things moving throughout the project to avoid the scope creep and believe that tangled.

"I wanted to have a methodology for world-class project," said Bissinger.

Live up to the time of planning the project took a year and a half. Clarkston short-term success and long-term employees, and took an interest in the project Bissinger merged together into two parts as scheduled.

"The team that attempted to examine the end to lose," he said....