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As one of my friends, an SAP consultant, said - "The value of SAP isn't that it's actually good, but it's predictably scalable"

As in - you can setup a process in Germany, then replicate it globally with predictable accuracy. And predictability matters a lot in stable low margin businesses. Walmart can't spend a few billion on a project that may have -100% to 400% return value, when. they have the option of having a reliable 20%-30% return value.




LIDL famously burned around 500M € on a SAP rollout before pulling the plug.


Provided the transition to SAP doesn't bankrupt you.


It is realy funny how SAP is the one single big software company from Europe and it is an absolute dumpster fire.




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