Sap Adoption Based on Benefits and Challenges

SAP Adoption Based on Benefits and Challenges

TABLE OF CONTENT

1. Introduction        

2. Overview of SAP        

2.1 Explanation of SAP and functionalities        

2.2 Comparison between JD Ewards Enterprise one and SAP        

3. Accounting Challenges and Benefits        

3.1 Benefits of SAP        

3.2 Accounting challenges of SAP        

4. Recommendation        

5. Conclusion        

6. References        

1. Introduction

The report analyzes the usage of SAP systems in business organizations. Systems applications and products in data (SAP) can provide complete business plans. The users can make wise decisions depending on data and analysis outcomes. The software was created by a German company in 1972. The management software accumulates some areas, such as finance, cost, asset, sale, raw material, manufacture, quality, human resources, plant maintenance, item management, and work process. In the report, the overview of SAP will provide an explanation and functionalities of SAP. The part also compare functionalities between JD Edwards Enterprise one and SAP. Then the accounting challenges and benefits of SAP will generalize some journal articles. The recommendations come from success elements for SAP usage. Lastly, the conclusion will provide summary and synthesized report. The world’s top companies use SAP.

2. Overview of SAP

2.1 Explanation of SAP and functionalities

SAP own integrated solutions which allow firms to use multiple processes with certain process. SAP offers special solutions to some industries. The system can satisfy customers’ demands. The system evaluated from business basics to SAP gradually. There are four steps: business basics, information systems, ERP systems, SAP. SAP owns more than 10 million users all over the world, which range from biggest users to smallest company. The software can help every industry, such as financial companies, medical companies, public affair, high-technology, and so on. At the same time, the SAP can affect industries, businesses, governments, and communities to a great degree. For example, about 40 million barrels of oil per day can be produced, about 32,000 car engines per day can be emerged, 75% of annual beer production and so on.

There are solutions for 24 industries on a single platform, which can help companies to evolve into a multi-industry value chain. In a whole, the solutions existed in every industry. The solutions can help special industry and satisfy demands (Quattronea, 2006). Moreover, the SAP can help users to make wise decisions with some data analysis. In other words, the SAP can improve and optimize the management.

About 23% of analytics market belongs to SAP. Each people in the company can touch the information and data. According to Galya (2004), the company can both help companies to make wiser decisions, such as reduce costs and expenses, enhance profits, and find advantages and abilities when competing with competitors. The system can help customers find best approaches and services in order to create higher profits. Enterprise resource plan can help users to compete with others in global market. The system contains some management, such as coordinate project, project management, financial plan, quality control and so on.