| The question on whether SAP is the best Enterprise | | | | Being widely used also affords it to be be one of the |
| Resource Planning software system out there is | | | | most lucrative career option for those lucky enough |
| something that is hard to answer but one thing is | | | | to get trained into it. SAP consulting is big nowadays |
| certain, SAP is the biggest of them all. Having the | | | | especially considering how many companies use this |
| biggest market share and over 40,000 customers | | | | ERP solutions for their business intelligence needs. |
| worldwide (in the US it is reportedly used by 10 of | | | | Becoming a SAP professional is one of the best |
| the top 10 companies), SAP could probably claim it is | | | | career path to take today if you are in a professional |
| indeed the best. | | | | in the field of business. |
| What are the features of this ERP System? Well, | | | | Why are SAP professionals in demand? Well, basically |
| SAP has all the characteristics a good ERP system | | | | this is due to the fact that SAP has grown into such |
| should have. It does all that is expected of it and | | | | a huge and complicated system that no individual can |
| then more. First it has the modular functionality | | | | hold mastery over it. In-house personnel of |
| where it can provide solutions for all the core aspects | | | | companies adopting this system will rarely cut it and |
| of a business. It has modules for financials, human | | | | hence they look for consultants who have spent a |
| resource, warehousing and supply chain, customer | | | | lot of time honing their expensive skills to help them |
| relations management (also known as CRM), offline | | | | set up their system. |
| and online sales management, etc. These modules | | | | So not only is SAP one of the top business software |
| offer enough flexibility such that it can be | | | | solutions, it is also one of the top career options. SAP |
| reconfigured and customized according to the needs | | | | is just at the top right now and it is for good reason |
| of the business. | | | | and is certainly well deserved. |
| It also has a developers suite that can be used to | | | | SAP was borne out of a vision of 5 founding |
| create custom software that the core modules can | | | | engineers for a business software application that can |
| not provide. SAP has its own programming language | | | | provide data in real time to help the company's |
| called the ABAP or Advanced Business Application | | | | management in decision-making. It has certainly |
| Programming which it uses to create custom | | | | reached that vision and even surpassed it as it has |
| applications. If you learn this language, considered to | | | | become one of the best model of how filling a need |
| be relatively simple, you will be set for a good career | | | | is always a great business strategy. |
| in SAP consulting. | | | | |