5.SEATWORK

 Imagine that you are conducting a field based research project for your ERP class in a small local business. Assume that the business is a custom furniture manufacturer. In the course of your project, you tell the owner that you are using SAP B1 in your ERP class. The owner asks if he should be using SAP or some other ERP system in his business. What would be your response? What questions would you ask or what information would you need to answer that question?

SAP is quite extensive and designed on best practices but how to handle the implementation is the key and most of the implementations fails because they dont evaluate product , features and plan the project carefully.The implementer plays vital role in SAP projects.SAP as a product is robust , secure and can give insight of your business and eliminates gaps in business process if its planned , designed and implemented properly.For growing small to midsized enterprises (SMEs) or large enterprises with new subsidiaries, success depends on access to critical business information for informed decision-making to seize new market opportunities and stay competitive.As your business continues to grow, so does the requirement for access to accurate and timely information. With key pieces of information residing in spreadsheets, different systems or within a small business accounting package, your business is faced with efficiency challenges that create bottlenecks, tie up cash flow, and reduce profitability.To stay competitive, you need an integrated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software solution that streamlines your business processes and provides real-time access to the information you need to make better business decisions that