{"id":4651,"date":"2008-11-01T16:45:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-01T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/projects\/horsesforsources\/sap-plays-it-safe-with-some-positive-signs-ahead\/"},"modified":"2008-11-01T16:45:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-01T16:45:00","slug":"sap-plays-it-safe-with-some-positive-signs-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/sap-plays-it-safe-with-some-positive-signs-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"SAP plays it safe, with some positive signs ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.typepad.com\/index.epx\" s_itt_ocupdate=\"true\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.SAP.com\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href,&#39;_blank&#39;,&#39;scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39;); return false\" style=\"FLOAT: left\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"SAP-logo\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8356fb76c69e2010535d0ced9970c \" src=\"http:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/images\/6a00d8356fb76c69e2010535d0ced9970c-500pi.jpg\" title=\"SAP-logo\" \/><\/a> With the ever-closing barriers between ERP strategy and BPO &#8211; which we <a href=\"http:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/2008\/08\/to-multisource-or-not-to-multisource.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">discussed at length<\/a>&#0160;back in August, it&#39;s important to understand enterprises&#39; activities with their ERP maturity in order to get a solid picture of future potential&#0160;outsourcingactivity.&#0160; The performances of both SAP and Oracle are now a sure-bell-weather for the IT and outsourcing industries at large.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amrresearch.com\/AboutUs\/Analysts.asp?empId=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bruce Richardson<\/a>, AMR&#39;s Chief Research Officer, offers some keen insight&#0160;into SAP adoption in his recently launched blog <a href=\"http:\/\/firstthingmonday.net\/2008\/10\/28\/sap-3q-results-too-conservative-for-its-own-good\/#more-244\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&quot;First Thing Monday&quot;<\/a>, which is an extension of&#0160;his&#0160;popular e-newsletter that hits the wires at the beginning of&#0160;every week.<\/p>\n<p>Bruce points out some key indicators of what we can expect in the coming months:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Many SAP customers&#0160;he is talking to are continuing to expand their footprint at present and are still planning for further upgrades;<\/p>\n<li>\n<p>SAP is not planning any labor reductions, despite heavy growth in recent years, and will reduce costs with a hiring freeze and travel restrictions;<\/p>\n<li>\n<p>SAP&#0160;is likely to push new programs in the short-term&#0160;to encourage mid-size business to move into SAP environments.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/li>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While we&#39;re clearly moving into a difficult economic climate, it&#39;s encouraging that many enterprises are continuing to invest in their ERP backbones.&#0160; I anticipate that&#0160;as we see more companies seeking cost-containment outsourcing avenues,&#0160;many&#0160;will be able to benefit from upgraded (or new)&#0160;ERP&#0160;platforms as they evaluate their options.&#0160; Common ERP standards ultimately support more scalable and lower-cost outsourcing strategies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the ever-closing barriers between ERP strategy and BPO &#8211; which we discussed at length&#0160;back in August, it&#39;s important 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