Dumb question: what is SAP

[d000hg]

I looked on wikipedia and there were a couple of meanings which seemed possible in the IT world. Is SAP a piece of software or a methodology or what? And what is it used for - I think something relating to project managing?

I know there is a set of timesheet etc software called SAP but I don't see how you make a job out of that... it would be like saying "My job is MSProject".

[Board Game Geek]

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[Platypus]

I looked on wikipedia and there were a couple of meanings which seemed possible in the IT world. Is SAP a piece of software or a methodology or what? And what is it used for - I think something relating to project managing?

I know there is a set of timesheet etc software called SAP but I don't see how you make a job out of that... it would be like saying "My job is MSProject".

You're kidding, right?

http://www.sap.com/index.epx

[TykeMerc]

In a nutshell SAP is an Enterprise Resource Planning suite, like other ERP's it's modular, configurable, customisable and can be interfaced to almost any application you build an interface to.
Depending on what modules you buy you can use it to manage just about any part of a business including and not limited to finance, HR, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, stock levels, service orders, payrolls, management information reports, sales, procurement, supplier quotes, price lists, invoices, credit control and loads of other stuff that I can't be bothered to remember.

That's the basics, I'm not a SAP expert, but I've spent a fair bit of time with other ERP's and done bits of SAP stuff.

[pleomax]

I know of it in the supply chain management side of things, and how i wish I "Knew it" it would make the ever closer bench seem further away!

[d000hg]

You're kidding, right?

http://www.sap.com/index.epx

Why would I be, it's not a particularly funny subject?

[cojak]

No, but it is a pretty lucrative one....

[milanbenes]

forget that sap crud it's only a fad will be gone a in a year or so, get yourself into .Net go for the full MSDN certification and you won't look back

all the best

Milan.

[Pondlife]

LOL


Don't bother, it's old news anyway.

[oracleslave]

Why would I be, it's not a particularly funny subject?

As it's probably in the top 5 of largest software companies in the world it would seem strange for someone who works with software not to know what it is. I think that's where the presumption that you were kidding might have come from.