Business By Design - Small outlook's

Imagine a system which is self sufficient.
All your job as a newbie is to start working on the system and follow a set of instructions after which you can start the magical journey of creating business documents with ease. Does this sum up SAP ERP?
Not quite. Just when you think that this is it, you are pleasantly surprised when you get to see how on a real time basis the business can transgress management hierarchies with ease. This is flexibility that is given when you chose SAP Business By Design.
Take any management application are for example.
Start right from the highest managerial aspect to issuing orders to controlling the process to system operator entry. SAP business by Design showcases such functionality among all offered and visible management areas and platforms.
As a manager you have employees working under you, you initiate a business process, control the flow of the process and watch your employees seated at data centers process/initiate/approve/undertake key business decisions.
This is applicable to all business areas.
The importance of process flow is critical to the success of SAP Business By Design.

Valid point.  However, I do appreciate Sapu2019s go-slow approach to the business model given all the attendant practical limitations - broadband bandwidth etc.
Nonetheless I believe technologically we are almost there (Netsuite), SaaS has definitely matured and SAP is right to have a foothold now.
Some thing to watch for the future!
Ransome

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