What is SAP? Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung
Systems, Applications & Products in Data Processing (in English)
Facts about SAP
* Founded by five former IBM employees in 1972 (History) and headquartered in Walldorf, Germany.
* Leading global provider of client/server business software solutions.
* Number one vendor of standard business application software, with a worldwide market share of 31%.
* Fourth-largest independent software supplier in the world.
* Available in 14 languages.
* 34% of SAP's customers worldwide are under $200 million.
* 10 out of the top 10 US companies with the highest market value use SAP software.
* 8 of the top 10 largest US corporations use SAP software.
* 8 of the top 10 highest profit US companies use SAP software.
* More than 7500 customers in over 90 countries have chosen SAP.
* Reported revenues of DM 6 billion in the most recent fiscal year, a 62-percent increase over 1996 revenues.
* SAP is not any longer a one-product-company.
Eight Reasons to Use SAP R/3
* Global Basis
* Faster Speed
* Flexibility for Changes (Business & IT)
* Agility
* Extended Supply Chain Management
* Reach New Opportunity
* Knowledge Sharing
* Creativity Focus
