Cloud vs RPA on On-prem ERP
I'm new to Finance Transformation projects and currently working on an assignment where we recommend bunch of RPAs for a client who use SAP On-prem. Isn't it better for companies to move to the Cloud instead of dealing with bunch of temporary RPA solutions? Why do companies go with RPA instead of Cloud migration? Appreciate your thoughts on this :) #erp#sap #oraclecloud
Btw 13 years of SAP architecture, development and basis 3 years of cloud architecture experience 1 year of automation anywhere and uipath 5 years of dealing with Deloitte bs
Lol love your screen name. Makes what u wrote even better
Fighting words, brah!
Rpa is the easier thing, but not the better thing long term. It's like kicking the can down the road... Execs get to fire people, show cost savings and get fat bonuses, while the next VP is going to have to rewrite everything.
You’re for such a long time in SAP architecture. RPA is used when you want to bridge process gaps without exchanging the underlying system. Oftentimes it is what the business side can make happen vs a complete overhaul which is complicated and expensive. The motivations for RPA are manifold.
I have 5 YOE in RPA - can firmly say it is significantly cheaper to patch holes in functionality than do a complete migration. Usually can complete these in 30-40k, whereas an overhaul for something complex like SAP could be in upwards of $2mm+. Certainly is a band-aid and technical debt but cash is king
😂 a transformative overhaul of an large SAP system is a zero bigger, or two. 2m are nothing. The costs are not the issue though, the question is if the underlying business case makes sense and if the organization has the capacity to do it. And that’s often the motivation for RPA
A replacement of SAP by best of breed cloud solutions is closer to 2mi than 20mi. That’s why nobody is jumping the S4 bandwagon, they’re just pushing ECC with their bellies until they can’t and they’ll all see what’s out there (ie if salesforce or workday have a full ERP yet).
I have 5 YOE in RPA - can firmly say it is significantly cheaper to patch holes in functionality than do a complete migration. Usually can complete these in 30-40k, whereas an overhaul for something complex like SAP could be in upwards of $2mm+.
From the business analyst point of view: do whatever makes the user's life easier.
RPA should be temporary with a true remediation in the future, but the more it progresses the more the tech will become a monolith itself. RPA with AI/ML for example. It's actually a cool tech though
Run away from Deloitte and Accenture consultants. They are the used car salesmen in the software services/consulting business.
RPA is the new BPM. Looks cool in PowerPoints, in reality adds very little real value.
Youre in sap Sap is a totally different use case People outside of sap look at it and see antiquated monolithic tech What it really is a vast eco system of complex moving parts that sap purposely made Companies on sap aren’t going to leave it cuz many invested their whole financial futures on it Btw rpa is bullshit Please dont go do the “Deloitte” thing and take what I said and go brag about being some advanced technologist to some dumb people
What did you smoke? Lol thanks anyways
Hit a little close to home ?