This advantage allows the company to do business with European countries without a lot of hassle. One the best advantages is that it is real-time. A mentioned before, the information is made available immediately rather than having to process overnight. Another major advantage is that there is only one single comprehensive database. This allows data flow to be streamlined and also provides management with a wealth of information.
Every software company experiences bad along with the good.
Therefore, the disadvantages of SAP are that it is very expensive both in large amounts of time and large sums of money. There is also a chance that it may need to be installed several times before everything works properly. Another disadvantage is that SAP imposes its own logic on a company, sometimes giving very generic solutions to a complicated problem. A final disadvantage is that it does require a company to undergo a radical change. No one likes change especially if it must happen to a whole company.