Hello all, i'll like to know if anyone can enlighten me more on ERP, Especially the SAP application. Thanks

From your question, I wasn't able to determine if what you're looking for is the meaning of ERP or you're looking for where one can learn how to use ERP applications like SAP in Nigeria.

For an introduction to Enterprise Resource Planning (or any other topic, for that matter) we can consult the Wikipedia:
"Enterprise resource planning systems (ERPs) are management information systems that integrate and automate many of the business practices associated with the operations or production aspects of a company."

More, " ERP systems typically handle the manufacturing, logistics, distribution, inventory, shipping, invoicing, and accounting for a company. Enterprise Resource Planning or ERP software can aid in the control of many business activities, like sales, delivery, billing, production, inventory management, and human resources management."

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise_resource_planning

I look forward to hearing more from you on this issue.

Are you still there, zemansky?

Are there any SAP related jobs in Nigeria?

sbucareer:

Are there any SAP related jobs in Nigeria?

Yes Sir, there are, enough self, A friend was supposed to go to South Africa for a training, and he has been receiving calls already, you wanna come back to your country?

Hi there,

I would like to write a report on implementation of ERP in Nigeria. Can anyone advise me on where I can find articles to aid my research?
Thanks in advance

@seun
hello house
i am a recent graduate in nigeria i really want to go into SAP. i have gotten admission to study a master course in uk that is in patternship with sap. but was refused a visa. i am thinking of going to take a sap course in S.A do u think i will find a job with just my 1st degree in computer science and my sap certificate i can get a sap job in nigeria? please i need your reply as soon as possible

@seun

i am a recent graduate in nigeria i really want to go into SAP. i have gotten admission to study a master course in uk that is in patternship with sap. but was refused a visa. i am thinking of going to take a sap course in S.A do u think i will find a job with just my 1st degree in computer science and my sap certificate i can get a sap job in nigeria? please i need your reply as soon as possible

If you are willing to learn SAP, our consulting firm and training institute is in the process of setting up a trainign centre in Nigeria. We are located in Canada at present but will soon have a Corporate training centre in Nigeria.

Please forward your reply at yomzylere@gmail.com for further clarification.

All the best.

Seun,
Could you please list some Nigerian companies, which might be interested in hiring people with SAP training? I have core SAP background and I don't know much about its use in Nigeria.
Thanks

SAP is in full use in Nigeria, most multi - national companies and Governments implement SAP solutions ERP(Accounting, Human resource, Project management etc), in Nigeria any implemetation of a ERP system falls whithin the coffers of SAP, Oracle and Microsoft DYnamics with Oracle taking the lead. for those of you thinking of studying for a SAP cert its a way to go, SAP is expanding its marketing focus in Nigeria and the company i work for Southbridge Enterprise System (SAP Partner Company) is driving that market growth for the company.

understanding how ERP and Buisness intelligence works, and getting handy with (sql server, oracle and MaxDB) wld do you good. in due course we would engage a handfull of SAP experts as the need arises.

Please does anyone have any info about SAP and its use in Nigeria, I work as a SAP Consultant (PM Module) but i also do some SD. I am desperate to move back to Nigeria and was wondering about the SAP market, do companies use it?

Hello, I need some advise on how to start off a career in one of the functional modules in SAP,I'm based in London but not sure if I should try out some of the SAP schools here(like LSA in Wembley) or go to the SAP academy in S.Africa.Will prefer to stay in the UK though,does any one know any good training centres here in the UK?Will really appreciate a reply on this.Thanks

If u have the money there is nothing as good as SAP UK ive attended courses there and i have also used an external provider SAP UK is the best believe me. They are thorough and dont leave anything out.

but if u are not new to sap ie u are a user/super user then try the ones in london they are quite a few of them ill put the links ive got tomorrow as i dont have access to it now

Thanks a lot ama27, can you kindly post the links,seems like we are the only ones left on this site, Also can you suggest study material(books,cd roms) for new users in any of the functional modules,I 'm actually still trying to decide which I should specialise in.Cheers

Hi Guys,

First I love to commend whoever is behind this initiative. Na you biko. Well, i live in South Africa and i have been working on Syspro ERP for sometime. Does anyone know any consulting firm doing syspro in naija.

Just be careful though. I went through the academy process, got certified in NetWeaver BI 2007s and have not been able to get a project for 5 months now. I would suggest you contact SAP in Nigeria to find out what SAP modules they are selling the most before you sink your money into this stuff.

@blah
have u tried look for sap trainee roles via jobserve, i might be outside lon or anywhere in the uk? that way u would get some on the job exposure to sap .
also look at help.sap.com it gives alot of info about sap and read up from there first before spending money

Hi,
1. I am planning for SAP FI/CO certification,I plan to buy self -teach CD and I am also negotiating for remote access on SAP platform to asist my hands-on learning.Do you assume this is sufficient.

2. Is it actually possible to be competent in SAP without going through a training center(using self study)

3.Any CD,books,question and answer that will assist me?

Thank you all for possible assistance.

Make una answer the guy na!!! I too want to learn a lot of info on it before I sink my money o o o.


AMA 27,
Plz ma'am, I would like to ask you some very pertinent questions which will definitely be a huge impact on my life. Can I talk to you using e-mail>? my e-mail is : cleric_lxg@yahoo.com

To all of you interested in getting into SAP, it is a good area to get into, for technology people have a look at BASIS for Developers have a look at ABAP and for Business people have a look at any of the core functional areas.
BASIS is a lot easier if you have background in Network administration and know database management
ABAP is a lot easier if you come from a programming background especially JAVA is very beneficial
FUNCTIONAL is a lot easier if you have some business process knowledge in a particular area

New Dimenesion things like BW CRM are also areas worth looking at
BW has 2 area functional designers that build information and write queries and BW developers that also write extractors and integrate BW with other modules, Financial reporting is most in demand hance you have lots of FI consultants that have ventured into BW
CRM is more for Sales people and covers a wide range of skills, but is most beneficial if you have both functional and technical knowledge.

Project based work is what makes you a proper consultant and thats what gives you your edge, breaking in requires carefull planning, demand and supply, and luck, but then you can make you own luck.

Which ever route you choose to pursue remember that delivering enterprise wide application solutions whether its SAP or Oracle, requires for you to be able to understand requirements in the context of the business and map these to the system, determine the gaps and propose solutions on how to fill these gaps, that is the true challenge which no training course will teach you.

And for those of you wondering, yes I am an SAP Consultant, Both Functional and Technical with multi modular exprience and have been consulting for over 12 years.

We are constantly trying to develop the Nigerian ecosystem and will continue to do so. The problem with the Nigerian scenario is salary expectations and it will take a liitle time for it to be very lucrative but having said that there are on going projects in Nigeria which are paying very good rates.

In our country technology does not drive competition so is not considered as a core part of the business or a competitive variable variable the angle mostly played is one of efficiency and trend. Business cases are getting stronger as execs become more aware of the benefits.

I can be reached at gofestac@yahoo.com

hi guys
there is an SAP trainning about to commence in lagos
where the experinced facilitators are coming from uk.

Hi,
This is great news for someone looking for an SAP overview and should applauded. I have the utmost respect for anybody that is at least to improve the SAP landscape in nigeria.
However I have had a look at the course content and this is not for the serious consultant looking for a serious breakthrough, but it is a start. If any of the guys at primrose are reading this do get in touch.
Over the next couple of months alot of traction will be going on in SAP in Nigeria so watch this space.

The ERP system we are using in my organisation is eB2/Desktop2 (Mfg Pro) - QAD
I am good in data build.

Hi,
SAP Enthusiasts, it has come to my attention, that this December a company will be providing access to SAp IDES ECC5 ECC6 BW BI7.0 CRM 5.0 CRM 2007,
with the West African Market as its main focus, so it will be accepting payments in Naira locally
This will enable those of you looking to self train and those looking to practice to keep them selves marketable an opportunity to do.

Get in touch to find out more I think it will cost around 15 to 20 thousand Naira per Month.

Gofestac@yahoo.com

Well, the likes of gofestac has about said it all in terms of what SAP is and all that, but the fact is SAP is still somewhat novel in Nigeria. You'd be surprised some IT professionals have not even heard anything about it before. Additional details can be gleaned by doing a thorough search in Google.

The decision to pick up a career in SAP consulting is best not taken rashly; there are quite a number of factors to consider. Some of these have already by mentioned by the SAP consultants on this thread.

I am also personally interested in the growth of SAP in Nigeria, most of the implementations around here have been global roll-outs from parent companies, and that explains why the Shells, the Totals,the BATs, the P&Gs, the Nestles, etc ( the list is not limited to the names mentioned) all run their processes on SAP. It's been a challenge with local implementations - a number of which i've been involved - the usual Nigerian issues are there to contend with, but we'd get there, i believe. At the last count, i have been involved in 6 local SAP implementations one way or the other, and the list is growing.

It so happens that I am an SAP certified techno-functional consultant (Basis, SBO) based here in Naija, and been at it for over 3 years. I can be reached at accospace@ymail.com/08028371642 .

Cheers everyone.

I agree with accospace . Regarding developing the SAP market I agree totally with your take on it.

However I take the view that SAP is not rocket science and should not be treated as such, all the work has already been done in building the Software in Germany all we do as consultants is implement it.

SAP is what we call in re engineering enabling technology, so for a business person, understand your business processes and what you want to achieve then look to SAP for the best fit and build the GAPs, For the technical people a clear understanding of technology and its limitations is required, but where you really shine is knowing underlying technology.

The challenge with Nigeria is that the technology being deployed is not required and is mostly over kill and irrelevant to driving businesses, it costs to much and in most cases baring the conglomerates it has not been implemented properly, I know this for a fact.

Developing the market will required us as consultants to bring more people on board and train them across a broad skill base, in the short term there may not be enough work to sustain the model but over time we will be able to outsource some of these consultants.

But first contextual knowledge is required.

SAP is an over engineered and very expensive product . There are free open source ERP systems out there these days

Interested in having your own SAP ECC system with training material, get intouch I'll be in Nigeria doing installs for 1 week from the 22nd January

Before you start wasting your money travelling to India for SAP training.

Email me if you are interested in SAP training in Nigeria.

Comprehensive and Intensive SAP ERP training in Finance & Controlling (FI/CO) coming to lagos. Presented by Rowledge Consulting (UK) Ltd.

Register now to get all these free:
1. Brand new laptop with SAP ECC 6.0 (latest version) already installed
2. Revision session for certification examination
3. Training in financial modelling using excel

Limited spaces available, for more details please e-mail: joinsaptrain@yahoo.co.uk

Hi All,

For all you folks interested in getting SAP ERP skills in any of the modules, you can forward your enquiries to accospace@yahoo.com, or you could call 08028371642. There is a package being put together to deliver training services to interested participants at more affordable rates. The trainings will be delivered by experienced field consultants with hands-on knowledge.

Do get in touch for additional information.

Cheers.