A huge failure….why is it still going?
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The good 3M we once knew is getting destroyed by the many newly hired executives from external.
Name one thing beneficial to 3M or shareholders since Mark Murphy has come to 3M. The least he could do is ki-l this SAP mess…. But no. Just keep laying people off so budget can continue supporting consultants and the failed SAP program.
Yes, SAP is a scam. The longer it takes to roll out, the more money and job security the “transformation” grifters get.
SAP has enriched the regional deployment team who achieve Platinum level memberships in airlines, hotels, and getting free travels and meals. Not forgetting the job grade jumps.
Billions invested….. what’s the ROI?
The SAP project was always doomed to fail.
I can only speak for Atherstone, they were basically paying shop floor and low level Managers ridiculous amounts of money to be ‘experts’ . They were as good at SAP as they were at Sandpaper.
They should have paid experts , from outside of 3M, it would have been cheaper and better.
One of the main clowns got a massive promotion way over his head, that’s why he spends most of his time with his head in his hands 😂
Anyone who thinks hundreds of thousands of skus , made- to-order products; thousands of distribution channels and variable price points for the same product can be addressed by some off-the-shelf SAP deployment is as ignorant as the idi*ts who recommended it in the first place. Certainly 3M needed a single ERP system but they should have spent these years defining their requirements and streamlining the systems and overlaps that existed THEN sent out RFP’s. Instead they bought the hype like they always do for all things “ebiz.” SAP pushers had little respect for why 3M legacy systems existed as they did and therefore no understanding of how to incorporate key functionality. Then they blame it on employees for not adopting change. I witnessed employees spending years to the detriment of critical functions trying to make SAP work to no avail.
“You can check out any time you like but you can never leave”
Because the id--t VP responsible for most of the mo--nic decisions that made it fail so badly at launch is Roman’s buddy. Hint: the id--t now has one of the company’s biggest divisions. Are we winning yet?
and move to what?
Sap is going to help us win! And make sap very very rich….
Sap is excited about the future.
SAP isn’t shut down cause 3M has spent so much and refuses to admit it’s failed. It’s not SAPs fault as much as the organizations fault top to bottom.
The sad truth is that a new ERP system is/was needed unless people like using LN and their homegrown spreadsheets, while continuing to complain about corporates inability to support them.
In my opinion the reason SAP implementation has failed is 2 reasons. First being 3M thinks they are special and needs to modify with their own homegrown tools where they should have just used standard SAP functionality. And second being that users are incredibly adverse to change and fight any change while leaders coddle them because they are not willing to hold people accountable.
He managed to halved the company share price under his tenure, and still keep the job
No other CEO can achieve that
Just like any plan under Roman: total lack of follow through to complete anything. He has never finished anything. He didn't start the program, but the current state was never meant to be permanent. Instead of conviction to finish something, he kicked off other programs that never finished. Culture initiative? Bunch of posters. Advance 3M? Never even completed any part of it before various restructurings unwound it. Solution to the hearing lawsuit? Will be dead within a month with the latest ruling. Healthcare spin? Why no CEO named? All the internal word is the economics don't work. Name one thing he got done?
@obm - not much different than when you left. Company stuck in interim state, burning loads of cash on SAP.
What's the state of SAP today? I left just after the "pause" in 2019. It was a disaster then.
Just three words, Sunk Cost Fallacy