Thursday, June 15, 2006
SAP Executive Resource Center
SAP Executive Resource Center: "As part of a recent announcement of a new version of Dynamics AX, Microsoft also revealed that the manufacturing arm of its Home and Entertainment division -- the group that makes the Xbox -- had switched over from SAP to Dynamics AX. (Just to make sure everyone knows this isn't personal, Microsoft is also switching out its Siebel CRM systems and replacing them with MS CRM 3.0.)
There are two issues that make this significant. The first is that Xbox didn't waste their time with NAV or GP, but went for the gusto with what is arguably the most robust of the Dynamics products by far. The second is that Microsoft is claiming (though not necessarily stating out loud) some very aggressive cost savings: According to a presentation on the deployment, 'competing systems' (i.e. SAP) were two to four times as expensive to purchase and more expensive to implement as well. "
There are two issues that make this significant. The first is that Xbox didn't waste their time with NAV or GP, but went for the gusto with what is arguably the most robust of the Dynamics products by far. The second is that Microsoft is claiming (though not necessarily stating out loud) some very aggressive cost savings: According to a presentation on the deployment, 'competing systems' (i.e. SAP) were two to four times as expensive to purchase and more expensive to implement as well. "
