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Tatra Vectra�s journey from legacy to ERP - Express Computer: "It needed a year to evaluate ERP vendors. The company took the help of an external agency to study its existing systems and document the process. Documentation took five months. Tatra Vector evaluated top ERP vendors such as SAP (mySAP), Oracle (E-Biz), Microsoft, PeopleSoft and Ramco. �Since ours is a mid-sized enterprise, SAP�s mySAP All-in-One (for SME) had most comprehensive modules catering to our automotive industry.� The decision to finalise on SAP in September 2005 was based on three factors�cost of the software, implementation time / cost, and post-sales support. SAP had a distinct price advantage based on the number of user licences, type of user licence, and the developmental, professional and limited professional licencing system. There was a wide choice of implementation and hardware partners, and SAP had vertical-specific best business practices that reduce implementation time and cost. Nevertheless, Ethiraj states that SAP�s implementation cost is still very high, and that the vendor should standardise base implementation charges billed by its implementation partners. Reason? Between two prospective SAP implementation partners, Tatra Vectra found one charging x amount, while the other was asking for almost twice that for the same implementation."