2020 Spring Story coincidence in the history of the most wonderful SAP users
In January 2020, a fellow told me that he had a friend, looking for a part-time senior SAP consultants help companies get the problems they encounter in the course of using the SAP system. I asked whether the interest, I think you can go and see, say interested. So that my colleagues will resume after the recommendation to get past each other.
Before the Spring Festival, received a phone call, the person claiming to be a foreign manufacturing plant (here referred to as S factory) Supply Chain Director, Director B to this article where I used to call him. B director, said they implemented the SAP factory in Suzhou, need to find a local senior SAP consultant in Suzhou, to provide technical support for their SAP system users a week is just about time to chat face to face with the day's work, he says . I said OK.
Guowanchunjie, pneumonia epidemic began to unfold, companies also will delay the resumption of work, B director has not been able to contact me, until February 17 the other party to call me about meeting the next day. I was very surprised, S factory such a fight, ah, so early return to work, and good strong!
The next day, I woke up early, after breakfast drive to the S factories, plant it in a high-tech zones get together place. S small-scale factory, in an office building where actually there are many types of manufacturing enterprises. I went into their office later, B director personally received me. He introduced me to the case of using SAP implementation S factory and on-line later, and say that this system is its headquarters rollout over the Suzhou plant, was invited to do a consulting company in Shanghai, spent more than five hundred thousand yuan. . . I was shocked, think to yourself: Nima, so no Which party consulting firm's bottom line unchaste, S factory to implement the SAP system only received tens of thousands of RMB 50! Too much, you simply SAP consulting industry mix feces stick ah, you put SAP consulting career to play bad play all rotten! I moved not look tells of listening to each other. Then I introduce myself, tell him I'm working experience in the SAP industry. B Director will then key users of their warehouse and production department called over to me about their problems often encountered, let me help diagnose it and give a preliminary proposal.
So this morning, I and several key users together in a conference room, together Review problem. For some of these issues, I will soon know the reasons and programs, some systems can not support the demand, it is recommended to do secondary development. 11 am, the end of the initial communication, key users are also busy things going on in the business himself. I returned to the office of the Director B, return the business problems encountered and solutions with its I suggested. B Director to see I was quite satisfied, and that is to allow me to go back, they then discuss it and see how the follow-up cooperation. I express OK, and then go home and continue home quarantine.
I waited two days, without any reply, I thought out of the question. On the third day morning, the other micro letter to me, saying that they have discussed repeatedly, for I was satisfied, we hope to maintain long-term relationship with me. I said OK. He asked me the price, I do SAP freelancer in accordance with their usual price quoted to him. He said too expensive, and they say manufacturing is very difficult, very very thin profits, and our cooperation will be long, I hope to further lower price point. I said 1800 lowest price every day. He said that was unacceptable, saying it was hoped at the price of 800 a day working with me, and you can go to the factory on the weekends work day. I say this price is the price just graduated a couple of years experienced consultant, I can not accept. Finally, after some bargaining, we are talking about 1200 yuan a day. Nima, I give them the factory to provide SAP consulting services, prices can be even as low as 1200 a day? ! I hate myself actually so unchaste no bottom line, you know I usually hate those people and events industry no bottom line of unchaste. I think because it is weekend time to work one day, when the play is pocket money doing odd jobs, living it up money, this job really is better than nothing! I agreed to see each other, said they would prepare a simple contract text, let me take a look, if there is no problem to take the time to look past the signing, it is more formal. I agreed.
The next day, he received a micro letter, saying that contracts are ready, give me a look. I opened it, silly, now I remember! The core provisions of the contract that is to allow me to help provide technical support for SAP FICOMMPPSD five modules, and also includes support for SAP local financial package. My God, what are you looking for a SAP ALL ah, but your price was 1200 yuan a day! You're not looking for people to help do things sincere, but sincerely insult SAP consultants! I said I can only do logistics module, such as MMSDPP, for FICO did not fully understand, I do not fit the requirements of their plants. He replied, and then think about it. At this point, I considered this project a complete lack of interest. Of course, he did not find me follow up.
Go through this thing, I can not help but sigh, really big thing in the world, full of wonders. I am well aware, SAP consulting industry is now in decline, employing treatment year after year, SAP consulting industry than other industries with them, has no advantage and superiority of. As everyone knows, S SAP consulting for factory price, even to drive down to become such and such: tens of thousands actually be able to spend 50 to implement SAP system five core modules, and then want to ask the price of 1200 dollars a day to do the operation and maintenance of SAP Almighty . This is too exaggerated, too far, too Nima much, really there is no minimum, only lower. This was also my first experience never seen before in SAP consulting low prices to the eighth level of hell.
S factory is really a super wonderful work of SAP system users. And this on the user's SAP system, actually in the spring of 2020, I have been met. Count pneumonia epidemic that started in January 2020 encounter, opened in 2020, is really detrimental ah!
2020-3-24 written in Suzhou City.
