Blog of SAP Business Intelligence Insights & Information - Lonnie Ayers, CEO and SAP Certified Consultant

Have recently read several articles on the state of SAP Certification and the value of SAP Certification.   I think the authors miss the point.  They are asking whether the existing SAP Certification is valuable and ‘fit for purpose’.   The more important question is whether SAP, the company, has designed a SAP training and certification system that is appropriate for the task, or is simply focused on generating revenue (and profit) for SAP versus supplying the market with the appropriately skilled consulting skills.  Also important is whether they have designed a system that benefits the consultants themselves (who are also customers of SAP, who many times pay for the expensive training themselves).

Have you ever wondered what sort of solution SAP has for the military.  You might be surprised to learn that many Armed Forces around the world have been using SAP for many years.  What you may not know is that as a result of the unique requirements of the military, SAP had to develop a solution, the Defense Forces and Public Security solution, which meets the very unique needs of the military.  The primary difference, around which all other parts of the DFPS solution revolve, is known as the Force Element.