Sap Bites the Dust at Sobeys ($81 million) !!!

[Chuck Lewis <CLEWIS@xxxxxxxxxx>]

A HUGE loss SAP - OUCH

You HAVE to hit the link and read SAPs spin  - nothing wrong with their
software package EVEN though it will be replaced by another SOFTWARE
package... :-)

From Computerworld Daily Fri, 2 Feb 2001 16:27:20 -0500

Canadian supermarket chain abandons SAP's retail software

Sobeys, the second-largest supermarket company in Canada, is giving up
on an $81
 million implementation of SAP's business applications for retailers
following a
 five-day database and systems shutdown in December.

 http://computerworld.com/cwi/story/0%2C1199%2CNAV47_STO57293_NLTam%2C00.html




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