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SAP R/3 Budget. SAP R/3 Costs. Hardware Software Add-on software and hardware Implementation process Training of operators Maintaining the system Opportunity costs of system failure System upgrade. Cost of Hardware.
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SAP R/3 Costs • Hardware • Software • Add-on software and hardware • Implementation process • Training of operators • Maintaining the system • Opportunity costs of system failure • System upgrade
Cost of Hardware • Basic workstation Dell Dimension 2400 Series: $618 per unit (Bulk sales negotiated) • Quality and Development Server Dell PowerEdge 1600SC: $6,862 per unit • Production Server PowerEdge1600SC: $10,799 per unit
Cost of SAP R/3 Software • SAP cost fluctuates; approx. $1.5 million. • Cost includes client-side and server-side software, backup software, operating system, test and development tools. • Modules can be customized; selected modules are pertinent to business functions
NECESSARY Financial Accounting Human Resources-Personnel Admin. Materials Management Sales and Distribution FOR IN-HOUSE PRODUCTION Production Planning Quality Management General Logistics Plant Management SAP Modules
SOFTWARE Backup executive file for Windows servers Veritas ver. 9.0: $300-500 Backup Storage Area Network OptionBrightStor ARCserve ver. 9: $1000-1600 HARDWARE Storage controller Adaptec SCSI RAID 2100s: $388-445 each Interface ConverterIBM SAN Data Gateway Router 2108 Model R03: $6000 Networking Cable Belkin Pro Series: $40 per 100 ft. Router D-Link DI-604: $60 Barcode ScannerWasp WLP 4170: $250-300. Cost of Add-On Software and Hardware
Cost of Maintaining the System ANNUAL COST • Cost determined by but not restricted to the follow factors: • Customer Support • Replacement materials • Debugging and anti-virus software • Maintenance costs included on budget also comprise of wages for support personnel (cost obtained by number of employees times average yearly salary) 20 employees @ $75,000 annually= $1,500,000
Lost Opportunity Costs • Gauging cost is difficult and sometimes inaccurate. • Solution: set money aside (amount still to be negotiated with size of R/3 system) for possible system failure • Scenarios to consider: • General Ledger application crashes • Infrastructure collapses • Productivity services become unavailble
Periodical System Upgrade • The typical upgrade for SAP would be approx. $3.1 million. • This number can decrease, however, with the number of modules on the company’s system. • The ImageFX Upgrade cost, based upon the number of end users and modules, should approximate to about $600,000.