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Waste Management CompanyShane Co. Summary: Shane Co., a Colorado-based retail jewellery chain, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and partly attributed the move to rampant cost overruns and functionality problems on an SAP software implementation. Costs of the project increased from $8m to $36m. Article:http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/i-dont-believe-in-publicly-executing-loyal-people-whove-made-an-honest-mistake-547614.html Title: SAP project costs cited in jeweller’s bankruptcy filing Source: Computer World Date: 14th January 2009
British Airways Summary: Problems with a SAP system designed to catalogue aircraft spares led to problems accessing spare parts to fix aeroplanes, contributing to BA’s decision to cancel flights. Article:http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/i-dont-believe-in-publicly-executing-loyal-people-whove-made-an-honest-mistake-547614.html Title: I don't believe in publicly executing loyal people who've made an honest mistake Source: The Independent Date: Sunday, 26 September 2004
Bedford Borough Council Summary: Bedford has replaced its SAP financial system with one from Agresso which is better value for money.
Article:http://uk.news.yahoo.com/vdunet/20080904/ttc-bedford-borough-council-dumps-sap-6315470.html Title: Bedford Borough Council dumps SAP Source: VNU Net, Janie Davies Date: Thursday, September 4 01:30 pm
City of Portland Summary:Portland’s SAP project, budgeted at $31 million in 2006 for a 2007 go-live date, is now estimated to be nearly $50 million and won’t be complete until 2009 Article:http://sap.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/05/16/portlands-busted-sap-implementation/?track=NL-869&ad=640621&asrc=EM_NLN_3708683&uid=6379031 Title: Portland’s busted SAP implementation Source: The SearchSAP.com Editorial Team Date: May 16th, 2008
Novatek Corporation
Summary:Novatek, a former Syspro customer, reinstalled its Syspro solution after it failed to implement SAP BusinessOne/Fourth Shift edition. It believed that SAP had superior technology and it would get better support from SAP USA’s headquarters. However Novatek discovered that its business was being negatively impacted by the lack of required functionalities in the SAP product, and it would be cost prohibitive to install the additional SAP functionality required.
Article: http://www.forbes.com/businesswire/feeds/businesswire/2008/08/19/businesswire20080819006212r1.html Title: Floor Prep Leader Drops SAP, Reinstalls SYSPRO Software Source: Business Wire - Press Release Date: 8/19/08, 3:33 PM ET Collins County Summary:A settlement was signed in which SAP and Siemens jointly agree to pay Collin County $1 million to settle a long running lawsuit. In 2005, Collin County filed a $16 million lawsuit against SAP and Siemens over the purchase and implementation of SAP's ERP software package. After beginning the implementation and training with Siemens, the county was dissatisfied with the performance of SAP and decided to back out of the deal and file suit. Their suit alleged that soon after implementation of the system began, problems arose and that later, SAP and Siemens informed county officials they could not implement the changes as originally represented and promised.
Article:http://www.baumbach.org/b2evolution/blogs/index.php?p=690&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 Title: County Wins Million Dollar Settlement Source: The Collin County Observer Date: 6/26/08
Levi Strauss Summary: Levi Strauss blamed a $47m drop in profits in its quarter end May 25th 2008 on the implementation of an ERP system, identified as a SAP installation purchased in 2003. The implementation led to "Order fulfillment issues and higher operating expenses related to the implementation and stabilization of the system (which) negatively impacted our net revenue and operating income." The CFO who purchased the system has now left Levi Strauss
Articles: http://www.accountingweb.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=105658&d=883&h=884&f=882&dateformat=%o%20%B%20%Y Title: Levi Strauss blames profit drop on SAP enterprise software system Source: AccountingWeb.com Date: 7/29/08
Waste Management Company
Summary:Waste Management Company is suing SAP claiming that executives participated in a fraudulent sales scheme that resulted in a failed ERP implementation. It is claiming over $100m in project costs as well as the benefits that the SAP scheme was supposed to deliver.
Article: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9112658&source=NLT_AM&nlid=1 Title: Update: SAP fires back at Waste Management; Files a counterclaim in the fight over a problematic ERP implementation Source: Computerworld, Chris Kanaracus Date: 8/14/08
Article: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9072478 Title: Waste Management sues SAP over ERP implementation; Company seeks more than $100M in expenses Source: Computerworld, Chris Kanaracus Date: 3/27/08
Article: http://www.itbusinessedge.com/blogs/tve/?p=294 Title: Who’s to Blame for Failed ERP Project that Prompted SAP Lawsuit? Source: IT BusinessEdge, Ann All Date: 4/1/2008, 11:55 am
Article:http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/27/waste-company-sues-sap-rubbish Title: SAP supplies rubbish software; Bin there, done that Source: The Inquirer, Sylvie Barak: Date: 3/27/08, 3:47 PM
Article: http://www.cio.com/article/205852/Waste_Management_Sues_SAP_Over_ERP_Implementation Title: Waste Management Sues SAP Over ERP Implementation Source: CIO.com, Chris Kanaracus Date: 3/27/08
Article:http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=8338 Title: Promises, promises: A look at Waste Management’s case against SAP Source: ZDNet, Larry Dignan Date: 4/1/08, 3:44 AM
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