390 Inverting the Paradox of Excellence
planned and generated internally. You have already seen many aspects of this in the beginning of
this chapter. In this section, we highlight two characteristics of SAP-driven enterprises that achieve
a measure of BPR simply by implementing SAP in the rst place.
14.5.1 real-Time sap operaTions make proCesses TransparenT
SAP transactions are immediately updated into the concerned functional areas, be they inventory,
party ledgers, accounting, and so on. SAP reengineers the business immediately to eliminate all
wait times and minimize time period required for communication between various functions. And
all of these postings are done simultaneously so that a consistent view is always available for any