As we know that SAP is the largest ERP solution provider. About 70% of Forbes 500 companies are running on ERP provided by SAP. There is a huge demand of SAP professional around the world. Keeping with this trend, SAP has started a certification program for its ERP software(s) and is delivered by SAP education partners across the world.
SAP has described the importance of its certification thus:
”SAP certification is the ideal way for organizations to assess and verify their consultants on employees' expertise and ensure that they have the skills required to effectively implement and operate SAP solutions."
Many of my friends who have long experience on SAP have often discussed with me about the opportunities that exist in the mid-career path of SAP certified Professionals. After their valuable inputs I found that the usefulness of SAP certification basically depends on two scenarios. One is where those who are new to SAP but have 2 to 3 years of domain experience and the other one is for SAPexperienced guys having 2 to 3 years of experience on SAP.
First Case (SAP for Freshers) - SAP certification is always beneficial for those who want to make their careers in SAP-ERPs as there is a surplus of professionals available in the market who are not certified. I personally advise such professionals that they gain at least 2 to 3 year experience in their respective core fields (like Banking, Manufacturing, SCMs(Supply Change Management)) before arriving into SAP field so that he could map the procedure and understand SAP logic.
After SAP certification you stand a solid chance to get through in SAP field. I can recall a personal experience of my one friend who did this certification when he was a fresher and got offers from Capgemini and HCL. So I think for freshers SAP certification is a great tool to give a headstart to their career. But before going to Certification course one should choose his module carefully as I always tell. You can get the information about SAP modules in my previous blog.
Second Case (SAP for Experienced Guys) – SAP is also very useful to guys who have experience in particular domain.I have seen SAP experienced professionals (but not certified ) not knowing certain standard functionalities available in SAP softwares and they go for developing things that could be done by configuration easily. Such things can be learnt only through SAP certification.
I will not say that SAP certification is extremely important for SAP experienced guys but it is much helpful. If you have very good experience then SAP certification will give some value addition and some fundamental tips.
Details about SAP Modules/SAP Consultants are as following -
SAP Technical Consultant/SAP Technical Module: Technical Consultants do the development work and are core IT professionals.
SAP Functional Consultant/SAP Functional Module: Functional consultants are domain specialists i.e. those related with business process and configuration (Banking Professionals, Productions Engineers etc).
SAP Training Courses: SAP training courses depend modules you choose.
SAP Technical Modules:
For B.Tech/BE (CSE,IT),MCA, Developer - SAP ABAP, SAP BASIS, SAP NetWeaver
SAP Functional Modules:
B.E(Mechanical, Electrical etc),Hardcore - SAP MM, SAP PP, SAP QM, SAP WM, SAP SCM, SAP CRM
MBA in Finance/Accounting - SAP FICO
MBA in Sales or Marketing - SAP SD
MBA in HR - SAP HR
For any queries, you can reach us anytime.
SAP has described the importance of its certification thus:
”SAP certification is the ideal way for organizations to assess and verify their consultants on employees' expertise and ensure that they have the skills required to effectively implement and operate SAP solutions."
Many of my friends who have long experience on SAP have often discussed with me about the opportunities that exist in the mid-career path of SAP certified Professionals. After their valuable inputs I found that the usefulness of SAP certification basically depends on two scenarios. One is where those who are new to SAP but have 2 to 3 years of domain experience and the other one is for SAPexperienced guys having 2 to 3 years of experience on SAP.
First Case (SAP for Freshers) - SAP certification is always beneficial for those who want to make their careers in SAP-ERPs as there is a surplus of professionals available in the market who are not certified. I personally advise such professionals that they gain at least 2 to 3 year experience in their respective core fields (like Banking, Manufacturing, SCMs(Supply Change Management)) before arriving into SAP field so that he could map the procedure and understand SAP logic.
After SAP certification you stand a solid chance to get through in SAP field. I can recall a personal experience of my one friend who did this certification when he was a fresher and got offers from Capgemini and HCL. So I think for freshers SAP certification is a great tool to give a headstart to their career. But before going to Certification course one should choose his module carefully as I always tell. You can get the information about SAP modules in my previous blog.
Second Case (SAP for Experienced Guys) – SAP is also very useful to guys who have experience in particular domain.I have seen SAP experienced professionals (but not certified ) not knowing certain standard functionalities available in SAP softwares and they go for developing things that could be done by configuration easily. Such things can be learnt only through SAP certification.
I will not say that SAP certification is extremely important for SAP experienced guys but it is much helpful. If you have very good experience then SAP certification will give some value addition and some fundamental tips.
Details about SAP Modules/SAP Consultants are as following -
SAP Technical Consultant/SAP Technical Module: Technical Consultants do the development work and are core IT professionals.
SAP Functional Consultant/SAP Functional Module: Functional consultants are domain specialists i.e. those related with business process and configuration (Banking Professionals, Productions Engineers etc).
SAP Training Courses: SAP training courses depend modules you choose.
SAP Technical Modules:
For B.Tech/BE (CSE,IT),MCA, Developer - SAP ABAP, SAP BASIS, SAP NetWeaver
SAP Functional Modules:
B.E(Mechanical, Electrical etc),Hardcore - SAP MM, SAP PP, SAP QM, SAP WM, SAP SCM, SAP CRM
MBA in Finance/Accounting - SAP FICO
MBA in Sales or Marketing - SAP SD
MBA in HR - SAP HR
For any queries, you can reach us anytime.
