Danone goes Openerp over SAP

“Although Danone is a significant SAP client, the industry giant decided to use an
open source integrated ERP solution for the emerging countries where it operates.
OpenERP was identified as a good SAP alternative for Danone small entities.
OpenERP was integrated in three entities of Danone in Columbia, Argentina and
Australia.
Although the company has invested a lot for several years
implementing SAP, it proved not to fit the needs that Danone had in the green
field entities. From 2007, the structure of the group has changed, finding itself in
the position to manage smaller entities that were not necessarily generating big
revenue.
So, implementing their core model in SAP didn't make sense.
Consequently, a less expensive and more flexible solution was sought, allowing
faster implementations. Even though SAP covers a large array of needs, it's non-
modular integrated software, leaving not much room for errors.
Currently,
Danone develops a platform in order to synchronise OpenERP with SAP”.

The New Kinda of Solution Providers

Internet is simply brilliant. It is enabling people to work in the most craziest of ways. In terms of  OpenSource ERP like OpenERP it has given rise to this group of Online Solution Providers who are based off on the Internet rather than any physical location and enabling them to cater anyone in the Globe . For those to whom it seems crazy trust me it's been done before but now thanks to Internet it's just become real easy.

All it takes is skill! Know your thing and then opens up this world were your in a position to sell your talent , combine it with others working off the internet to solve complex projects.No rent , salary to pay , legal fees etc just max money for all involved. And all it takes is an Internet connection.

LinkedIn provides a Skill base with people validating each other ,
Odesk and similar platforms provide easy ways to hire any kind of skill.
EC2 / VPS services providing cheap Infrastructure Online

So for people like me , I can concentrate on the functionality and sharpen my ERP Implementation Skills while I am able to share technical work to others who are more skilled , leaving the server maintenance to the HOSTING company  while keeping the Cost for the client minimal.

The perfect , efficient , sharing world.

Eh ? Accountability , dependability you get from a company?
To that I mean really ? It's Trust at the end of the day ! Company and its history doesn't decide any of these for sure! Enron , Satyam and many more are simple examples. Trusting a Human definitely comes before a company!