[petepete]

The profit is in having the ability to upgrade on a whim, to refer to the masses of documentation and expertise without having to translate it into your own lingo and to use off the shelf components without needing to customise them too.

[manmal]

Ok, so no organizational benefits?

[rbanffy]

Perhaps you need fewer people maintaining those business apps.

[petepete]

Plus hiring and getting new employees up to speed is much much faster. This is especially useful with SAP consultants who are quite expensive. The initial cost may be high but once it's done it's savings at every step.

[manmal]

Well, adapting one‘s processes to a standard solution is a major change in your business, so I‘d expect some kind of effect..