[danzig13]

I have been working for YEARS on an ERP implementation in a custom manufacturing operation practically by myself.

As bad as I'm sure SAP is to deal with, I crave it or anything else (Salesforce?) that has any sort of easy customization, automation API and fosters some sort of community.

A large part of my particular ERP's business model seems to be to make the data model so esoteric that you are forced to go to them for any type of customization at all. Unfortunately, they make a habit of firing any of their halfway decent employees every time they get acquired (4 or 5 times so far).

[danzig13]

I will say, even with all the problems, even our ERP is capable of quite a few things, and I couldn't fathom rolling my own.

They just don't want you to plug anything of your own into it.