SAP is one of the world's leading producers of business management software. Founded in 1972 in Germany, SAP was one of the first to develop standard business software and continues to offer industry-leading ERP solutions. As the #3 largest software company worldwide, SAP has over 100,000 employees serving clients in over 145 countries. While powerful and capable of handling complex transactions across many business functions, SAP solutions are also very expensive, complex to implement and require a highly trained staff.