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Some of the top-tier ERP vendors are SAPAG, BAAN, PeopleSoft, Oracle Application and J.D.Edwards. These companies are covering the major ERP market revenue.
SAP AG was founded in 1972 by five German engineers with IBM in Mannheim, Germany; and is one of the top most ERP vendors providing the client server business application solutions. SAP serves as a standard in the industries like chemicals, customer products, oil & high technology. The SAP group has offices in more than 50 countries worldwide & employs a workforce of over 19300. SAPs ERP package comes in 2 versions i.e. mainframe version (SAP R/2) & client server version (SAP R/3).(RReal) With SAP, customers can install the core system & one or more of the fundamental components, or purchase the software as a complete package.
SAP R/3
SAP R/3 is a computer system that is designed to support complete business management tasks of a corporation, company or institution. SAP R/3 is used in business systems to handle invoice payment, production resource management and financial account control. These specific tasks are accomplished by employing application modules, often described with acronyms such as MM (materials management) and SD (sales and distribution). Modules process information through each and every component of the organization, using one secure R/3 system to share relevant information between parts of the organization, keeping the corporation up-to-date on latest technology and data information. A common database is employed among each of the mid-sized to large-size corporations that utilize R/3. R/3 may also be used by small business, allowing business to prosper without having to worry about changing systems.
An additional benefit to using SAP R/3 is that it combines with a corporations previously existing computer system. R/3 uses the ABAP/4 programming language and allows for the possibility of several computers of differing manufacturers to conjoin into one solid working database, operating in the open system or client/server environments. SAP R/3 is a Windows and Menus driven application containing graphical objects.
The R/3 system provides a flexible organizational structure. It can connect all the business processes together & every employee could have fast access to the required information. The in house staff can do work easily with reference ABAP/4R development workbench, which is an integral part of R/3. R/3 application modules are either used alone or in combination with other solutions.
Production Planning: this provides all types of manufacturing strategies, from repetitive MTO & ATO, through processes, lot & MTS manufacturing, to integrated supply chain management. Material Management: It manages the purchasing processes with workflow driven processing functions. This also handles warehouse management & integrates invoice verification. Plant Maintenance & Service Management: this allows the planning, control & processing of the inspection, maintenance, damages & service management. Quality Management: this offers all processes relevant to your quality assurance along with supply chain, co-ordinates inspection processing & integrates laboratory information systems.
R/3 also provides its applications in HR managements, project management, sales & distribution with all standard business processes & functionality.
Some of the main advantages of using SAP R/3 are listed below:
The R/3 software package is designed to allow businesses to effectively and efficiently operate a variety of business processes within a single integrated information system. The software is customizable using SAP's proprietary programming language, ABAP/4. R/3 is scalable and highly suited for many types and sizes of organizations and runs on six different platforms. SAPs partnership with technology, service companies, hardware manufactures & database providers helps to provide a complete business solution. This client/server solution is infinitely expandable & can be used with anywhere between 30 & several thousand end users. This ensures that R/3 can always grow with the growing requirement of company.
7. The main advantages of Baan series-based family of products are the best in class components version independent integration and evergreen delivery.
BAAN ERP MODULES BAAN ERP is a proven enterprise resource planning s/w application. It is fully integrated and provides all the functionality which is required across the enterprise. BAAN ERP consists of a number of interdependent components that can be deployed to meet business needs. The flexibility with BAAN ERP allows customers to maximize the benefits of both best in class solution and a fully integrated high performance system. BAAN ERP includes the following components
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Manufacturing Module: This includes bills of material, cost price calculation, shop floor control, material requirement planning, etc. Finance Module:
This includes accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash management, fixed assets, etc 3. Project Module: This includes project budget, project definition, project estimation, project planning, etc 4. Distribution Module: This includes sales management, purchase management and warehouse management.
Quickly react to the changes that take place in the market, in-turn change the s/w configuration. Develop the BAAN product in such a way that it is independent of third party product such as hardware, OS and DB. Easily integrated with third party product. Gives customer specific solutions.
Oracle Corporation was founded in the year 1977 and is the worlds largest s/w company and the leading supplier for enterprise information management. This is the first s/w company to implement internet computing model for using the enterprise s/w across the entire product line. It provides databases and relational servers, application development, decision support tools and enterprise business applications.
TECHNOLOGY
ORACLE software runs on the network computers, work stations & micro computers, mini computers, etc. ORACLE 8i is the leading database for internet computing. ORACLE database allow the corporation to access on any data, on any service, over any network, from any client device. ORACLE Warehouse Technology Initiative (WIT) is one of the fastest flowing & comprehensive programs in the data warehousing industry which provides the customers a complete data warehousing solution. ORACLEs integrated Business Intelligence Solutions provides us with a solution to deliver powerful processing capabilities to the user anywhere in the enterprise at anytime. Oracle business intelligence family product includes:
Oracle report Oracle enterprise reporting tools Oracle discoverer Ad-Hoc Queries and analysis tools Oracle online analytical processing engine, etc.
Oracle application consists of 45 plus software modules which are divided into following categories
Oracle Oracle Oracle Oracle Oracle Oracle Financials Human Resource Projects Manufacturing Supply Chain Front Office
ORACLE FINANCIAL This application transforms a finance organization into a strategic force and also helps to access the financial management functions. By working with these applications the companies can work globally, lower the administrative cost & improve the cash management. It also provides strategic information to make timely & accurate decisions. ORACLE PROJECTS - These applications improve operational efficiency by providing an integrated project management environment that supports the full lifecycle of a project and increases the revenue growth and profitability.
ORACLE SUPPLY CHAIN This application manages the supply chain process by providing a single integrated environment. It helps in effective partner collaboration & supply chain optimization capabilities. It helps in increasing market share while improving customer service & minimizing the cost. ORACLE FRONT OFFICE These applications provide a better understanding for customer relationships, their values & profitability These applications increase top line revenues & maintain customer satisfaction & retention It also helps to attract and retain profitable customers through deployment channels including mobile & call centre.
ORACLE HUMAN RESOURCES This application helps in managing the human resources which directly improve profitability and contribute to competitive advantage It also helps in the ability to hire motivate & retain the most capable working force and also helps in providing comprehensive and up-to-date information. ORACLE MANUFACTURING Oracle manufacturing application enables the companies to achieve market leadership by becoming more customer responsive & efficient. This module also supports the companies to increase revenue, profitability & customer loyalty by capturing the demand & planning the manufacturing process in an efficient way.o
PeopleSoft products support clients running, Microsoft Windows and popular Web browsers, as well as a range of mainframe, midrange and LAN relational database server platforms. PeopleSoft solutions run on a variety of leading hardware and database platforms, including Compaq, Hewlet-Packard, IBM, Sun Microsystems, Informix, Microsoft SQL Server, Sybase, DB2 and others. PeopleSoft delivers Web-enabled applications, workflow, online analytical processing (OLAP) etc. The PeopleSoft application serves the whole business management solutions, commercial solutions & industry solutions.
The PeopleSofts business management solutions are in the areas given below: Human Resources Management Accounting and Control Treasury Management Performance Measurement Project Management Sales and Logistics Materials Management Supply Chain Planning Service Revenue Management Procurement
JD EDWARDS:COMPANY PROFILE:
On March 17, 1977 J.D. Edwards was formed, by Jack Thompson, Dan Gregery & Ed-Mc Vaney. In early years J.D. Edwards designed software for small & medium sized computers. In 1980s it focused on IBM system/38. As the company began to out grow, its headquarter in Denver, opened branch offices in Dallas & Newport Beach, California, Houston, San Francisco & Bakenfield. And then internationally expanded its Europe headquarters in Brussels & Belgium. As it grew it became obvious that servicing a large number of customers was creating a challenge By the mid of 1980s, J.D Edwards was being recognizes as an Industry-leading supplier of application software for the highly successful IBM AS/400 computer. Today J.D Edwards is a publicly traded company that has more than 4700 customers with sites in over 100 countries & more than 4200 employees.
TECHNOLOGY As the business grew company adapted new technology & instead for small computer application; it started to design enterprise-wise software. JD Edwards is a leading provider of integrated software for distribution, human resource, finance, manufacturing & SCM. These software's are operated in multiple computing environments & also JAVA & HTML enabled.
The MFG\PRO is one of the software, product offered by QAD, which provides multinational organization with integrated Global Supply Chain Management Solution. It helps the organization to achieve and maintain competitive advantage and synchronizes the distributed operation which balances the supply and demand across multiple sites.
SSA:-COMPANY PROFILE:
System Software Associates, Inc. (SSA) was founded in 1981. It has branches in more than 91 countries & more than 2000 employees. SSA has BPCS client/server V6 technology is implemented in more than 1000 industrial sector firms in over 4000 sites worldwide. SSAs vision is to be the best global partner to the worlds industrial companies. To achieve competitive advantage for clients through ERP system, SSAs follows its Mission Statement 1981. The statement has six key goals.
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Best client satisfaction: this means that the company wants their clients to achieve the greatest possible business benefits from their relationship with SSA. Single image worldwide: this means that the client gets the same high level of support & expertise all around the world. Enterprise Solution Leadership: it means that the company is focused on building & delivering solutions, which bring together the entire enterprise. Proven leading Technology: this means that every piece of technology applied by SSA will already be proven for high transaction volume enterprise-wide applications. Highly skilled & motivated professional: it means that SSA is committed on having the best professionals & resources in the application software business. Strong financial results: this means that SSA can continue to invest in the improvements of its software & professionals & will be a stable partner in the long run.