Many ERP providers exist. The most popular ERP vendors according to Lutovac & Manojlov (2012), Mehrjerdi (2010) and Olson, Chae, & Sheu (2013) are SAP and Oracle. Olson et al. (2013) also says that SAP and Oracle are seen as very large and very functional vendor products. However, Grandhi & Chugh (2012) adds that along with SAP and Oracle (and PeopleSoft) that Microsoft Dynamics, Epicor Software, Infor Global Solutions, Sage Group, Lawson Software, IFS and Open Bravo are the most popular ERP software vendors globally. Implementing the major proprietary ERP systems are however expensive thus Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) usually opt for using open source ERPs since SMEs typically have to address major difficulties due to the limited resources available for selecting and adopting a new software system (Aversano & Tortorella, 2013). According to Aversano & Tortorella (2013), Kiran (2013) and Mehrjerdi (2010) SAP and Oracle has the most market share; SAP having 24% and Oracle 18%. Thus, this paper discuses SAP, Oracle and PeopleSoft since it has the most market share, and accompanying this, this paper also generally discusses Open Source ERPs. SAP The world’s largest inter-enterprise software organisation is SAP (Hidding, Williams, & Sviokla, 2011; Mehrjerdi, 2010). According to Hidding et al. (2011), SAP has maintained their lead in the market since they commenced business in 1979. Generally, there are two organised ways of implementing SAP: SAP procedure model, this is
This process reduced not just customer’s satisfaction but also profit; there is a need for a financial information management to integrate all their business processes. SAP (System Applications Program) was introduced to the company to ensure efficient communication among the different modules of the business process.
This paper is an attempt to understand why TS Group chose JDE over SAP, SYSPRO, and Microsoft Dynamics. Within this paper all four ERP products (JDE, SAP, SYSPRO and Microsoft Dynamics) are evaluated for their strengths and weaknesses. From this evaluation a hypothesis is made as to why TS Group preferred the JDE ERP system. Considering any consultants available for these products, an argument is presented as to which constituents (stakeholders) had the most influence on this decision.
Adoption of an ERP system enables an organization to eliminate dozens or even hundreds of separate systems and replace them with a single, integrated set of applications for the entire enterprise.
An extensive research was done to fetch the historical background of company, the functioning of its legacy systems, and the issues that are being faced by the company as a result of ERP implementation. However, there are only few studies that showed ERP case studies for the company relative to the ERP issues.The web searches provided a restricted account of data on company’s ERP profile. In order to find details of the issues that are being faced by the
ERP projects are most definitely expensive and risky, nevertheless despite these potential costs KEDA decided to embark on its ERP implementation project in hopes of obtaining a high return on investment. One of the factors that led to this decision was the fierce competition of global and local competitors. In an effort to retain its position within the industry and combat the threat of other businesses, KEDA needed to evolve. Specifically, through choosing a new ERP system, KETA hoped that this strategy would improve operations and become a productive advancement to the structure of the company. Since the Chinese government stopped their support and the MRP-II couldn’t manage the multiple system operations, they had to seek out a new alternative.
SAP provides businesses scalable and customizable solutions for all aspects of your clients' businesses, from production to marketing and Human Resources to finance reporting. Moreover, SAP products and applications will allow your clients to operate at peak efficiency levels, with better communication and faster decision-making. Therefore, the
Foremost among these is that the ERP implementation efforts of many of their larger counterparts have resulted in partial failure, and in some cases total abandonment. Moreover, small manufacturers tend to lack the financial resources to adopt the entire system and may be forced to adopt a piecemeal approach to integrating the typically expensive ERP systems into their services. It is also felt that the lower staff levels in smaller enterprises when compared to their larger counterparts are inadequate for the rigorous and extensive IT training and development requirements for implementing an ERP project. It is however important for these firms to ensure that they make adequate studies of ERP systems before deciding to do away with them altogether because it has been found that they can be of use to the success of the business, especially after successful
Making decision of what to select between “best of breed” and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are never easy. There are many controversy or chaos issues surrounds this thought and debate. Which one is better? What factors need to be considered? This paper will address the difference between “best of breed” and ERP System that needs to be considered, such as the definition, advantages and disadvantages each of them.
The IT staffs were certain that the existing SAP software will provide all necessary computer support. They believed that even if the SAP would not fit their business processes precisely, it may be an investment that provides greater long-term flexibility and better solutions to the company’s problem.
2. In order to become a more centralized, precise business unit, Sinosteel decided to implement an ERP system. Some of the objectives of this implementation are to prevent the inabilities of management, and to optimize resources; both business and human. With the help of this ERP system, Sinosteel plans to achieve business efficiency and sustainable development. Sinosteel recognized the need to consolidate management to these diverse operations. They chose Oracle software to implement this ERP project. Sinosteel’s goals were set by Huang Tianwen (President of Sinosteel Corporation). Some of the goals were to prevent risks in business operations and management and to also optimize its resource assignments and human resource management. Using a range of Oracle software,
According to Leimbach (2008), the success of the German company, SAP AG, leads to its enterprise creating software called Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP / SAP ERP) that equips a company with an integrated solution combining the essential business functions of the company itself. The purpose of this report is to analyse the application of System Analysis and Program Development hence, known as SAP / SAP’s ERP systems in business organisations, investigate the challenges and benefits within the SAP’s ERP systems environment, also provide which application suits the SAP’s ERP systems. This report will focus on three main scopes, which are the overview, the challenges, and benefits and recommendation for SAP’s ERP systems application.
Be it a small business, midsized company or a large business corporation, SAP has a solution for all. The software packages are customized to suit the requirements of the businesses, on the basis of the size of the company and also the industry that it belongs to.
SAP provides businesses with the opportunity to enhance their productivity along with the ability to adjust to the ever changing requirements of the industry. Corporate services, enhancement packages, operations, human capital management, and financials are all packages offered by SAP. The corporate services package provides a plethora of features; health and safety management, real estate, enterprise asset, project and portfolio, travel, environment and quality managements. The corporate services package also offers global trade services. Enhancement packages are convenient because they will update systems and functions of the business every 9 – 12 months. The operations package utilizes business insight in order for companies to improve operations performance in a very strategic way. Operational processes are all automated so
High implementation and maintenance cost are some of the major factors that prevent companies from adopting on-premise ERP systems. An on-premise ERP generally require companies to invest substantial human and financial resources to buy, install, maintain and upgrade the software package and IT hardware (e.g. servers, hardware etc). When companies (especially large multinational firms) have a large number of ERP users, upgrading the software package is very costly and time consuming. If a company does not currently have enough
In today 's competitive environment, organisations need to be reformed to get competitive advantages. The most efficient and effective way to achieve this goal is to introduce a new information system (IS). Chen et al (2012) One of the big systems is enterprise resources planning which is an application software which has a broad set of activities supported by many modules that integrates all business processes and data into a single system which helps businesses keep track and access to all their daily data. Jalal, a (2011)