Erp Project Oracle vs Asap
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Project
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Table of Contents ABSTRACT 3 INTRODUCTION 5 VENDOR OVERVIEW 8 INTRODUCTION 8 SAP 8 ORACLE 9 BUSINESS FUNCTIONS 13 Production 14 Sales 14 Support services 15 External services 15 BUSINESS FUNCTIONS SUPPORTED BY ORACLE AND SAP 16 TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM FROM SAP AND ORACLE 19 COST COMPARISON BETWEEN SAP AND ORACLE 20 EASE OF USE 22 ERP MODULES 23 Oracle’s Financial Management Analytics 23 Oracle database 11g enterprise edition 24 VENDOR SELECTION 27 ERP DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE 28 SCOPE AND COMMITMENT STAGE 28 ANALYSIS AND DESIGN 29 ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT STAGE 30 IMPLEMENTATION STAGE 30 OPERATIONAL STAGE 30 Bibliography 31
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Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is a system that integrates all the internal and external functional units of an organization, the functional units may be manufacturing, finance, storage, management, transport, customer satisfaction etc. in order to integrate all the organization’s functional unit into a flawless and harmonious system, computer software have been developed by different vendors, these software may be custom made for a particular organization or they may be general for use by any organization (Jerferson, 2010).
ERP systems are put in place to improve on the efficiency of information management of the organization, all the data from the different units of the organization are managed by the software and is usually stored in a central location called a server, the server may be physically located in the organization or it may be a virtual one on the internet, the virtual serve uses a technology called cloud computing. The ERP system normally contains modules that are specialized sub-systems that are task-oriented, these modules include human resource, production planning, financial planning, quality management, materials management, sales and distribution, maintenance,
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Table of Contents ABSTRACT 3 INTRODUCTION 5 VENDOR OVERVIEW 8 INTRODUCTION 8 SAP 8 ORACLE 9 BUSINESS FUNCTIONS 13 Production 14 Sales 14 Support services 15 External services 15 BUSINESS FUNCTIONS SUPPORTED BY ORACLE AND SAP 16 TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM FROM SAP AND ORACLE 19 COST COMPARISON BETWEEN SAP AND ORACLE 20 EASE OF USE 22 ERP MODULES 23 Oracle’s Financial Management Analytics 23 Oracle database 11g enterprise edition 24 VENDOR SELECTION 27 ERP DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE 28 SCOPE AND COMMITMENT STAGE 28 ANALYSIS AND DESIGN 29 ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT STAGE 30 IMPLEMENTATION STAGE 30 OPERATIONAL STAGE 30 Bibliography 31
ABSTRACT
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is a system that integrates all the internal and external functional units of an organization, the functional units may be manufacturing, finance, storage, management, transport, customer satisfaction etc. in order to integrate all the organization’s functional unit into a flawless and harmonious system, computer software have been developed by different vendors, these software may be custom made for a particular organization or they may be general for use by any organization (Jerferson, 2010).
ERP systems are put in place to improve on the efficiency of information management of the organization, all the data from the different units of the organization are managed by the software and is usually stored in a central location called a server, the server may be physically located in the organization or it may be a virtual one on the internet, the virtual serve uses a technology called cloud computing. The ERP system normally contains modules that are specialized sub-systems that are task-oriented, these modules include human resource, production planning, financial planning, quality management, materials management, sales and distribution, maintenance,
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