An analysis of top ERP sellers

The market is an extremely competitive one for ERP software companies. No doubt only the best players can survive and make it big. The companies should constantly watch the demands of the customers, change in technologies and emerging practices with vigil. Lot of factors will come into play in deciding the credibility of the ERP sellers.

This is a buyers market and the situation is getting tougher for the sellers with even the top ones finding it difficult to match the time mainly because of the technical complexities in addition to dealing with them successfully and making the users to do the same. The demands of companies implementing ERP are increasing day after day.

Some of the top ERP sellers are as follows:

Microsoft

The ERP products of Microsoft are sold under the following four tags:

Microsoft ERP Navision Software
Great Plains
Solomon
Axapta

Microsoft is a giant when it comes to the IT market. However they don't occupy a comfortable position in the ERP market. They do continue to be among the list of top ERP sellers. They don't cater only to larger companies. Infact their services are ideally suited to the requirements of small and medium enterprises.

They attract a large user base because they manufacture the products from the view point of a vendor who is supposed to know the practical difficulties than any manufacturer or end user because he sees the whole process of installation and deployment rather carries it for the companies.

Microsoft has been constantly restructuring its products and upgrading the versions so as to make it compatible in the market. In other words the company adopts a very liberal policy in dealing the needs of the customers. The company has even allowed its sellers to recommend and sell the services of third party companies for functions that are not offered by Microsoft for e.g. supply chain management. Microsoft needs to bring more innovative features and add functions so as to make their products user friendly and enable them to attract great demand in the market as well. This has to be followed by ERP software companies in general and Microsoft in particular.

Oracle ERP

Oracle is another top player in the ERP market that has always made the competitors to go down the spine with numerous strategies and background work. Oracle has become the subject matter of United Nations development program's initiatives for mass campaigning. Oracle's take over of Peoplesoft's ERP related products and the subsequent merger of Microsoft and SAP has thrown lot of speculations in the market and it has been widely guessed that the customer will benefit from the services.

The combination of Oracle and People soft has helped customers in using the best features of these two products which would not have otherwise been possible but for this common platform. In addition Oracle has also tied up with sun Microsoft systems in consolidating system servers sharing other applications and platforms and thereby realizes unimaginable benefits to the user.

SAP ERP

SAP ERP is a software program that is aimed at providing solutions to the users in overcoming their technical and managerial problems with regards to data handling and transformation. This software has become the favorite choice of corporates as it renders valuable services to companies by redefining the way business should be done.

The characteristics of MYSAP ERP software are as follows:

Transparent and flexible application
A comprehensive solution
Helps to achieve good governance
Helps to manage Operations and manpower

Some of the advantages of MYSAP ERP are as follows:

Facilitates quicker and better decisions
Overall business transformation
Reduction in Costs and Risks
Following Modern Practices
Specialty

People Soft ERP

People Soft is a software program specialized to handle the H.R. functions in an organization. They have helped in achieving path breaking H.R. practices. People Soft continues to be a favorite player among companies that are keen to redefine the problems in handling and operating the human resource components.

The purchase of people soft by oracle has given rise to lot of controversies in the market. Firstly the customers of people soft are envious that oracle customers are also able to access the special features of people soft that were formerly restricted to them.

Another important issue is the fact that Oracle's is ready too render effective services to people soft customers also irrespective of the customers potential because they are very keen to capture the base before any other competitor resorts to the same. This has drawn lot of appreciation in the market because the customers of people soft don't have to be insecure of anything.

UPS ERP

This software forms an important part of this study. Intelliverse software provided by this company helps to work in combination with other applications like S.A.P. oracle, Microsoft etc…This function helps in extracting the best from other applications and making use of them for the better functioning of the current one.

Some important Features of Intelliverse are as follows:

Helps in establishing identity
Special modules to merge with other applications
Innumerable choices

Some of the advantages of the software are as follows:

Eliminates procedural delays and rectifies errors
Helps in brand building

Conclusion

ERP giants have not been able to cater to the requirements of Small and Medium enterprises with the exception of Microsoft Corporation. It is therefore important to ensure that they build software programs to satisfy their needs also as the market is becoming saturated for bigger companies while S.M.E's offer a large scope. They should be properly capitalized by ERP software companies. They have to be more specific on the companies implementing ERP.

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Books on ERP
ERP Software programs in United Kingdom
Popular ERP Software programs in United States of America
ERP software and impact in different nations
Knowing Executive Information systems
ERP’s Scope, penetration future opportunities and challenges in India
Understanding Integrated Information Systems
Understanding management Information Systems
An analysis of Microsoft Corporation, its ERP products and the relevant issues
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An analysis of oracle, its ERP products and the relevant issues
Knowing Other Enterprise Applications
Issues revolving around People Soft and ERP
An analysis of SAP, its ERP products and the relevant issues
Nuances of UPS ERP software

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