ERP Writeup

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is a planning philosophy enabled with software that attempts to
integrate all the business processes of different departments and functions across a company onto a
single computer system that can serve particular needs of the different departments.

ERP MAJOR MARKET PLAYERS

Oracle
SAP
Microsoft

Microsoft is a relatively new comer to the ERP market compared to Oracle and SAP. SAP has been in
the Enterprise Resource Planning market for over thirty years. Microsoft gained momentum in the
Enterprise Resource Planning market by purchasing some existing solutions and adding them to their
current repertoire of offerings. Oracle also gained momentum in the ERP market with their purchase
or PeopleSoft, J.D. Edwards and Siebel.

SAP at Glance

More than 35,000 customers, 120 countries

Claim #1 CRM market share leader
Built the client/server ERP market
Definite #1 ERP market share leader
Very impressive distribution/SCM
Several industry solutions
Netweaver, SQL and a chasm of technologies
Priced at the high end

ORACLE at Glance

Over 37,000 application customers

Claim #1 CRM market share leader
#2 ERP market share leader
30 year proven credibility
New SOA architecture
Deep software functionality
Outrageous flexibility
Technology is the Oracle stack
Priced at the high end

MICROSOFT at Glance

Over 83,000 ERP customers

Strong SMB/mid-market solution
Very strong partner channel
Only sold through VAR channel
Multiple ERP products
ERP road map questionable
Solutions often vary by global region
MS/.Net/SQL technology
Low to moderately priced

ERP VENDORS CLASSIFICATION

ERP vendors are classified as the following:

Tier I ERP vendors, including SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics and Infor, are more robust than
other ERP solutions on the market and are often used by large, global organizations with complex
operational structures. Tier I ERP products have a higher cost of ownership. This is simply because
these products are more complex than their Tier II ERP competition and thereby cost more to implement
and support.

Tier II ERP vendors are less complex and typically used by mid-sized organizations.
Tier III ERP vendors are usually chosen by small to mid-sized organizations with simple operational
structures.

Research analysts apply Quantitative analysis to study the current business scenario. In addition,
estimations through 2013-2020 are provided to showcase the financial calibre of the segment.

ERP Software Market Segmentation and Scope

By Deployment

On-premise deployment
Cloud deployment
By Functions
Finance
Human resource (HR)
Supply chain
Others

By Verticals

Manufacturing & Services

BFSI
Healthcare
Retail
Government Utilities
Aerospace and defence
Telecom
Others

By End User

Large enterprises
Medium enterprises
Small enterprises
By Geography
North America
Europe
APAC
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