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An Overview of ERP
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) integrates internal and external management
information across an entire organization, embracing
finance/accounting, manufacturing, sales and service, customer relationshipmanagement, etc. ERP systems automate this activity with an
integrated software application. Its purpose is to facilitate the flow of information
between all business functions inside the boundaries of the organization and manage
the connections to outside stakeholders. ERP systems can run on a variety
of hardware and network configurations, typically employing a database as a
repository for information.
ERP systems typically include the following characteristics:
An integrated system that operates in real time (or next to real time), without
relying on periodic updates.
A common database, which supports all applications.
A consistent look and feel throughout each module.
Installation of the system without elaborate application/data integration by the
Information Technology (IT) department.
Finance/Accounting
General ledger, payables, cash management, fixed
assets, receivables, budgeting, consolidationHuman resources
payroll, training, benefits, 401K, recruiting, diversity management
Manufacturing
Engineering, bill of materials, work orders, scheduling, capacity, workflow
management, quality control, cost management, manufacturing process,
manufacturing projects, manufacturing flow, activity based costing, product
lifecycle management
Supply chain management
Order to cash, inventory, order entry, purchasing, product configurator, supply
chain planning, supplier scheduling, inspection of goods, claim processing,
commissions
Project management
Costing, billing, time and expense, performance units, activity management
Customer relationship management
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Sales and marketing, commissions, service, customer contact, call
center support
Data services
Various "self – service" interfaces for customers, suppliers and/or employees
Access control
Management of user privileges for various processes
The below table shows the list of some free and open source ERP Software.
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ERP PackageLanguage
BaseLicense Other Info
DeveloperCountry
A1 ERP JavaAlliance Technologies
License (ATL)
ERP for Mid-Largebusinesses
Kenya
Adempiere Java GPL started as a fork of Compiere
Spain
BlueErpPHP,MySQL,PostgreSQL
GPL
Compiere Java GPL /CommercialAcquired by ConsonaCorporation in June2010
DolibarrPHP,MySQL,PostgreSQL
GPL ERP/CRM for SME,freelancers orfoundations
US, France,Belgium,Spain, India,Argentina...
ERP5Python,Zope,MySQL
GPL based on unifiedmodel
Brazil,France,Germany, JapanSénégal
Fedena Ruby Apache LicenseERP forSchools/Universities
India
FrontAccounting PHP,MySQL
GPL Branched fromWebERP
GNU Enterprise Python GPLv3
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HeliumV Java AGPL ERP for small andmedium businesses
Austria,Germany
JFire
Java LGPL
KualiFoundation
Java
LedgerSMB Perl GPL
OFBizApache,
Java
Apache License 2.0ERP for small and
medium businesses
OpenProPHP,MySQL
MPL ERP for small andmedium businesses
USA
Openbravo Java
Openbravo PublicLicense (OBPL), afree softwarelicense based onthe Mozilla PublicLicense (MPL)
Spain
OpenERPPython,PostgreSQL
AGPLv3, OpenERPPublic License
formerly Tiny ERPBelgium,India, USA
Opentaps Java AGPLv3Can run inthe Amazon EC2cloud
Worldwide
PostbooksC++, JavaScript,PostgreSQL
CPAL Produced by XTuple, uses Qt framework
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There are many vendors of ERP software in the market, of which SAP AG is the largest
vendor in the world. Here are the top five ERP software vendors of the world
1. SAP AG
2. Oracle Applications
3. The Sage Group
4. Microsoft Dynamics
5. SSA Global Technologies
1. SAP AG is a German global software corporation that provides enterprise
software applications and support to businesses of all sizes globally. SAP is the largest
enterprise software company in the world. The company's best known products are its
SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (SAP ERP) and SAP Business Objects software. The
current version is SAP ERP 6.0 and is part of the SAP Business Suite. Its previousname was R/3. The "R" of SAP R/3 stood for realtime – even though it is not a realtime
solution. The number 3 related to the 3-tier architecture: database, application
server and client (SAPgui). R/2, which ran on a Mainframe architecture, was the
predecessor of R/3. Before R/2 came System RF, later dubbed R/1.
SAP ECC is one of five enterprise applications in SAP's Business Suite. The other four
applications are:
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) – helps companies acquire and retain
customers, gain marketing and customer insight
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) – helps manufacturers with product-related
information
Supply Chain Management (SCM) – helps companies with the process of
resourcing its manufacturing and service processes
SQL-LedgerPerl,PostgreSQL
GPL
Tryton Python GPLv3 started as a fork of OpenERP
WebERPPHP,MySQL
GPLv2 LAMP based system
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Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) – enables companies to procure from
suppliers
Other major product offerings include: the NetWeaver platform, Governance, Risk and
Compliance (GRC) solutions, Duet (joint offering with Microsoft), Performance
Management solutions and RFID. SAP offers SOA capabilities (calling it Enterprise
SOA) in the form of web services that are wrapped around its applications.
The following are the details of the system requirement and the complete modules:
A) ENVIRONMENTS FOR SAP
1. Supported Hardware for SAP ERP
SAP can be installed on the following systems. The functionality andprogramming technique is same for all systems.
1.1. HP
1.2. IBM
1.3. Sun
1.4. AT&T
1.5. AS400
1.6. Bull
1.7. Sequent
1.8. SNI
1.9. Compaq Digital
2. Supported Database for SAP ERP
SAP is a back-end-free ERP system. That means the following Database can beused in SAP software. The functionality/programming technique is same forall database system.
2.1. Oracle
2.2. MS SQL
2.3. Informix2.4. Sybase
2.5. Adabas D
2.6. DB2 for AIX
2.7. DB2/400
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3. Supported Operating System for SAP
SAP can be installed on the following platforms (Operating systems):
3.1. MS Windows NT
3.2. OS/400
3.3. Unix
3.4. Solaris
3.5. AIX
3.6. HP UX
3.7. Sinux
B) Complete SAP Modules:
1. SAP Basis
1.1. Security (BC - SEC)
1.2. Application Link Enabling (ALE)
1.3. Remote Function Calls (RFC)
1.4. Object Linking and Embedding (OLE)
1.5. Common Program Interface Communications (CPI-C)
1.6. Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
1.7. Customizing (BC-CUS)
1.8. ABAP Programming and Runtime Environment (BC - ABA)
1.9. Client Server Technology (BC - CST)
1.10. Network Integration (BC - NET)
1.11. Basis Services/ Communication Interfaces (BC - SRV)
1.12. Computing Center Management System (BC - CCM)
1.13. Upgrade General (BC - UPG)
1.14. Change and Transport System (BC - CTS)
1.15. Operating System Platform(BC - OP)
1.16. Database Interface, database platforms (BC - DB)
1.17. Front End Services (BC - FES)
1.18. ABAP Workbench (BC - DWB)
1.19. Documentation and Translation Tools (BC - DOC)
1.20. Controls and Control Framework (BC - CI)
1.21. Business Management (BC - BMT)
1.22. Middleware (BC - MID)
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1.23. Computer Aided Test Tool (BC - CAT)
1.24. Ready to Run R/3 (BC - BRR)
1.25. Authorisations System Monitoring with CCMS Workload Alert Monitor
2. ABAP/4 Programming
2.1 ABAP Workbench
2.2 Menu Painter
2.3 Screen Painter
2.4 Data Dictionary
2.5 SAP Script
2.6 Business Workflow (BC - WF)
2.7 ALE
2.8 EDI
2.9 Business Connector
2.10 Business Server Pages
2.11 Internet Application Server
2.12 Mercator Report Painter
2.13 ALV reporting
2.14 Report writer
2.15 Dialog Programming
2.16 Repository Information System2.17 ABAP 00
2.18 IDOCS
2.19 LSMW
2.20 Smartforms
2.21 EBP
2.22 ASAP methodology
2.23 ABAP Query
3. SAP FI (Financial Accounting)
3.1. General Ledger Accounting (FI - GL)
3.2. Special Ledger (FI - SL)
3.3. Extended Ledger
3.4. Accounts Payable (FI- AP)
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3.5. Accounts Receivable (FI - AR)
3.6. Asset Accounting (FI - AA)
3.7. Bank Accounting
3.8. Funds Management (FI - FM)
3.9. Travel Management (FI-TM)
3.10. Consolidation
4. SAP CO (Controlling)
4.1. Cost Centre Accounting (CO - CCA)
4.2. Overhead Cost Controlling (CO - OM)
4.3. Activity Based Coding (CO - ABC)
4.4. Product Cost Controlling (CO - PC)
4.5. Profitability Analysis (CO - PA)
4.6. Material Ledger (CO - ML)
5. SAP EC (Enterprise Controlling)
5.1. Consolidation (EC - CS)
5.2. Executive Information System (EC-EIS)
5.3. Profit Center Accounting (EC - PCA)
5.4. Business Planning and Budgeting
6. SAP TR (Treasury)
6.1. Cash Management (TR - CM)
6.2. Loans Management (TR - LM)
6.3. Market Risk Management (TR - MRM)
6.4. Treasury Management (TR - TM)
6.5. Funds Management (TR - FM)
6.6. Information System
7. SAP IM (Investment Management)
7.1. Investment Programmes
7.2. Investment Measures (orders/products)
7.3. Corporation Wide Budgeting
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7.4. Appropriation Requests
7.5. Automatic Settlement of Fixed Assets
7.6. Depreciation Forecast
7.7. Information System
8. SAP HR (Human Resource)
8.1. Recruitment
8.2. Personnel Administration
8.3. Benefits Administration
8.4. Compensation Management
8.5. Personnel Development
8.6. Organizational Management
8.7. Travel Management
8.8. Training and Events Management
8.9. Personnel Planning
8.10. Time Management
8.11. Incentive
8.12. Wages
8.13. Workflow
8.14. Payroll
8.15. Internet Scenarios
8.16. Information System
9. SAP SD (Sales and Distribution)
9.1. Master Data
9.2. Sales
9.3. Sales Support
9.4. Sales Information System
9.5. Billing
9.6. Special Business Transactions
9.7. Shipping
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9.8. Transportation
9.9. Credit Control
9.10. QM in SD
9.11. Internet
9.12. Foreign Trade
9.13. Electronic Data Interchange
10. SAP Logistics Information System
10.1. Purchasing Information System
10.2. Sales Information System
10.3. Inventory Controlling 10.4. Retail Information System
10.5. Production Planning and Control Information System
10.6. Plant Maintenance Information System
10.7. Project Information System
11. SAP MM (Materials Management)
11.1. Purchasing
11.2. Invoice Verification
11.3. Logistics (General)
11.4. Logistics Information System
11.5. Inventory Management
11.6. Inventory / Valuations
11.7. Materials Planning
11.8.
Workflow 11.9. External Services Management
11.10. QM in MM
11.11. Warehouse Management
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12. SAP PM (Plant Maintenance)
12.1. Preventative Maintenance
12.2. Maintenance Order Management
12.3. Maintenance Projects
12.4. Service Management
12.5. Maintenance Planning
12.6. Equipment and Technical Objects
12.7. Structuring Technical Systems
12.8. PM Processing
12.9. Work Clearance Management
12.10. Internet Scenarios
12.11. Customising
12.12. Information System
13. SAP PP (Production Planning)
13.1. Make to Order (CR)
13.2. Make to Order (PIR)
13.3. Repetitive Manufacturing
13.4. PP for Process Industries (PP - PI)
13.5. PP - Processes
13.6. Sales and Operations Planning
13.7. Capacity requirements
13.8. Master Planning
13.9. KANBAN
13.10. Production Orders
13.11. Product Cost Planning
13.12. Plant Data Collection
13.13. Assembly Orders
13.14. Information System
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14. SAP QM - Quality Management
14.1. Planning
14.2. Inspections
14.3. Notifications
14.4. Control
14.5. Certificates
14.6. Test Equipment Management
14.7. QM-IS
15. SAP BW (Business Warehousing)
15.1. Data Warehousing
15.2. BI Suite - Business Explorer
15.3. BI Platform
15.4. ODS Structures
15.5. Development Technologies
15.6. Info Cube
15.7. Design Build
16. SAP CS (Customer Service)
16.1. Service Processing
16.2. Controlling
16.3. Service Contracts
16.4. Workflow in Customer Service
17.
SAP SMB
17.1. SAP SMB
18. SAP CA (Cross Application Components)
18.1. SAP Business Workflow
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18.2. Application Link Enabling (ALE)
19. SAP PS (Project Systems)
19.1. Basic Data
19.2. Operational Structures
19.3. Project Planning
19.4. Approval
19.5. Information System
19.6. Project Execution and Integration
19.7. Work Breakdown Structure
20. mySAP SRM (Supplier Relationship Management)
20.1. Self Service Procurement
20.2. Service Procurement
20.3. Plan Driven Procurement
20.4. Spend Analysis
20.5. Strategic Sourcing
20.6. Catalogue Content Management
21. mySAP SEM
21.1. Business Consolidation (SEM-BCS)
21.2. Business Information Collection (SEM-BIC)
21.3. Business Planning and Simulation (BW-BPS)
21.4. Corporate Performance Monitor (SEM-CPM)
21.5. Stakeholder Relationship Management (SEM-SRM)
22. mySAP CRM (Customer Relationship Management)
22.1. CRM Enterprise
22.2. Field Applications
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22.3. Interaction Center
22.4. E-Commerce
22.5. Channel Management
22.6. Industry Specific CRM
23. mySAP Product Life Cycle Management
23.1. Document Management
23.2. Engineering Change Management
23.3. Enterprise Content Management
23.4. Classification
23.5. Basic Data for Process Manufacturing
24. SAP SCM (SAP Supply Chain Management)
24.1. SCM Process and Business Scenarios
24.2. SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
24.3. SAP Advance Planning and Optimization (SAP - APO)
24.4. SAP Inventory Collaboration Hub (SAP - OCH)
24.5. SAP Event Management (SAP - EM)
24.6. SCM Basis
25. SAP Netweaver
25.1. SAP Masterdata Management
25.2. Information Integration
25.3. Portal Content
25.4. Process Integration
25.5. Knowledge Management
25.6. Life Cycle Management
25.7. SAP Business Intelligence
25.8. SAP Visual Composer
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25.9. People Integration
25.10. Application Platform
25.11. SAP Web Application Server
25.12. SAP Business Information Warehouse
25.13. SAP Solution Manager
25.14. SAP Enterprise Portal
25.15. SAP Mobile Engine
25.16. Security
26. SAP IS (Industry Solutions) / SAP for Industries
SAP has the following industries specific solutions: 26.1. Aerospace & Defence
26.2. Consumer Products
26.3. Defence & Security
26.4. Retail
26.5. Insurance
26.6. Mill Products
26.7. Higher Education & Research
26.8. Industrial Machinery & Components
26.9. Logistics Service Providers
26.10. Automotive
26.11. Chemicals
26.12. Pharmaceuticals
26.13. Banking
26.14. Telecoms
26.15. Life Sciences
26.16. Mining
26.17. Public Sector
26.18. Service Provider
26.19. Media
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26.20. Healthcare
26.21. Oil & Gas
26.22. Utilities
26.23. Postal Services
Besides the above functionalities and flexibilities, SAP also adding new features, new
modules, new environment and new industry specific solutions to its flagship ERP
product continuously.
From the above list of diversify functionality, industry-specific solution with
hardware and database independency depicts the power of SAP in the arena
of ERP world.
2. Oracle Applications comprise the applications software or business
software of Oracle Corporation. The term refers to the non-database parts of Oracle
Corporation's software portfolio. Oracle Corporation released Oracle E-Business
Suite — a bundling of several Oracle Applications — in February 2007. E-Business
Suite consists of a collection of enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer
relationship management (CRM), and supply-chain management (SCM) computer
applications either developed by or acquired by Oracle. The software utilizes Oracle's
core Oracle relational database management system technology. The E-Business Suite
contains several product lines, including:
Customer Relationship Management
Enterprise resource planning
Financial Management
Human Capital Management
Project Portfolio Management
Procurement
Oracle Advanced Procurement[3]
Oracle Sourcing
[4]
Product Life-cycle Management
Supply Chain Management
Supply Chain Planning
Logistics & Transportation Management
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Order Management
Price Management
Manufacturing
Discrete Manufacturing
Process Manufacturing
Oracle Financial Applications
The Oracle E-Business Suite provides a set of financial applications used extensively
in businesses around the world. Oracle Corporation groups these applications into
"suites", which it defines as sets of common, integrated applications designed to
execute specific business processes.
RDBMS infrastructure and includes applications such as:
Oracle Assets
Oracle General Ledger
Oracle Payables
Oracle Receivables
Oracle Cash Management
Oracle Project Portfolio Management Applications
Oracle Project Billing
Oracle Project Collaboration
Oracle Project Contracts
Oracle Project Costing
Oracle Daily Business Intelligence
Oracle Project Management
Oracle Project Portfolio Analysis
Oracle Project Resource
Other
Additional Oracle E-business Suite products include:
Oracle Bills of Material
Oracle Capacity
Oracle CRM (in the process of integration with Siebel)
Oracle Advanced Planning & Scheduling
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Oracle Business Intelligence
Oracle Engineering
Oracle HRMS
Oracle Inventory
Oracle Integrated Receiving (Brazil localization)
Oracle MRP
Oracle Order Entry
Oracle Order Fulfillment (order to cash process)
Oracle Payroll
[Purchasing process|Oracle Purchasing]
Oracle Receivables
Oracle TMS (Transportation/G-Log)
Oracle Work in Process
Oracle Process manufacturing
Oracle Federal Administration
Oracle Sales
3. Microsoft Dynamics is a line of ERP (enterprise resource planning) and CRM
(customer relationship management) applications developed by the Microsoft Business
Solutions group withinMicrosoft. an enterprise resource planning application
primarily geared toward midsize organizations as well as subsidiaries and divisions of
larger organizations. Microsoft Dynamics ERP includes five primary products:
Microsoft Dynamics AX (formerly Axapta)
Microsoft Dynamics GP (formerly Great Plains Software)
Microsoft Dynamics NAV (formerly Navision)
Microsoft Dynamics SL (formerly Solomon IV)
Microsoft Dynamics C5 (formerly Concorde C5)
Also included are retail solutions: Microsoft Dynamics CRM is a multi-lingual
customer relationship management application from Microsoft that provides sales,
service, and marketing capabilities, and includes Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online.
Management Reporter for Microsoft Dynamics ERP is a financial reporting and
analysis solution. Users can easily create income statements, balance sheet
statements, cash flow statements and other financial reports without needing IT
assistance. Reports can be stored in a centralized Report Library along with external
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supporting files. Security on reports and files may be controlled using Windows
Authentication and SQL Server.
(i) Microsoft Dynamics AX is one of Microsoft’ s enterprise resource
planning software products.
Features (modules): Microsoft Dynamics AX contains 19 core modules :
Traditional core (since Axapta 2.5)
General Ledger, composed of ledger, sales tax, currency and fixed assets features
Bank Management, where cash is received and paid out
Customer Relationship Management (CRM), where Business Relations (customers,
vendors, and leads) are contacted and maintained
Accounts Receivable, where orders are entered, shipped and invoiced
Accounts Payable, where purchase orders are issued and goods received into
inventory
Inventory Management, where Inventory is valued and managed
Master Planning, where purchase and production planning takes place
Production, where bill of materials is defined and manufacturing is tracked
Product Builder, where product models are created and maintained
Human Resources, where employee information is kept
Project Accounting, where projects are created and tracked primarily from an
accounting perspective
Basic, where data configuration is performed
Administration Module, where system configuration is performed
Extended core
The following modules are part of the core of AX 2009 (AX 5.0) and available on a per-
license basis in AX 4.0 :
Shop Floor Control
Cost Accounting
Balanced Scorecards
Service Management
Expense Management
Payroll Management[9]
Environmental Management[10]
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External components
Several external components are also available:
Enterprise Portal for Dynamics AX (built on Sharepoint Services)
Microsoft SQL Reporting Services integration
Microsoft SQL Analysis services (KPIs)
Project server Integration
WorkFlow
Application Integration Framework (Webservices + Biztalk adapter)
A .Net Business Connector for third party software (A COM adapter is also
available)
Microsoft Dynamics Mobile 1.5 development tools
Architecture
The Microsoft Dynamics AX software is composed of four major components:
The Database Server, a database that stores the Microsoft Dynamics AX data
The File Server, a folder containing the Microsoft Dynamics AX application files
The Application Object Server(s) (AOS), a service that controls all aspects of
Microsoft Dynamics AX's operation
The Client(s), the actual user interface into Microsoft Dynamics AX
(ii) Microsoft Dynamics GP is a mid-market business accounting software or ERP
Software package marketed in North America, South America, UK and Ireland,
the Middle East, Singapore, and Australia and New Zealand, it is used in many
additional countries with partner supported localizations. It uses
either Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or 2008 to store data. It is one of four
accounting packages acquired by Microsoft that now share the Microsoft
Dynamics Business Solutions brand. Dynamics GP is written in a language
called Dexterity.
Modules
Microsoft Dynamics GP is organized in Series, each of which contains several
modules. The typical Series are Financial, Sales, Purchasing, Inventory, Project,
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Payroll, Manufacturing, Company and System. The latter two contain all the
necessary modules to configure various company wide and system wide
options. Each Series involves a full cycle of transactions for that particular
Series, for example, the Sales Series implements the Quote to Cash process. In
addition to the typical "out-of-the-box" modules, Microsoft's community of
Independent Software Vendors (ISV) has developed a number of add-ons and
verticals, all generally referred to as Third Party applications, which
complement or enhance the existing functionality of the application. These are
also written in Dexterity, and so look and function in the same way as
Dynamics GP standard modules.
(iii) Microsoft Dynamics NAV is an enterprise resource
planning (ERP) software product from Microsoft. The product is part of
the Microsoft Dynamics family, and intended to assist with finance,
manufacturing, customer relationship management, supply
chains, analytics and electronic commerce for small and medium-sized
enterprises. Value-added resellers (VAR)s can have full access to the business
logic source code, and it has a reputation as being easy to customize.
Features
As of 2006, NAV is licensed using the "Business Ready License" (BRL) model.
The customer purchases user sessions, which have access to certain parts of
the system included. There are two types of user - Business Essentials (BE) and
Advanced Management (AM); AM provides access to more functionality than BE.
Under the previous licensing model, "Module Based License" (MBL), users came
with no functionality - this all had to be bought separately. Microsoft offers a
path for customers to transition from MBL to BRL licensing.
The product gives administrators the option of using either a native database
server (now called 'Classic') or Microsoft SQL Server, as the DBMS. SQL Server
is better able to cope with large database sizes, but requires more maintenance
than the classic database. The original database server is often referred to as
'C/SIDE' which refers to Client/Server Integrated Development Environment.
Relative to Microsoft's other 3 ERP products, Dynamics NAV's sector is
distribution and manufacturing companies that want more than "out of the
box" functionality. The solution has a standard feature set, but it can also be
thought of as an "ERP System construction set". The Pascal-like development
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language is easily accessible to appropriate developers and is designed for
rapidly customizing the software. There is no need for complex server
side Transact-SQL stored procedures as the one language manages the
application and database.
(iv) Microsoft Dynamics SL is one of Microsoft’ s enterprise resource
planning software products for project-driven small- and medium-sized
enterprises. It is part of the Microsoft Dynamics product family.
Microsoft Dynamics SL is best known for its project-based ERP strengths with a
connection to Microsoft Office Project Server, a member of the Microsoft
Office family. This comprehensive business management solution provides
project-, service-, and distribution-driven businesses with project
management and project accounting functionality to help organizations
effectively manage projects and improve profitability and efficiency. The
functionality includes finance, project accounting, manufacturing, field
services, supply chain management, analytics, and electronic commerce.
Project-based ERP Industry Features
Microsoft Dynamics SL provides ERP project functionality to assist professional
services, government, construction, and distribution industries with the features they
need to better manage their projects.
The solution provides professional services organizations with functionality to managepeople and finances while maintaining profitability for client services and projects.
Microsoft Dynamics SL supports accurate budgeting and cost forecasting, time and
expense entry, complex allocations, unlimited billing formats, change order control,
contract administration, local and Web-based project analysis, employee
utilization/realization, proactive alerts, and workflow. Microsoft Dynamics SL provides
government contractors with functionality that helps them meet Defense Contract
Audit Agency (DCAA) audit requirements. In the construction industry, Microsoft
Dynamics SL provides general contractors and residential homebuilders with project
management, job cost, materials management, service call entry, receiving, billing,
and sales capabilities to allow the management of complex job sites while lowering
costs, reducing project delays, and improving customer service. Microsoft Dynamics
SL provides distribution-focused organizations with inventory, receiving, billing, and
sales solutions. The functionality is designed to help organizations reduce distribution
costs and inventory, and streamline processes while improving customer service
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(v) Microsoft Dynamics C5 is an enterprise resource planning (ERP) software
product from Microsoft.
The product is part of the Microsoft Dynamics family, and intended to assist
with finance, manufacturing, supply chains, analytics and electronic
commerce for small and medium-sized enterprises. Value-added resellers
(VAR)s as well as customers can have full access to the business logic source
code, and it has a reputation as being easy to customize.
Features
The program come installed with all modules. The customer can unlock a
module by purchasing a license key. Like with all Dynamics products only a
very limited number of dealers are allowed to sell the license keys to ensure
market and price control.
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