3. Conduct
research on an ERP package, such as Microsoft Dynamics GP or Microsoft Dynamics
NAV, for small – to – medium
sized (SME) organizations (between $30m and $ 1b in revenue). Compare that
package for available modules, functionality, and so on to the SAP system.
According to Guy Weismantel,
director of ERP marketing at Microsoft Dynamics, the company focuses on a
couple of areas. The first is the needs of its largest customers, which are
mid-sized enterprises and subsidiaries of global organization in key verticals:
retail, manufacturing, professional services, public sector and distribution.
Next are those customers that desire an ERP solution for improved financials
and operations, or who require ERP tailored to a specific market. Business
software is often primarily a reactive tool, detecting problems instead of
emerging trends, and complexity can slow the ability of companies to make
critically needed business process changes, said Weismantel. "Business
software should be a critical enabler, facilitating decisions and proactively
driving change into practice," he said. "Microsoft Dynamics is
committed to a vision of software that fulfills this promise, evolving for a
changing world to enable the dynamic business." While, SAP ERP (SAP.com/ERP) is a suite comprising full
financials, human resources (HR), operations, procurement, treasury and other
business functions. It offers a single technology stack via NetWeaver that
supports ERP, CRM, BI, analytics, performance management, governance, risk and
compliance, and other elements. The basic idea is to simplify implementation
and ongoing maintenance, and lower total cost of ownership (TCO)."SAP's
ERP architecture is completely real-time, unlike other vendors who require
batch postings to transfer information between interfaced ERP systems,"
said Himmelberger. "A new feature known as the Switch Framework enables
users to implement upgraded business features as needed, without
re-implementation or disruptive system maintenance." SAP doesn't focus on
any specific verticals. It tends to play well in just about all of them and
lists dozens of links to specialized ERP implementations on its site. "SAP's ERP
customer base is the largest and broadest in the industry," said
Himmelberger. "Recent growth continues to be double-digit, and even higher
in emerging economies."
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