Potential ERP Systems - E-Business Suite (Oracle)

ERP systems are Enterprise Resource Planning systems. These systems integrate information that is essential to running a business, including inventory and order management, financials, human resources, project management, manufacturing management, inventory management, purchasing management, quality management, sales management and product technology.

Being a Supply Chain professional, you may be involved in choosing an ERP System vendor. Research would need to be done to evaluate and select the most appropriate ERP software for your needs. As a Supply Chain professional not only may you be involved in a SWOT Analysis, but you will also be using some of the systems the ERP software offers to do your day to day responsibilities.

Potential ERP Systems - E-Business Suite (Oracle)

• What are the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) relative to your ERP vendor? Use information / data / graphs from your online research to justify your answers.

Provide the following information on your assigned ERP system:

• What Modules (finance, sales, procurement, manufacturing etc) does the software provide?
• What are the costs or how does the software compare cost wise with other systems?
• What industries is this ERP system typically used in?oWhat are the size of the companies that typically use this system?
• What ratings are given to this software system?oIs this ERP software system an on premise or cloud based system?
• What platforms (Mac OS, Windows, Linux) is this ERP software system compatible with?
• Other interesting information - example - well-known companies that use ito Customer reviews
• Implementation ease/ stories of companies' experiences, etc.