ERP stands for Enterprise Resource Planning Software and is an integrated computer-based system used to manage a company’s resources effectively. It ensures smooth information amongst various departments in an enterprise or a company and manages workflows.
- SAP
- Baan
- JD Edwards (now acquired by Oracle)
- Siebel
- Peoplesoft (now acquired by Oracle)
- Microsoft Dynamics
- SAP stands for Systems Applications and Products in Data Processing. It was founded in 1972 by Wellenreuther, Hopp, Hector, Plattner, and Tschira and is a German Company.SAP is the name of the company, as well as its ERP product.
SAP is #1 in the ERP market. As of 2010, SAP has more than 140,000 installations worldwide, over 25 industry-specific business solutions, and more than 75,000 customers in 120 countries.
- SAP R/3 – It succeeds SAP R/2 and is a market leader in ERP. R/3 stands for three-tier architecture, i.e., Presentation, Logic, and Data tier. It has many modules like SD, FI, HR, etc. which encompass almost all enterprise departments.mySAP – It is a suite of SAP products which apart from SAP R/3 also includes SRM, PLM, CRM, SCM
- NetWeaver is an integrated technology platform such that all the products in the mySAP suite can run on a single instance of NetWeaver, known as SAP Web Application Server (SAP WEBAs).The advantage of using NetWeaver is that you can access SAP data using the web (HTTP protocol) or even mobile. Thus, you can save on costs involved in training users on SAP Client-side GUI.