3. Oracle Application
Oracle Applications is the ERP package which has been developedby Oracle
Corporation.
The company has been present in the software market for quite a long time with its
proven and time tested Oracle products
4. Architecture
Late entrant (1985+)
Genuine client server but more of 2 Tier
Grown from financials and manufacturing
Less tight integration compared to others
DBMS driven rather than application driven
• Loosely coupled systems
5. Strengths
Industry leader in the enterprise market
Everyone needs Oracle “engine” Great Gill
Internal “beta site”
Outstanding “courseware”
Focused applications in specific areas
6. Weakness
Dual Product (DBMS and ERP)
Lacks tighter integration
Belated support to
Windows NTNon model-
based development
Not strong in India (though very strong in DBMS in
India)
7. Opportunities
Established clients easily move to Oracle Apps
Financial services industry
Manufacturing industry
Special solution for Oil and Gas industry
Special solution for media industry
8. Threats
Dominance of SAP
ERP is reference based industry
Consultants’ indifference
Technology dominated approach versus Business
dominated approach
9. BAAN IV
The Baan Company is a worldwide leader in enterprise wide business software
applications and consulting services for companies in the hybrid manufacturing,
automotive, electronics, process and heavy equipment and project services industries
Its corporate mission is to provide companies with innovative business software
solutions which are aligned with a company’s organizational structure, business
practices andoperational procedures.
10. Architecture
Unix and Client Server (1978+)
Uses object technology more than anyone else
Quick to adapt to new technology - DCOM
DEM Model based application development
Well documented three phase development
11. Weaknesses
Small compared to SAP
DEM not fully integrated with product No industry specific solutions
Late entrant into Fortune 100 companies Not very large site
Limited client base
Yet to break into major accounts Courseware availability Training
infrastructure
12. Opportunities
Growing faster due to technology leadership
SME Sector
New “packaged” option reduces time/cost implementation
Conducive organizational style for innovation
13. Threats
No new major accounts to capture (they are all gone)
SAP’s ability to do cost cutting
Less aggressive marketing
• CIO’s backing SAP RJ3
14. SAP /3:
SAP was founded in 1972 and has grown to become the world’s leading software
company’ SAP is a German company but operates all over the world,
six partner companies maintaining offices in 40 countries.
SAP is both the name of the company and the ERP package The SAP system comprises
anumber of fully integrated modules which cover every aspect of business
management
The system has been developed to meet the increasing needs of commercial and other
organizations that are striving for greater efficiency and effectiveness.
15. Architecture
Both mainframe, (RJ2) (1975+)
Client Server (RJ3) (1988+)
Internet (SAP Java, RJ3 Ver4) (1996+)
Truly scalable through n tier architecture
Large software with very large number of features (mostly unused) Robust,
industry class
16. Strengths
World leader with impressive accounts
Largest business processes embedded
Great reference model
Tools for all round support
Most generic model (not truly object based)
Support built in data warehouse
Big Six “near total” support
17. Weakness
Monolith, large software - very resource hungry
Difficult to master and use
Very expensive from every count
Overkill for many organizations
Too simplistic models
18. Opportunities
Early lead advantage
Brand Image to hold on to the market
Large consultant base
Great business model
19. Threats
Victim of early success
Market perception as “old” “overweight”
20. RAMCO MARSHAL
This Software is developed by the Indian Company which has a good global base in the
field of ERP.
The company has excellent Research and Development facilities to help it in
developing world class ERP solutions.
21. Architecture
Client server Architecture (1989+) Wedded to Microsoft
Win NT (Unix), Great Gill, SQL Server DCOM Based
Well integrated suite from grounds-up Designed for distribution
22. Strengths
Engineered using 80s technology
Focus using Microsoft Technology
GUI including multimedia support
Early learning through internal use
Global client base
1000+ Engineers in Chennai
Better support for Indian clients
23. Weakness
Not available on many platforms
Does not support n tier architecture
Non robust software engineering
Lacks access to ‘‘world class practices”
Implementation Methodology not well developed
Blessing of Big Six consultants, Rating Agencies
Opportunities
World class software product from India
Access to high quality, large pool of manpower
Partnership with Microsoft - with the winning combination (Wintelco)
Single product
“Swadeshi” spirit
Better support due to limited platform