Oscar Ivan Castro Urrea

ERP COMMERCIAL SOLUTIONS

• SAP Business One: With an SAP ERP system a company could their efficiency by simplify
the processes that an enterprise could have, beside that and monitor all the process
because of the simplification of data.

Example: Burger king, because of the pandemic they decided to invest in new
technologies to help them in the logistics, thanks to the ERP system they were able to
survive the crisis of COVID-19 by adapting their business process into a more delivery
type of service.

Advantages Disadvantages
1. Provides information across 1. Implementing an ERP system
departments in real time. doesn’t assure a company that it
2. Provides control over various will have more revenue.
business processes. 2. In some business it couldn’t work
an ERP system because of their
business model.

• Microsoft Dynamics NAV: Thanks that the company is connected with MD is easy to
create an automated system that can make processes without the need of confirmation
from other areas. For example, the process of making an order could become so much
easier for the customers.
Example: Macy’s, one of the biggest retail stores of USA, bring their call center
employees the capacity to place orders directly without the necessity to check with the
storage or the shipping department making the process automatic as soon as a client
place an order over the phone.

Advantages Disadvantages
1. The process becomes faster. 1. The company must educate their
2. Is easier for the customers, employees to understand the
increasing their satisfaction. processes of other areas.
2. Because is no other filters in case
that an employee makes a
mistake it will directly affect the
customer.

• Acumatica: Employees from different departments can verify the information in

Advantages Disadvantages
1. It saves time by having of the 1. All the information must be
important information of a updated because in case that it
company in only one part. doesn’t it would create conflicts
2. The work becomes more with the rest of departments.
efficient because all the 2. Because all the information is in
company is connected and the one place in case that system fails
can the know the status of the the company will have issues to
company in real time. adapt in a short period of time.

• Oracle E-Business Suite: In some companies it is possible that they have an unify system
with their supplier, allowing them to check their inventory or shipping time creating a
more efficient management.
Example: Amazon, one of the most successful companies in the world have the necessity
to be always in touch with their suppliers beside of paying attention that they have the
inventory for their customers, that why the need a very efficient ERP system in order to
accomplish all that in a short period of time.

Advantages Disadvantages
1. Real time information of the 1. Having a more complex ERP
amount of inventory and database creating a small range
shipping status. of mistake.
2. Be able to plan the demand of the 2. Found a supplier that have the
customers in advance with same type of ERP system to work
accurate information. together.

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Companies Using Oracle E-Business Suite, Market Share, Customers and Competitors. (s. f.). HG

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Companies Using SAP | Central Michigan University. (s. f.). Central Michigan University.

https://www.cmich.edu/colleges/cba/academic_programs/Certification/sapua/Pages/

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