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An Overview of ERP

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) integrates internal and external management

information across an entire organization, embracing

finance/accounting, manufacturing, sales and service, customer relationshipmanagement, etc. ERP systems automate this activity with an

integrated software application. Its purpose is to facilitate the flow of information

between all business functions inside the boundaries of the organization and manage

the connections to outside stakeholders. ERP systems can run on a variety 

of hardware and network configurations, typically employing a database as a

repository for information.

ERP systems typically include the following characteristics:

  An integrated system that operates in real time (or next to real time), without

relying on periodic updates.

  A common database, which supports all applications.

  A consistent look and feel throughout each module.

  Installation of the system without elaborate application/data integration by the

Information Technology (IT) department.

Finance/Accounting

General ledger, payables, cash management, fixed

assets, receivables, budgeting, consolidationHuman resources

payroll, training, benefits, 401K, recruiting, diversity management

Manufacturing

Engineering, bill of materials, work orders, scheduling, capacity, workflow

management, quality control, cost management, manufacturing process,

manufacturing projects, manufacturing flow, activity based costing, product

lifecycle management

Supply chain management

Order to cash, inventory, order entry, purchasing, product configurator, supply 

chain planning, supplier scheduling, inspection of goods, claim processing,

commissions

Project management

Costing, billing, time and expense, performance units, activity management

Customer relationship management

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Sales and marketing, commissions, service, customer contact, call

center support

Data services

Various "self  – service" interfaces for customers, suppliers and/or employees

Access control

Management of user privileges for various processes

 The below table shows the list of some free and open source ERP Software.

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ERP PackageLanguage

BaseLicense Other Info

DeveloperCountry

A1 ERP  JavaAlliance Technologies

License (ATL)

ERP for Mid-Largebusinesses

Kenya

Adempiere    Java GPL started as a fork of Compiere

Spain

BlueErpPHP,MySQL,PostgreSQL 

GPL 

 

Compiere  Java GPL /CommercialAcquired by ConsonaCorporation in June2010

DolibarrPHP,MySQL,PostgreSQL 

GPL ERP/CRM for SME,freelancers orfoundations

US, France,Belgium,Spain, India,Argentina...

ERP5Python,Zope,MySQL 

GPL based on unifiedmodel

Brazil,France,Germany, JapanSénégal

Fedena Ruby  Apache LicenseERP forSchools/Universities

India

FrontAccounting PHP,MySQL 

GPL  Branched fromWebERP

GNU Enterprise Python GPLv3

 

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HeliumV  Java AGPL ERP for small andmedium businesses

Austria,Germany 

 JFire 

 Java LGPL  

KualiFoundation

 Java

LedgerSMB Perl GPL 

 

OFBizApache,

 Java

Apache License 2.0ERP for small and

medium businesses

OpenProPHP,MySQL 

MPL ERP for small andmedium businesses

USA

Openbravo  Java

Openbravo PublicLicense (OBPL), afree softwarelicense based onthe Mozilla PublicLicense (MPL)

Spain

OpenERPPython,PostgreSQL 

AGPLv3, OpenERPPublic License

formerly Tiny ERPBelgium,India, USA

Opentaps  Java AGPLv3Can run inthe Amazon EC2cloud

Worldwide

PostbooksC++, JavaScript,PostgreSQL 

CPAL Produced by XTuple, uses Qt framework

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 There are many vendors of ERP software in the market, of which SAP AG is the largest

vendor in the world. Here are the top five ERP software vendors of the world

1.  SAP AG

2.  Oracle Applications

3.   The Sage Group

4.  Microsoft Dynamics

5.  SSA Global Technologies

1. SAP AG is a German global software corporation that provides enterprise

software applications and support to businesses of all sizes globally. SAP is the largest

enterprise software company in the world. The company's best known products are its

SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (SAP ERP) and SAP Business Objects software. The

current version is SAP ERP 6.0 and is part of the SAP Business Suite. Its previousname was R/3. The "R" of SAP R/3 stood for realtime  – even though it is not a realtime

solution. The number 3 related to the 3-tier architecture: database, application

server and client (SAPgui). R/2, which ran on a Mainframe architecture, was the

predecessor of R/3. Before R/2 came System RF, later dubbed R/1.

SAP ECC is one of five enterprise applications in SAP's Business Suite. The other four

applications are:

  Customer Relationship Management (CRM)  – helps companies acquire and retain

customers, gain marketing and customer insight

  Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)  – helps manufacturers with product-related

information

  Supply Chain Management (SCM)  – helps companies with the process of 

resourcing its manufacturing and service processes

SQL-LedgerPerl,PostgreSQL 

GPL 

 

 Tryton Python GPLv3 started as a fork of OpenERP

WebERPPHP,MySQL 

GPLv2 LAMP based system

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  Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)  – enables companies to procure from

suppliers

Other major product offerings include: the NetWeaver platform, Governance, Risk and

Compliance (GRC) solutions, Duet (joint offering with Microsoft), Performance

Management solutions and RFID. SAP offers SOA capabilities (calling it Enterprise

SOA) in the form of web services that are wrapped around its applications.

 The following are the details of the system requirement and the complete modules:

A) ENVIRONMENTS FOR SAP 

1.  Supported Hardware for SAP ERP 

SAP can be installed on the following systems. The functionality andprogramming technique is same for all systems. 

1.1. HP

1.2. IBM

1.3. Sun

1.4. AT&T 

1.5. AS400

1.6. Bull

1.7. Sequent

1.8. SNI

1.9. Compaq Digital

2.  Supported Database for SAP ERP 

SAP is a back-end-free ERP system. That means the following Database can beused in SAP software. The functionality/programming technique is same forall database system. 

2.1. Oracle

2.2. MS SQL 

2.3. Informix2.4. Sybase

2.5. Adabas D

2.6. DB2 for AIX

2.7. DB2/400

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3.  Supported Operating System for SAP 

SAP can be installed on the following platforms (Operating systems): 

3.1. MS Windows NT 

3.2. OS/400

3.3. Unix

3.4. Solaris

3.5. AIX

3.6. HP UX

3.7. Sinux

B) Complete SAP Modules:

1.  SAP Basis 

1.1. Security (BC - SEC)

1.2. Application Link Enabling (ALE)

1.3. Remote Function Calls (RFC)

1.4. Object Linking and Embedding (OLE)

1.5. Common Program Interface Communications (CPI-C)

1.6. Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

1.7. Customizing (BC-CUS)

1.8. ABAP Programming and Runtime Environment (BC - ABA)

1.9. Client Server Technology (BC - CST)

1.10. Network Integration (BC - NET)

1.11. Basis Services/ Communication Interfaces (BC - SRV)

1.12. Computing Center Management System (BC - CCM)

1.13. Upgrade General (BC - UPG)

1.14. Change and Transport System (BC - CTS)

1.15. Operating System Platform(BC - OP)

1.16. Database Interface, database platforms (BC - DB)

1.17. Front End Services (BC - FES)

1.18. ABAP Workbench (BC - DWB)

1.19. Documentation and Translation Tools (BC - DOC)

1.20. Controls and Control Framework (BC - CI)

1.21. Business Management (BC - BMT)

1.22. Middleware (BC - MID)

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1.23. Computer Aided Test Tool (BC - CAT)

1.24. Ready to Run R/3 (BC - BRR)

1.25. Authorisations System Monitoring with CCMS Workload Alert Monitor

2. ABAP/4 Programming 

2.1 ABAP Workbench

2.2 Menu Painter

2.3 Screen Painter

2.4 Data Dictionary 

2.5 SAP Script

2.6 Business Workflow (BC - WF)

2.7 ALE

2.8 EDI

2.9 Business Connector

2.10 Business Server Pages

2.11 Internet Application Server

2.12 Mercator Report Painter

2.13 ALV reporting

2.14 Report writer

2.15 Dialog Programming

2.16 Repository Information System2.17 ABAP 00

2.18 IDOCS

2.19 LSMW

2.20 Smartforms

2.21 EBP

2.22 ASAP methodology 

2.23 ABAP Query 

3.  SAP FI (Financial Accounting) 

3.1. General Ledger Accounting (FI - GL)

3.2. Special Ledger (FI - SL)

3.3. Extended Ledger

3.4. Accounts Payable (FI- AP)

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3.5. Accounts Receivable (FI - AR)

3.6. Asset Accounting (FI - AA)

3.7. Bank Accounting

3.8. Funds Management (FI - FM)

3.9. Travel Management (FI-TM)

3.10. Consolidation

4.  SAP CO (Controlling) 

4.1. Cost Centre Accounting (CO - CCA)

4.2. Overhead Cost Controlling (CO - OM)

4.3. Activity Based Coding (CO - ABC)

4.4. Product Cost Controlling (CO - PC)

4.5. Profitability Analysis (CO - PA)

4.6. Material Ledger (CO - ML)

5.  SAP EC (Enterprise Controlling) 

5.1. Consolidation (EC - CS)

5.2. Executive Information System (EC-EIS)

5.3. Profit Center Accounting (EC - PCA)

5.4. Business Planning and Budgeting

6.  SAP TR (Treasury) 

6.1. Cash Management (TR - CM)

6.2. Loans Management (TR - LM)

6.3. Market Risk Management (TR - MRM)

6.4. Treasury Management (TR - TM)

6.5. Funds Management (TR - FM)

6.6. Information System

7.  SAP IM (Investment Management) 

7.1. Investment Programmes

7.2. Investment Measures (orders/products)

7.3. Corporation Wide Budgeting

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7.4. Appropriation Requests

7.5. Automatic Settlement of Fixed Assets

7.6. Depreciation Forecast

7.7. Information System

8.  SAP HR (Human Resource) 

8.1. Recruitment

8.2. Personnel Administration

8.3. Benefits Administration

8.4. Compensation Management

8.5. Personnel Development

8.6. Organizational Management

8.7. Travel Management

8.8. Training and Events Management

8.9. Personnel Planning

8.10. Time Management

8.11. Incentive

8.12.  Wages 

8.13.  Workflow 

8.14.  Payroll 

8.15.  Internet Scenarios 

8.16.  Information System 

9.  SAP SD (Sales and Distribution) 

9.1.  Master Data 

9.2.  Sales 

9.3.  Sales Support 

9.4.  Sales Information System 

9.5.  Billing 

9.6.  Special Business Transactions 

9.7.  Shipping 

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9.8.  Transportation 

9.9.  Credit Control 

9.10.  QM in SD 

9.11.  Internet 

9.12.  Foreign Trade 

9.13.  Electronic Data Interchange 

10.  SAP Logistics Information System 

10.1.  Purchasing Information System 

10.2.  Sales Information System 

10.3.  Inventory Controlling 10.4.  Retail Information System 

10.5.  Production Planning and Control Information System 

10.6.  Plant Maintenance Information System 

10.7.  Project Information System 

11.  SAP MM (Materials Management) 

11.1.  Purchasing 

11.2.  Invoice Verification 

11.3.  Logistics (General) 

11.4.  Logistics Information System 

11.5.  Inventory Management 

11.6.  Inventory / Valuations 

11.7.  Materials Planning 

11.8. 

Workflow 11.9.  External Services Management 

11.10.  QM in MM 

11.11.  Warehouse Management 

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12.  SAP PM (Plant Maintenance) 

12.1.  Preventative Maintenance 

12.2.  Maintenance Order Management 

12.3.  Maintenance Projects 

12.4.  Service Management 

12.5.  Maintenance Planning 

12.6.  Equipment and Technical Objects 

12.7.  Structuring Technical Systems 

12.8.  PM Processing 

12.9.  Work Clearance Management 

12.10.  Internet Scenarios 

12.11.  Customising 

12.12.  Information System 

13.  SAP PP (Production Planning) 

13.1.  Make to Order (CR) 

13.2.  Make to Order (PIR) 

13.3.  Repetitive Manufacturing 

13.4.  PP for Process Industries (PP - PI) 

13.5.  PP - Processes 

13.6.  Sales and Operations Planning 

13.7.  Capacity requirements 

13.8.  Master Planning 

13.9.  KANBAN 

13.10.  Production Orders 

13.11.  Product Cost Planning 

13.12.  Plant Data Collection 

13.13.  Assembly Orders 

13.14.  Information System 

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14.  SAP QM - Quality Management 

14.1.  Planning 

14.2.  Inspections 

14.3.  Notifications 

14.4.  Control 

14.5.  Certificates 

14.6.  Test Equipment Management 

14.7.  QM-IS 

15.  SAP BW (Business Warehousing) 

15.1.  Data Warehousing 

15.2.  BI Suite - Business Explorer 

15.3.  BI Platform 

15.4.  ODS Structures 

15.5.  Development Technologies 

15.6.  Info Cube 

15.7.  Design Build 

16.  SAP CS (Customer Service) 

16.1.  Service Processing 

16.2.  Controlling 

16.3.  Service Contracts 

16.4.  Workflow in Customer Service 

17. 

SAP SMB 

17.1.  SAP SMB 

18.  SAP CA (Cross Application Components) 

18.1.  SAP Business Workflow 

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18.2.  Application Link Enabling (ALE) 

19.  SAP PS (Project Systems) 

19.1.  Basic Data 

19.2.  Operational Structures 

19.3.  Project Planning 

19.4.  Approval 

19.5.  Information System 

19.6.  Project Execution and Integration 

19.7.  Work Breakdown Structure 

20.  mySAP SRM (Supplier Relationship Management) 

20.1.  Self Service Procurement 

20.2.  Service Procurement 

20.3.  Plan Driven Procurement 

20.4.  Spend Analysis 

20.5.  Strategic Sourcing 

20.6.  Catalogue Content Management 

21.  mySAP SEM 

21.1.  Business Consolidation (SEM-BCS) 

21.2.  Business Information Collection (SEM-BIC) 

21.3.  Business Planning and Simulation (BW-BPS) 

21.4.  Corporate Performance Monitor (SEM-CPM) 

21.5.  Stakeholder Relationship Management (SEM-SRM) 

22.  mySAP CRM (Customer Relationship Management) 

22.1.  CRM Enterprise 

22.2.  Field Applications 

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22.3.  Interaction Center 

22.4.  E-Commerce 

22.5.  Channel Management 

22.6.  Industry Specific CRM 

23.  mySAP Product Life Cycle Management 

23.1.  Document Management 

23.2.  Engineering Change Management 

23.3.  Enterprise Content Management 

23.4.  Classification 

23.5.  Basic Data for Process Manufacturing 

24.  SAP SCM (SAP Supply Chain Management) 

24.1.  SCM Process and Business Scenarios 

24.2.  SAP Forecasting and Replenishment 

24.3.  SAP Advance Planning and Optimization (SAP - APO) 

24.4.  SAP Inventory Collaboration Hub (SAP - OCH) 

24.5.  SAP Event Management (SAP - EM) 

24.6.  SCM Basis 

25.  SAP Netweaver 

25.1.  SAP Masterdata Management 

25.2.  Information Integration 

25.3.  Portal Content 

25.4.  Process Integration 

25.5.  Knowledge Management 

25.6.  Life Cycle Management 

25.7.  SAP Business Intelligence 

25.8.  SAP Visual Composer 

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25.9.  People Integration 

25.10.  Application Platform 

25.11.  SAP Web Application Server 

25.12.  SAP Business Information Warehouse 

25.13.  SAP Solution Manager 

25.14.  SAP Enterprise Portal 

25.15.  SAP Mobile Engine 

25.16.  Security 

26.  SAP IS (Industry Solutions) / SAP for Industries 

SAP has the following industries specific solutions: 26.1.  Aerospace & Defence 

26.2.  Consumer Products 

26.3.  Defence & Security 

26.4.  Retail 

26.5.  Insurance 

26.6.  Mill Products 

26.7.  Higher Education & Research 

26.8.  Industrial Machinery & Components 

26.9.  Logistics Service Providers 

26.10.  Automotive 

26.11.  Chemicals 

26.12.  Pharmaceuticals 

26.13.  Banking 

26.14.  Telecoms 

26.15.  Life Sciences 

26.16.  Mining 

26.17.  Public Sector 

26.18.  Service Provider 

26.19.  Media 

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26.20.  Healthcare 

26.21.  Oil & Gas 

26.22.  Utilities 

26.23.  Postal Services 

Besides the above functionalities and flexibilities, SAP also adding new features, new

modules, new environment and new industry specific solutions to its flagship ERP

product continuously. 

From the above list of diversify functionality, industry-specific solution with

hardware and database independency depicts the power of SAP in the arena

of ERP world. 

2. Oracle Applications comprise the applications software or business

software of Oracle Corporation. The term refers to the non-database parts of Oracle

Corporation's software portfolio. Oracle Corporation released Oracle E-Business

Suite  — a bundling of several Oracle Applications  —  in February 2007. E-Business

Suite consists of a collection of enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer

relationship management (CRM), and supply-chain management (SCM) computer

applications either developed by or acquired by Oracle. The software utilizes Oracle's

core Oracle relational database management system technology. The E-Business Suite

contains several product lines, including:

  Customer Relationship Management

  Enterprise resource planning

  Financial Management

  Human Capital Management

  Project Portfolio Management

  Procurement

  Oracle Advanced Procurement[3] 

 Oracle Sourcing

[4]

 

  Product Life-cycle Management

  Supply Chain Management

  Supply Chain Planning

  Logistics & Transportation Management

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  Order Management

  Price Management

  Manufacturing

  Discrete Manufacturing

  Process Manufacturing

Oracle Financial Applications 

 The Oracle E-Business Suite provides a set of financial applications used extensively 

in businesses around the world. Oracle Corporation groups these applications into

"suites", which it defines as sets of common, integrated applications designed to

execute specific business processes. 

RDBMS infrastructure and includes applications such as:

  Oracle Assets

  Oracle General Ledger

  Oracle Payables

  Oracle Receivables

  Oracle Cash Management

Oracle Project Portfolio Management Applications 

  Oracle Project Billing

  Oracle Project Collaboration

  Oracle Project Contracts

  Oracle Project Costing

  Oracle Daily Business Intelligence

  Oracle Project Management

  Oracle Project Portfolio Analysis

  Oracle Project Resource

Other 

Additional Oracle E-business Suite products include:

  Oracle Bills of Material

  Oracle Capacity 

  Oracle CRM (in the process of integration with Siebel)

  Oracle Advanced Planning & Scheduling

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  Oracle Business Intelligence

  Oracle Engineering

  Oracle HRMS

  Oracle Inventory 

  Oracle Integrated Receiving (Brazil localization)

  Oracle MRP

  Oracle Order Entry 

  Oracle Order Fulfillment (order to cash process)

  Oracle Payroll

  [Purchasing process|Oracle Purchasing]

  Oracle Receivables

  Oracle TMS (Transportation/G-Log)

  Oracle Work in Process

  Oracle Process manufacturing

  Oracle Federal Administration

  Oracle Sales

3. Microsoft Dynamics is a line of ERP (enterprise resource planning) and CRM

(customer relationship management) applications developed by the Microsoft Business

Solutions group withinMicrosoft. an enterprise resource planning application

primarily geared toward midsize organizations as well as subsidiaries and divisions of 

larger organizations. Microsoft Dynamics ERP includes five primary products:

  Microsoft Dynamics AX (formerly Axapta)

  Microsoft Dynamics GP (formerly Great Plains Software)

  Microsoft Dynamics NAV (formerly Navision)

  Microsoft Dynamics SL (formerly Solomon IV)

  Microsoft Dynamics C5 (formerly Concorde C5)

Also included are retail solutions: Microsoft Dynamics CRM is a multi-lingual

customer relationship management application from Microsoft that provides sales,

service, and marketing capabilities, and includes Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online.

Management Reporter for Microsoft Dynamics ERP is a financial reporting and

analysis solution. Users can easily create income statements, balance sheet

statements, cash flow statements and other financial reports without needing IT 

assistance. Reports can be stored in a centralized Report Library along with external

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supporting files. Security on reports and files may be controlled using Windows

Authentication and SQL Server.

(i)  Microsoft Dynamics AX is one of Microsoft’ s enterprise resource

planning software products. 

Features (modules): Microsoft Dynamics AX contains 19 core modules :

Traditional core (since Axapta 2.5)

  General Ledger, composed of ledger, sales tax, currency and fixed assets features

  Bank Management, where cash is received and paid out

  Customer Relationship Management (CRM), where Business Relations (customers,

vendors, and leads) are contacted and maintained

  Accounts Receivable, where orders are entered, shipped and invoiced

  Accounts Payable, where purchase orders are issued and goods received into

inventory 

  Inventory Management, where Inventory is valued and managed

  Master Planning, where purchase and production planning takes place

  Production, where bill of materials is defined and manufacturing is tracked

  Product Builder, where product models are created and maintained

  Human Resources, where employee information is kept

  Project Accounting, where projects are created and tracked primarily from an

accounting perspective

  Basic, where data configuration is performed

  Administration Module, where system configuration is performed

Extended core

 The following modules are part of the core of AX 2009 (AX 5.0) and available on a per-

license basis in AX 4.0 :

  Shop Floor Control

 Cost Accounting

  Balanced Scorecards

  Service Management

  Expense Management

  Payroll Management[9] 

  Environmental Management[10] 

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External components

Several external components are also available:

  Enterprise Portal for Dynamics AX (built on Sharepoint Services)

  Microsoft SQL Reporting Services integration

  Microsoft SQL Analysis services (KPIs)

  Project server Integration

  WorkFlow

  Application Integration Framework (Webservices + Biztalk adapter)

  A .Net Business Connector for third party software (A COM adapter is also

available)

  Microsoft Dynamics Mobile 1.5 development tools

Architecture

 The Microsoft Dynamics AX software is composed of four major components:

   The Database Server, a database that stores the Microsoft Dynamics AX data

   The File Server, a folder containing the Microsoft Dynamics AX application files

   The Application Object Server(s) (AOS), a service that controls all aspects of 

Microsoft Dynamics AX's operation

   The Client(s), the actual user interface into Microsoft Dynamics AX

(ii)  Microsoft Dynamics GP is a mid-market business accounting software or ERP

Software package marketed in North America, South America, UK and Ireland,

the Middle East, Singapore, and Australia and New Zealand, it is used in many 

additional countries with partner supported localizations. It uses

either Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or 2008 to store data. It is one of four

accounting packages acquired by Microsoft that now share the Microsoft

Dynamics Business Solutions brand. Dynamics GP is written in a language

called Dexterity. 

Modules

Microsoft Dynamics GP is organized in Series, each of which contains several

modules. The typical Series are Financial, Sales, Purchasing, Inventory, Project,

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Payroll, Manufacturing, Company and System. The latter two contain all the

necessary modules to configure various company wide and system wide

options. Each Series involves a full cycle of transactions for that particular

Series, for example, the Sales Series implements the Quote to Cash process. In

addition to the typical "out-of-the-box" modules, Microsoft's community of 

Independent Software Vendors (ISV) has developed a number of add-ons and

verticals, all generally referred to as Third Party applications, which

complement or enhance the existing functionality of the application. These are

also written in Dexterity, and so look and function in the same way as

Dynamics GP standard modules.

(iii)  Microsoft Dynamics NAV is an enterprise resource

planning (ERP) software product from Microsoft. The product is part of 

the Microsoft Dynamics family, and intended to assist with finance, 

manufacturing, customer relationship management, supply 

chains, analytics and electronic commerce for small and medium-sized

enterprises. Value-added resellers (VAR)s can have full access to the business

logic source code, and it has a reputation as being easy to customize.

Features

As of 2006, NAV is licensed using the "Business Ready License" (BRL) model.

 The customer purchases user sessions, which have access to certain parts of 

the system included. There are two types of user - Business Essentials (BE) and

Advanced Management (AM); AM provides access to more functionality than BE.

Under the previous licensing model, "Module Based License" (MBL), users came

with no functionality - this all had to be bought separately. Microsoft offers a

path for customers to transition from MBL to BRL licensing.

 The product gives administrators the option of using either a native database

server (now called 'Classic') or Microsoft SQL Server, as the DBMS. SQL Server

is better able to cope with large database sizes, but requires more maintenance

than the classic database. The original database server is often referred to as

'C/SIDE' which refers to Client/Server Integrated Development Environment.

Relative to Microsoft's other 3 ERP products, Dynamics NAV's sector is

distribution and manufacturing companies that want more than "out of the

box" functionality. The solution has a standard feature set, but it can also be

thought of as an "ERP System construction set". The Pascal-like development

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language is easily accessible to appropriate developers and is designed for

rapidly customizing the software. There is no need for complex server

side Transact-SQL stored procedures as the one language manages the

application and database.

(iv)  Microsoft Dynamics SL is one of Microsoft’ s enterprise resource

planning software products for project-driven small- and medium-sized

enterprises. It is part of the Microsoft Dynamics product family.

Microsoft Dynamics SL is best known for its project-based ERP strengths with a

connection to Microsoft Office Project Server, a member of the Microsoft

Office family. This comprehensive business management solution provides

project-, service-, and distribution-driven businesses with project

management and project accounting functionality to help organizations

effectively manage projects and improve profitability and efficiency. The

functionality includes finance, project accounting, manufacturing, field

services, supply chain management, analytics, and electronic commerce. 

Project-based ERP Industry Features

Microsoft Dynamics SL provides ERP project functionality to assist professional

services, government, construction, and distribution industries with the features they 

need to better manage their projects.

 The solution provides professional services organizations with functionality to managepeople and finances while maintaining profitability for client services and projects.

Microsoft Dynamics SL supports accurate budgeting and cost forecasting, time and

expense entry, complex allocations, unlimited billing formats, change order control,

contract administration, local and Web-based project analysis, employee

utilization/realization, proactive alerts, and workflow. Microsoft Dynamics SL provides

government contractors with functionality that helps them meet Defense Contract

Audit Agency (DCAA) audit requirements. In the construction industry, Microsoft

Dynamics SL provides general contractors and residential homebuilders with project

management, job cost, materials management, service call entry, receiving, billing,

and sales capabilities to allow the management of complex job sites while lowering

costs, reducing project delays, and improving customer service. Microsoft Dynamics

SL provides distribution-focused organizations with inventory, receiving, billing, and

sales solutions. The functionality is designed to help organizations reduce distribution

costs and inventory, and streamline processes while improving customer service

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(v)  Microsoft Dynamics C5 is an enterprise resource planning (ERP) software

product from Microsoft. 

 The product is part of the Microsoft Dynamics family, and intended to assist

with finance, manufacturing, supply chains, analytics and electronic

commerce for small and medium-sized enterprises. Value-added resellers

(VAR)s as well as customers can have full access to the business logic source

code, and it has a reputation as being easy to customize.

Features

 The program come installed with all modules. The customer can unlock a

module by purchasing a license key. Like with all Dynamics products only a

very limited number of dealers are allowed to sell the license keys to ensure

market and price control.

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