Cloud Based Enterprise Resource Planning: Concept, Architecture, Features, Adoption Process, and Examples

This article provides an in-depth understanding of Cloud Based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) including its concept, architecture, features, adoption process, and examples. It also discusses the advantages and disadvantages of cloud-based ERP systems.

Cloud Based
Enterprise Resource
Planning

Article 1: Concept of the cloud
computing and ERP system
 In the paper of the Abdullah A. Al-Ghofaili explains in details about
the concept of the cloud based systems and the standard systems
(Al-Ghofaili & Al-Mashari, 2014).
 The researchers explains further that how the cloud system can be
used for the purpose of the delivering software services.
 . The researcher further explains in the paper the concept of the
SAAS and the PAAS services that are offered by the cloud servers(Ali,
Khan & Vasilakos, 2015).
 This paper provides some of the major instructions and for the
process that are required for the process of the implementation of the
cloud computing.

Article 2: Toward a cloud-based manufacturing
execution system for distributed manufacturing.
 This paper is about the cloud based manufacture executing the
system for the process of the distributed manufacturing process.
 The paper describes the ERP process related to the supply chain
management process and how these helps in the process.
 According to the researchers the ERP provides some of the best
support in the process of the supply chain management systems.

Article 3: A new group multi-criteria decision
method for sorting a large number of the cloud-
based ERP solutions.
 In this paper the researchers also explains the details the ERP
systems for the process of the business transaction processes.
 One of the major thing that is been well explained in this paper is the
GAPHSort method which helps in the process of the group decision
making processes (Xia et al., 2016).
 The researchers also well explains the problem definition of the
GAPHSort theory and what are the benefits of this algorithm.

Cloud System
 The concept of the cloud computing is one of the most advanced and
most researched thing in the world right now.
 The cloud can be explained as the web based servers that are used
for the purpose of storing data, using as a platform and other.
 The major benefit of using the cloud computing is that with the use of
this there is less requirement of using the various proprietary
software, instead a single software that is present in the cloud
architecture can be used.

Cloud Architectures
 Infrastructure as a service for the Cloud based Enterprise
management system
 Platform as a Service for the cloud based Enterprise management
system
 Software as service for the Enterprise management system

Enterprise Resource Planning
 The ERP or the enterprise resource planning can be explained as the
bundle of the software that is used for the purpose of the transaction
through the wide business process (Almorsy, Grundy & Müller, 2016).
 ERP uses a large and varied number of databases that are connected
with each other for the purpose of storing data and hence keeping
the data safe (Rittinghouse & Ransome, 2016).
 The ERP helps in the process of that all the data in the business can
be used in various purposes and ensuring proper data sources.

Features of ERP
 Accounting and financial applications.
 Assess business needs
 Configure prices.
 Facilitate better project planning.
 Improve accuracy of financial data.
 Lower purchasing costs.

ERP Features
 Manage human resources and payroll.
 Reduce redundant tasks.
 Services knowledge base.
 Supply chain management

Advantages of cloud based ERP
 Provides 24/7 support from the vendor.
 Helps in the process of the data security.
 The data in the servers are always backed up.
 Reduces data redundancy.
 Helps in ensuring the misuse of the data.

Advantages of cloud based ERP
 The Prices of the cloud based systems are very low.
 There is no need of using large number of the proprietary software for
the process of planning.
 Helps in the process of ensure bundling of the data structures.

Disadvantages of the ERP
 AS the sources are vendor based then sometimes the control goes to
the vendor and not the administrator of the management.
 If there is any fault form the vendor then the organising have to
suffer the same.
 Reduces the risk of the data risk.

Disadvantage of the ERP
 Complex system.
 Implementation cost very high.
 Maintenance cost is very high.
 User training required.
 Needs high system configuration

Process of the adoption of the ERP
process
 The Top management support
 Change in the management plan
 Tanning and proper education to the employees
 Project management
 Selection of vendor
 Dedicated resources
 Reediness of the technology
 System designing and configuration

Major examples of the Cloud based
ERP servers
 Oracle ERP services
 Batch master
 Facebook
 Google

Conclusion
 ERP is one of the most important software that needs to be
implemented in for the business that can help in the process of
implementing a bundle software.
 Ensures proper data security

References
 Ali, M., Khan, S. U., & Vasilakos, A. V. (2015). Security in cloud
computing: Opportunities and challenges. Information
sciences, 305, 357-383.
 Almorsy, M., Grundy, J., & Müller, I. (2016). An analysis of the cloud
computing security problem. arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.01107.
 Rittinghouse, J. W., & Ransome, J. F. (2016). Cloud computing:
implementation, management, and security. CRC press.
 Xia, Z., Wang, X., Zhang, L., Qin, Z., Sun, X., & Ren, K. (2016). A
privacy- preserving and copy-deterrence content-based image
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