Implementation of Cloud Based ERP system

This report discusses the concept of cloud based ERP software and its benefits for small and medium sized organizations. It reviews ten articles on cloud based ERP and provides an integrated content for forming team report. A case study on implementation of cloud based ERP is also included.

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Table of Contents
Introduction.............................................................................................................2
Discussion...............................................................................................................3
Review of Articles................................................................................................3
Integrated Content..............................................................................................7
Conclusion............................................................................................................11
References............................................................................................................12

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Introduction
Cloud computing, also known as software as a service allows different users to
have an access to different software based application. It generally runs on shared
system resources to run on various computing resources like processing power, disk
storage and memory by the help of internet connection. Computing resources are easily
maintained in different data centers which is required for hosting different application on
wide range of applications. Cloud ERP is known as Software as a service which creates
a platform for various user to have an easy access to ERP software on the given
internet. Cloud ERP has much lower cost of upfront cost which results due to purchase
of outright and is maintained on the given premise. Cloud ERP provides a platform for
various organization to that they easily use business application at any geographical
location and instance. The major distinguish between Cloud based ERP and on-
premises ERP is that the software is located is located on physically which is known to
be major differences. Cloud is important and valuable to small and medium size
organization as it provides an easy access to different application at much lower rate.
By the implementation of cloud based ERP a business can easily gain business
productivity software as the business grows whenever a new software is added in the
organization.
The coming pages of given report provides a concept about cloud based ERP
software. After that ten articles on cloud based ERP have been reviewed. The
integrated content for forming team report has been provided in detail. A case study has
been selected which can be reflecting on implementation of cloud based ERP.

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Discussion
Review of Articles
Gupta, S., Misra, S. C., Singh, A., Kumar, V., & Kumar, U. (2017). Identification of
challenges and their ranking in the implementation of cloud ERP: A
comparative study for SMEs and large organizations. International Journal
of Quality & Reliability Management, 34(7), 1056-1072.
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is well known business organization program
which is considered to be a part of composed procurement which is needed for storing
and directing data (Gupta, 2017). It is mainly inclusive of certain number of parameters
like marketing and sales, management of inventory, shipping and payment. ERP can be
easily stated as a system in the domain of business which provides an individual to
easily look for efficient and effective use of various resources. It is done by giving total
solution of integration for organization which is needed for organizing the needs of the
information. Cloud based ERP focus on addressing the rigidity of the current ERP
program which is achieved by existing ERP program. It mainly permits the various
organization to pick the choice of organization which is needed for filtering the need of
the organization. Cloud based ERP is known to be providing benefits for little and
medium estimated organization. Cloud based System are becoming popular within
manufacturing industry. Cloud based ERP system makes use of web browser or web
service which is needed for establishing communication with data to point out
production of workers in the cloud. It mainly differs from on premise ERP system which
needs to configured properly, updating and remote installation on physical installation of

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central installation. The cost involved in the installation of ERP can easily differ with
cloud based ERP which comes up with monthly subscription. It requires on premise
ERP system which has only one-time licensing fee. Some of the advantages of ERP
system are quick implementation, feature for accessibility, enhancement and integration
of data and lastly non-physical servers.
Jain, D., & Sharma, Y. (2016). Cloud computing with ERP-A push business
towards higher efficiency.
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) system tend to provide certain number of
benefits which can be used for benefit to different organization. ERP system can easily
help the given enterprise to easily share and transfer important data containing vital
information in various units which is both inside and outside of the organization (Jain &
Sharma, 2016). Sharing of important data between enterprise department help in
analyzing various aspects and aims for various aim. Cloud computing is well known
model that takes over internet and provide certain number of things like scalability,
availability and reliability and lastly low measures of computer. Implementation of ERP
system over the cloud tends to provide certain number of benefits and advantages
irrespective of certain number of benefits application. Cloud computing tends to provide
certain number of benefits like lower upfront costs, quick implementation, scalability,
makes use of advanced technology, easy integration with cloud services, transparency
in terms of cost, uses standard encryption and lastly it provides easier integration with
cloud services. ERP is a well-known system software which focus to add all the
functional part of the given enterprise in much better way. It can also include some
important parties like supplier and customers which are outside the enterprise. ERP is

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known to be a key element of infrastructure which tends to provide solution to business.
In other words, ERP can be stated like software which aim to deliver complete set of
business processes and function. With the passage of time, ERP system has upgraded
a lot in the process of enhancing it capability and increasing its capabilities. ERP
vendors like SAP and Oracle which is needed for development in different given
modules. It is mainly needed for covering and supporting all the given function of the
enterprise. Traditional ERP system are classified as on premise and hosted ERP. Only
on premise ERP system are loaded with certain number of infrastructure like social,
network and computers. Enterprise tend to run on certain number of platform which
manages ERP system as per the license of software model.
Gangwar, H., Date, H., & Ramaswamy, R. (2015). Understanding determinants of
cloud computing adoption using an integrated TAM-TOE model. Journal of
Enterprise Information Management, 28(1), 107-130.
Cloud based ERP solution are provided through SaaS (Software as service
Model). Various kinds of ERP system are there in the industry like cloud based ERP
system. ERP system is known to be cloud based has gathered by characteristic of cloud
computing (Gangwar, Date & Ramaswamy, 2015). Cloud based ERP system tend to be
influenced by given characteristics of cloud computing. Cloud based ERP system are
mainly accessed through web browser in the internet. It does not require any kind of
installation or configuration of system which is at user side. The major kind of cloud
ERP in the software system industry is SAP design. ERP system can easily spare
organization which is known to be a considerable amount of time and cash. Apart from
the various benefits, cloud computing can be cost-effective and have been found to

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provide certain number of benefits. Cloud based ERP implementation can provide
certain number of profit to organization in different ways. Cloud based ERP can provide
certain number of benefits which can be used for upgrading it. With the rapid
implementation which focus on configuration along with integration which needs to be
implemented in the coming time. It is encountered that scalability where user can easily
expand which focus on integration on implementation in the given weeks. It comes up
with scalability when one can easily add users which can be used for growth. Cloud
based ERP system provides certain number of benefits but apart from it comes up with
certain number of issues. Cloud based ERP software are used by small and medium
size organization and good for fit into the organization. It emphasizes on new business
division which is there in current organization. Cloud based ERP software are Sage,
SAP and Oracle. Manufacturing of ERP system have easily slowed down the move into
the cloud domain. With increase in quantity of manufactures the concept of
implementing Cloud ERP system comes up into action. Various organization round the
globe are more focused on implementation of cloud. The most vital aspect in cloud
computing is all about moving to cloud ERP based ERP system.
Tao, F., Cheng, Y., Da Xu, L., Zhang, L., & Li, B. H. (2014). CCIoT-CMfg: cloud
computing and internet of things-based cloud manufacturing service
system. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 10(2), 1435-1442.
Cloud is considered to be valuable thing for both small and medium size firm as it
can provide easy given an access to large number of application at much reasonable
given price without any kind of upfront of expense of hardware and software. Use of
cloud provider, a firm can scale up their productivity of business software as the

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business grow when a new organization is added (Tao et al., 2014). Cloud based ERP
software comes up with certain number of benefits like reduction of involved cost. It
aims to avoid any kind of upfront cost for various computing infrastructure like hardware
and data server. Reduction of IT support aims to reduce because the IT support are
mainly provided by data center. It eliminates any kind of payment which is there for
software license in a monthly manner. Only payment is required for different
computation resources. It creates a platform where system can be accessed by
organization from any geographical location as internet is there is each and every
location. Choosing the right ERP system can be challenging one for any organization.
Precision, technological improvement is becoming a major factor in cloud technology.
Supply chains are changing at much faster rate. Technological advancement is mainly
implemented through manufacturing and industries for production. It is taken into
account for certain number of aspects like whether and avoiding ERP system which is
cloud based system (Bhatia & Gupta, 2016). Cloud computing comes up with certain
number of disadvantages or drawback like data security, limitation of customization and
completion of price. Security of data is known to be one of the biggest issue relating to
supply chain in the domain of cloud computing. Any kind of breach in cloud computing
can easily result in failure of system. The cost involved in cloud based ERP system are
greatly outweigh by cost of on premise ERP system. As ERP system is technological
advanced it is considered to be superior and can involve cost.
Case Study
SARMED intends to handle the management of various goods. It can easily
range from small object to various kind of non-commercial vehicles. It tends to provide a

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large number of logistic and 3PL service which covers the entire chain of supply.
Moreover, the organization in this case study aims to provide the design and
development of various warehouse and complex and various cargo to easily meet the
requirements. SAMRED makes use of WMS system which comes up accounting and
functionality of finance. SAMRED needs to come up with ability to easily import, analyze
and lastly access the updated information which is related to proper management of
accidents. It aims to provide claims in warehouse and human resource which is unified
at a given location. NUBIS cloud ERP aims in assisting the given organization which is
needed for creating a comprehensive EPR. As the warehouse of the organization is
connected to Nubis Cloud which helps in properly monitoring of supply procedure. It can
easily provide huge amount of information which is needed for attending the warehouse
of the employee. It aims in providing proper supply procedure which is needed for
providing huge amount of data. Nubis Cloud EPR aims in integrating with this SAMRED
call center which helps in adding important value for the functioning of the customer
support. All the incoming calls are recorded in Nubis cloud which is a monitoring case
which works throughout the competition phase. By the help of Nubis cloud SAMRED
can easily provide business to business portal which is needed by client. It aims to
provide all kind of useful information which is all about the respective orders.
Integrated Content
ERP ( Enterprise Resource Planning) is known to be a business organization
program which is used in association for composing storing direct and indirect data.
Cloud computing can be used in various domains like marketing and sales,
management of inventory. ERP is known to be business software which enables an

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individual to effective make use of various resources. It can be achieved by providing for
different organization information and its processing needs. Cloud computing is known
to be a well-known platform which requires variety of computer system for delivering
computer services. It can be easily achieved by establishing communication network
like internet. Currently there are large number of organization which provides certain
kind of services like Apple, Sales force. Cloud computing is known to be another kind of
computation technology which is known to be an exceptional domain of cloud
computing. Cloud computing comes up with large variants of option for packages. It
provides benefit to major section of the society. It provides certain number of
advantages which is to be used. It provides certain number certain number of
opportunities like flexibility, security, profit and unlimited storage. There are large
number of problems related to cloud computing which emphasize on preserving
confidentiality along with integrity of data. Cloud computing is not only a technology but
a well-known approach which tackles various kinds of virtual machine. There are certain
number of models which are accessible for execution of cloud computing. They are
mainly four types of cloud models that is hybrid, public, community and private. In public
model, organization can easily host different kind of services. It is easily available by
general public by different supplier in the cloud. Private model is used by organization
which can easily host their business in cloud. It is mainly done so that there is better
kind of data security and control which makes it easily available to public model. Cloud
services are mainly provided in three ways that is IaaS, PaaS and SaaS.
In infrastructure as a service model, various customer can easily purchase the
required infrastructure as there is no kind of compulsion in buying the whole model for

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some little use. In this the user need to pay for some small parts which is required.
Cloud ERP is mainly focused on providing ERP program which permits the program by
permitting the organization to pick the choice of the organization. Cloud ERP is known
to be adaptable and financial data for both little and medium size and organization. It
offers profit for the development and extension. Cloud ERP enhances ERP on cloud
provider. Decrease in the expense can easily result in reducing diminishing of
organization framework of IT framework or cost of infrastructure. The given frameworks
are manly inclusive of software, hardware and other kinds of involved framework. ERP
system can easily spare various organization which is known to be considerable
measure of time and cash. Generally, cloud computing project are cost effective in
nature and easily improve profit of an organization. Cloud based ERP can easily
improve the overall profit of the organization. There are large number of features of
cloud ERP which is known to be frequent innovation which comes up with new features
without any kind of upgradation. Rapid implementation can easily emphasize on two
important aspects like configuration and integration. Scalability is a well-known platform
which can easily expand into proper markets and new geographical location. Different
organization round the globe can encounter issues between on premise ERP and cloud
ERP. It is difficult for organization to make decision in some of the situation. With the
passage of time, cloud based system are becoming popular in industry of
manufacturing. Cloud ERP system can easily make use of web browser or web services
which is needed for communication of data point production and workers for the cloud.
ERP system comes up with certain number of advantages like

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Quick implementation: Making investment in new hardware and update on
slower basis is not required for cloud based system. It mainly makes use of web
because update takes place without any kind of human interaction. Cloud service
providers (CSP) tend to provide certain number of ERP solutions. The output or solution
can be used for satisfying the requirement of enterprise. A choice must be there for
various solution and the given product takes place as per the need of the organization.
Implementation process can be easily accelerated by the help of proper selection
process.
Accessibility features: As the updates are much faster, more number of
features can be easily implemented with each and every update. It can easily improve
the system and increasing its functionality.
Data and Enhancement of Integration: In the given cloud based ERP system,
integration and data accuracy can be easily improved. Development of technology can
easily blow past orders which is based on ERP system. It can easily take place due to
lack of accuracy of data and overall integration of system.
Non-physical Server: Hardware maintenance is not a vital factor because there
is no physical hardware at the given site. It is plus point for operation which requires
maintenance of hardware. It is known to be big plus for operation which require constant
hardware maintenance. It mainly emphasizes on certain areas of production facility.
Conclusion
The above discussion relates us to fact that the report deals with implementation
of cloud based ERP system. Implementation of ERP in the domain of cloud computing

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has resulted in overcoming certain number of issues. It has also helped in gaining
advantages and some little disadvantage where mix of two things can easily result in
discussing time. ERP system helps in accomplishing in more productivity and benefits
as it can focus on improving provision of an organization. It can be used to store some
of the vital information of the organization. It ranges in certain number of domains like
manufacturing, sales and marketing and lastly management of inventory. Cloud
computing tends to provide certain number of services which can used for certain
features like security, unlimited storage, access to file in unlimited way. Cloud ERP is
considered to be nothing more than ERP which is hosted on the platform of cloud by
different cloud providers. Cloud based ERP is known to be an adaptable and financial
benefits choice for different organization. The most vital challenges in cloud computing
are risk of security, risk of performance, customization and limitation of integration.
Other kind of challenges which are involved in are expense of subscription, risk of
strategic, loss of IT, sensitive information. Before moving into cloud ERP system, clients
of cloud base ERP should easily maintain balance between its challenges and benefits.
One benefit in ERP cloud can easily led to many kinds of challenges which can be
overcome by benefit.

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References
Gangwar, H., Date, H., & Ramaswamy, R. (2015). Understanding determinants of cloud
computing adoption using an integrated TAM-TOE model. Journal of Enterprise
Information Management, 28(1), 107-130.
Gupta, S., Misra, S. C., Singh, A., Kumar, V., & Kumar, U. (2017). Identification of
challenges and their ranking in the implementation of cloud ERP: A comparative
study for SMEs and large organizations. International Journal of Quality &
Reliability Management, 34(7), 1056-1072.
Jain, D., & Sharma, Y. (2016). Cloud computing with ERP-A push business towards
higher efficiency.
Tao, F., Cheng, Y., Da Xu, L., Zhang, L., & Li, B. H. (2014). CCIoT-CMfg: cloud
computing and internet of things-based cloud manufacturing service
system. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 10(2), 1435-1442.