ERP Systems on Cloud

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Research Objectives...................................................................................................................3
Discussion..................................................................................................................................3
Characteristics, Advantages and Disadvantages of Enterprise Resource Planning Software3
Characteristics, Advantages and Disadvantages of Cloud Computing Technology..............6
Enterprise Resource Planning Systems on Cloud or Cloud ERP Software...........................8
Practical Case Studies on the Enterprise Resource Planning System on Cloud..................11
Conclusion................................................................................................................................13
References................................................................................................................................15

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Introduction
Enterprise resource planning technology can be stated as a significant procedure and
integrated management or control that is helpful to all types of business related processes and
operations (Dey, Clegg and Cheffi 2013). It is the type of business procedural management
system, which eventually facilitates any company to utilize the structure of few incorporated
applications and for the major purpose to manage this business or even to automate several
back office functionalities related to technology, human resources and services. The relevant
data could be easily customized as well as analysed for handling deployment and up
gradation. Enterprise resource planning completes the work after mediating with technology
and software (Jain and Paul 2013). It is eventually stated as the significant classification of
the business managerial software, as the suite of incorporated applications that any company
could utilize for collecting, storing, controlling and even interpretation the subsequent data
from several business-related activities.
This particular software of ERP gives a continuously updated and integrated view of
the major business procedures with the help of the common databases that are being
maintained by the database management system. These systems of enterprise resource
planning eventually track the business resources like raw materials, cash and production
capacities as well as status of the business related commitments of payroll, purchase orders
and orders (Leon 2014). These applications, which could make up this system, subsequently
share the relevant data across several departments of manufacturing, accounting, sales,
purchasing and many more. The software of enterprise resource planning even facilitates the
flow of information within all types of business functionalities and also manages proper
connections with the external stakeholders. There are some of the major advantages of this
specific technology and the amalgamation of cloud computing brings subsequent changes in
the business (Hashem et al. 2015). The following research report provides a brief discussion

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on ERP systems in the cloud. The various advantages and disadvantages of ERP and cloud
and practical case studies would also be mentioned in the research report.
Research Objectives
Following are the few research objectives of this particular research report:
 To learn about the several features, advantages and disadvantages of the technology
of enterprise resource planning.
 To know regarding the several features, advantages as well as disadvantages of the
cloud computing technology.
 To know the complete concept of the software of cloud based enterprise resource
planning.
 To learn about the real life or practical case scenarios on the software of cloud based
ERP.
 To understand how few organizations have got benefits from the deployment of
cloud-based enterprise resource planning software.
Discussion
Characteristics, Advantages and Disadvantages of Enterprise Resource Planning
Software
ERP or enterprise resource planning can be considered as the major and the most
significant need of any proper business that is being utilized for perfect integration of several
business processes (Chiu et al. 2014). The specified structural approach that is eventually
present for this enterprise resource planning system for helping the company for automation
and standardization of each and every business process and hence improvising major
operational effectiveness. The first and the most advanced or integrated approach, which is
helpful for the users for managing business operations and even substantially ensuring