Enterprise Resource Planning

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Enterprise Resource Planning
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Table of Contents
Introduction:...............................................................................................................................2
On-Premise ERP:...................................................................................................................2
Hosted ERP:...........................................................................................................................3
Cloud ERP:.............................................................................................................................3
Discussion:.................................................................................................................................5
Advantages and Disadvantages On-Premise ERP:................................................................5
Case study:.........................................................................................................................5
Advantages:........................................................................................................................5
Disadvantages:...................................................................................................................7
Advantages and Disadvantages Cloud Based ERP:...............................................................8
Case Study:.........................................................................................................................8
Advantages:........................................................................................................................9
Disadvantages:.................................................................................................................10
Advantages and Disadvantages of Hosted ERP:..................................................................10
Case study:.......................................................................................................................10
Advantages:......................................................................................................................11
Disadvantages:.................................................................................................................13
Conclusion:..............................................................................................................................14
References:...............................................................................................................................16

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Introduction:
ERP or the Enterprise Resource Planning is considered to be the business process
management software that is associated with allowing the organization to use the system of
integrated applications for the purpose of managing the business along with the automation of
the various function of the back office that are related to the technology, human resources or
the services (Iqbal 2017). The ERP software are typically associated with the integration of
all the facets of the information like the planning for the product, development of the product,
manufacturing of the product, marketing and sales into a single database, application and user
interface.
The ERP software is also considered to be a type of enterprise application which is
considered to be a software hat is designed for the purpose of being used by different large
size business and is often required by the dedicated teams in order to customize and analyze
the data and also for handling the upgrades as well as the deployments (Ganguly 2015).
Whereas in case of Small Business ERP the applications are considered to be the lightweight
business management software solution which are often customized for the specific business
industry.
On-Premise ERP:
On-Premise Enterprise Resource Planning or the On-Premise ERP generally refers to
the decision made by any organization in order to source the ERP software in-house and for
maintaining it at a physical office rather that ordering this for delivering over the Web or by
using the vendor supplied, hosted ERP systems. Due to the growth of the ability of offering
various cloud-hosted or Web-delivery system, there exist many vendors who have started the
promotion of different affordable Software as a Service ERP option (Nowak and Kurbel

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2016). However there still exists certain companies who are associated preferring the usage
of the on-premise ERP solutions for a number of reasons.
Enterprise Resource Planning might be associated with the involving numerous
products starting from the items that are responsible for the handling the payroll and the
accounting to the systems responsible for the analyzing and simulation of various kind of
business process or are responsible for controlling the inventory or the issues faced by the
supply chain (Zadeh et al. 2018). The major argument regarding the on-premise ERP is the
kind of detailed usage which might be required by any organization from a set of software. In
addition to this the on-premise ERP system might be associated with allowing the in-house IT
staffs to tweak as well as improve the software or customize it in order to use it for particular
business.
Hosted ERP:
Hosted ERP software applications are considered to be the off site applications that
are typically owned by the business as an asset and this applications are purchased and
installed on the remote server. The hosted ERP software can be accessed by making use of
the Virtual Private Network of the VPN and a remote desktop or the terminal services. It is
observed that most lie of business applications are based upon the clients or the server. The
installation of the Hosted ERP software application on the workstations is to done along with
the making the clients capable of accessing the ERP by making use of the station link like the
remote desktop and many more (Armand and Roger 2017). The installation of the client or
the workstation is generally done in the hosted server. However, the hosted ERP applications
are typically not web enabled and for this reason in order to run the ERP there is a need of
application network infrastructure like the terminal server.

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Cloud ERP:
Cloud ERP is considered to be the specific type of enterprise resource planning
software which is generally hosted in the cloud computing platform instead of being hosted
on the on-premises within an enterprise’s own data center. In order to have a cloud ERP there
is a need of installing a server software along with a device which would be having internet
connectivity for the end users. In this type of ERP there is no need of logging into a program
for example the remote desktop. There exists a lot of technologies as well as work which are
responsible for taking into account an application that generally relies upon the workstation
to a software which is truly web enabled and requires an internet browser so as to function in
a proper way (Gupta et al. 2017). For all this reason many of the business are associated with
the usage of this functionally to the offers that they make. Further the word cloud is
associated with involving different type of applications along with the deployment software
models which are known as the SaaS or the Software as a Service.
Cloud ERP can be considered to be the software which is exist on a particular
platform over the internet. Once the assembling of different online resources is done along
with the service provides, then a general acceptable definition of the cloud computing is
provided. Cloud Computing is generally considered to the way by which the software,
hardware or any other resource can be accessed by making use of the internet so as to
accomplish the desired work or the other business-related tasks. So, the cloud ERP can be
defined as the approach associated with the usage of the cloud computing platforms and
services for the purpose of providing the business with a business process transformation in a
flexible way (Elmonem, Nasr and Geith 2016). Cloud ERP is responsible for profiting its
customers as this helps in cutting down the hardware cost and is also responsible for
providing the feature of application scalability.