ERP Systems In The Cloud

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ERP Systems in the Cloud
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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Research Objectives...................................................................................................................3
Discussion..................................................................................................................................3
Features, Strengths and Weaknesses of ERP Software..........................................................3
Features, Strengths and Weaknesses of Cloud Computing Technology................................5
Features, Strengths and Weaknesses of ERP System in the Cloud........................................7
Practical Case Scenarios on ERP System in the Cloud........................................................10
Conclusion................................................................................................................................11
References................................................................................................................................13

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Introduction
ERP or enterprise resource planning is a subsequent process as well as incorporated
management, which is extremely helpful towards each and every business associated
operations or processes (Hwang 2014). This is the significant kind of business related process
management system that could facilitate the organization in utilizing the overall structure of
some of the most important integrated applications as well as for an important purpose of
managing business. Moreover, automation of various back office functions, services and
human resources is also enhanced effectively. The data is easily customized or analysed to
handle the overall deployment or better up gradation (Pham and Teich 2013). This software
of enterprise resource planning eventually completes its work only mediation of software and
technology. This is subsequently referred to as the major division of business management
system, being the collection of integrated applications, which the organization is using to
collect, store, control and then interpret that relevant data from various activities of business
(De Toni, Fornasier and Nonino 2015). This software of enterprise resource planning
provides a constant integration and up gradation overview of the important business
processes with common databases, which are efficiently maintained and balanced by DBMS.
Since, this enterprise resource planning system is majorly responsible for streamlining
each and every business process to a single one, it is quite important for every organization to
implement this software in the business (Jianxin et al. 2013). Moreover, various departments
for accounting, purchasing, manufacturing or any other are well integrated with this particular
software without much complexities. Like ERP, cloud computing is yet another effective and
efficient technology that is quite important for any business for easy data transferring. When
these two specified technologies are being amalgamated, it is evident that the technology
would be considered as one of the most promising and the best for all businesses (Narimani

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et al. 2013). This research report would be providing a detailed description on cloud ERP
system. Practical scenarios would also be mentioned in this particular research report.
Research Objectives
The research questions of the research report are given below:
 To know regarding various aspects, strengths and weaknesses of the software called
enterprise resource planning or ERP.
 To learn about the various aspects, strengths and weaknesses of data transferring
technology, called cloud computing.
 To learn about the entire distinctive concept of this cloud based ERP software for any
business.
 To know about few practical scenarios regarding cloud enterprise resource planning
system.
Discussion
Features, Strengths and Weaknesses of ERP Software
Enterprise resource planning or ERP is being considered as one of the most basic and
noteworthy requirement of a business or organization, which is eventually used to properly
incorporate various organizational operations and procedures (Ptak and Schragenheim 2016).
It is a special structured approach, which is present within the software with the core purpose
to help a particular organization to automate as well as standardize all the business driven
procedures; thus increasing the efficiency of every business operation. The first as well as an
integrated and advanced approach that is quite useful for organizational management to
manage their respective business processes and also to be sure that organizational resources
are saved as much as possible for the betterment of the business (Ganesh et al. 2014). The
main requirement of any business is to integrate the organizational process or operation and