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Oracle - E-Business Suite
(Discrete ERP) |
SAP - mySAP Business Suite
(Discrete ERP) |
PeopleSoft - EnterpriseOne
(Discrete ERP) |
ComPiere, Inc - Compiere Open
Source ERP & CRM(Discrete ERP) |
ICICI Infotech - Orion |
Target DeciGen |
Industry |
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Aerospace and Defense (A&D) |
5 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
Associations/Non-Profit |
5 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
Automotive |
5 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
Banking |
5 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
Chemicals |
5 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
Consumer Packaged 3s (CPG) |
5 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
Electronics/High-Tech |
5 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
Energy |
5 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
Engineering and Construction |
5 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
Fabricated Metals |
5 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
Financial Institutions |
5 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
Food and Beverage |
5 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
Health Care |
5 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
Higher Education |
5 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
Industrial and Commercial
Products/Machinery |
5 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
5 |
5 |
Insurance |
5 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
Lumber/Wood |
5 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
Medical Devices and Laboratory
Equipment |
5 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
Mining |
5 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
Oil and Gas |
3 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
Paper Products |
5 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
Pharmaceuticals/Life Sciences |
5 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
Public Sector/Government |
5 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
Publishing/Media |
5 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
Real Estate |
5 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
Retail |
5 |
5 |
2 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
Rubber/Plastic |
5 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
Service Provider |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
Steel/Mill Products |
5 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
Telecommunication |
5 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
Transportation |
5 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
Textiles, Apparel, and Footwear |
5 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
Warehousing/Distribution |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
Language Support |
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English |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
All ASCII based |
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|
3 |
Manufacturing Environment |
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Assemble-to-order (ATO) |
5 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
Batch process |
5 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
Configure-to-order (CTO) |
5 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
Continuous process |
3 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
Engineer-to-order (ETO)/complex
projects |
5 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
Flow/lean manufacturing |
5 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
Make-to-order (MTO) |
5 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
Make-to-stock |
5 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
5 |
5 |
Mixed/hybrid manufacturing (both
discrete and process) |
5 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Mixed-mode discrete manufacturing |
5 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
Repetitive |
5 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
Functionality |
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Advanced planning and scheduling
(APS) |
4 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
Analytics |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
Business activity monitoring (BAM,
real time monitoring of business processes) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
Business intelligence
(BI)/enterprise performance management (EPM) |
4 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
Call center/field service |
4 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
Collaborative e-commerce
(buy-side, sell-side, digital marketplaces) |
4 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
Customer service and support |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
Discrete manufacturing management |
4 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
Electronic customer relationship
management (ECRM) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
E-mail manager |
4 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
Enterprise asset management (EAM) |
4 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
Financials and accounting |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
Human resources/payroll |
4 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
Inventory management |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
Manufacturing execution systems
(MES)/plant automation |
4 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
Marketing management |
4 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
Middleware/enterprise applications
integration (EAI) |
4 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
Operations support system |
4 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
Process manufacturing management |
4 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
Product lifecycle management (PLM) |
4 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
Product and price configurator |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
Professional services automation
(PSA) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
Purchasing management |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
Quality management |
4 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
Sales force automation (SFA) |
4 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
Sales order management |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
Transportation/freight management |
4 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
Warehousing, logistics and
distribution |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
Workflow manager |
4 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
Yard management |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
Server Platform |
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Linux (such as SUSE, Red Hat, or
Debian) |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
Windows NT/2000/XP |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
DBMS Platform |
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Microsoft SQL Server |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
MySQL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Oracle |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
PostgreSQL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Sybase |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Other |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Integration |
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Access to database definitions |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
Access to screen information |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
Available APIs |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
Native/embedded |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
Industry Standard |
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HTTP |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
J2EE Platform (e.g., IBM
WebSphere, SunOne, etc.) |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
No |
Microsoft .NET platform |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
No |
Web services -- SOAP |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
Option |
Web services -- UDDI |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
Option |
Web services -- WDSL |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
Option |
Customization, Thin-Client Access, and Standards |
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There is tight native integration
between functional modules. |
1 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
There is tight native integration
between each supported industry standard. |
5 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
There is flexibility between
functional modules (i.e., modules can be implemented incrementally and can be
interfaced to thrid party modules) between each area. |
5 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
5 |
The vendor is amenable to work
with third party tools and software. |
5 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
5 |
Mobile access to enterprise data
in the product offering is available. |
5 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
There is total portal access to
the system, which is role-based and customizable. |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
There is "rich client"
web browser access to the Internet and use of selected system areas. |
1 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
There is HTML (zero client
footprint) web browser access to the Internet and selected system areas. |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
There is a thin-client link to the
Internet and selected system areas. |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
There is collaborative sharing of
system data, automatic processes and workflow. |
5 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
The product can be outsourced via
an ISP/ASP. |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
5 |
The vendor is amenable to
providing source code. |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
5 |
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Solutions, 2004