| Enterprise resource planning systems integrate all the | | | | is one of Microsoft?s flagship enterprise resource |
| departments and functions across a company onto a | | | | planning systems. Its primary strengths are ease of |
| single computer system that can serve all those | | | | use and customization, internationalization and leading |
| departments? particular needs. Two types of ERP | | | | edge technology. Microsoft Dynamics NAV is an ERP |
| software packages are Open Source ERP software | | | | computer program that Microsoft Corporation supplies. |
| and Commercial ERP software. | | | | It is intended to assist with finance, manufacturing, |
| Compiere and GNU Enterprise are Open Source ERP | | | | customer relationship management, supply chains, |
| software. Compiere is suited for small and medium | | | | analytics, and electronic commerce in Small and |
| sized ERP enterprises, especially in the business and | | | | Medium-sized Enterprises. |
| service sector. It is designed to follow changes as a | | | | Another commercial ERP software is mySAP ERP. It |
| business evolves. Customers and even production | | | | is produced by SAP AG and was formerly known as |
| personnel can modify the information structure at any | | | | SAP R/3. This is a client/server-based application that |
| given point of time. Compiere provides multiple views | | | | uses a 3-tier model. A presentation or client layer, |
| of business information based on the detail of the | | | | which interfaces with the user. A second layer which |
| actual transactions. This structure allows maximum | | | | houses all the business-specific logic is the application |
| flexibility and easy integration of supplemental external | | | | layer, and the third layer is the database layer which |
| information. | | | | records and stores all the information about the |
| Microsoft Dynamics from Microsoft Business Division is | | | | system, including transactional and configuration data. |
| a business solutions software. Microsoft Dynamics AX | | | | |