3 Companies that Implemented Enterprise Applications Successfully

 Hello everyone, 😊

In this upload we’ll be examining three examples of companies using enterprise applications successfully. This may be a bit of a longer upload so hopefully I don’t bore anyone!! Anyway, let’s get into the examples…

Walmart

Walmart’s business model is based on offering low prices and services while utilizing strategies, such as international expansion and everyday low prices. Walmart’s core strategy is low price leadership, offering goods and services at competitive prices. This has allowed them to become the largest retailer.

Walmart uses several ERP systems, SAP, Oracle Financials and Business Intelligence, Aprimo Marketing MRM and MCCM. Teradata is Walmart’s software provider, and this is an efficient, inexpensive quality relational database system that handles large amounts of data. Thanks to ERP and Teradata, Walmart has a competitive advantage with their technology, while improving the efficiency of supply chain management, enhancing integration, and sharing with suppliers.

Amazon

Amazon business model is completely focused on the customer with its own logistic system, where any person or company of any size can sell products. Their business strategy focuses on customers, innovation, operational excellence, and long-term thinking.

Amazon uses SAP for their ERP system, who they switched to in 2008 when they found it difficult to meet long term goals with their previous system. Amazon uses their own service provider, Amazon Web Services (AWS). AWS is used for cloud computing and is one of the worlds most used cloud. Benefits of using AWS are cost reductions, data protection, better availability and visibility, compliance and security and performance improvements.

Microsoft

Microsoft’s business strategy and model is based on three pillars: productivity and business processes, intelligent cloud, and more personal computing.

Microsoft have their own ERP system, Dynamic 365 ERP. This is a world-leading system and is made up of a combination of CRM software and ERP software. This allows Microsoft to store business data and customer insights. Microsoft uses their own service provider called Microsoft Corp, and this is also known globally and is the one of the largest vendors of computer software in the world.

Dynamic 365 ERP and Microsoft Corp improves decision making, helps identify issues before they occur and improves productivity.

I hope this has been an interesting insight into examples of well-known companies that have managed to successfully instigate enterprise applications. EA’s can be hard to implement and work with so it’s impressive how well these companies have done with it.

Well, that’s all from me this week.

Until next time,

Saoirse 😊