Compare the advantages and disadvantages of ERP software at home and abroad.

1. UFIDA software

Founded in 1988, UFIDA is committed to popularizing the best management and business practices based on advanced information technology (including communication technology) to customers' management and business innovation activities, and comprehensively providing enterprise management /ERP software, services and solutions with independent intellectual property rights.

UFIDA Software Co., Ltd. has been rated as "the key software enterprise in the planning layout" for many years in succession, and it is the most representative enterprise in China software industry.

UFIDA ERP management software is a famous brand product in China.

Advantages: Based on the actual needs of customers, the company develops and designs for growth enterprises, improves the management level, optimizes the operation process, realizes a comprehensive and refined integrated management and control information platform for financial management and business control, helps enterprises to quickly and accurately respond to market changes, and supports stable, safe and mature long-term sustainable development;

At the same time, it meets the needs of enterprise decision makers and managers for internal information at any time, provides convenient, fast and efficient real-time dynamic information interaction, and realizes real-time management of enterprises at any time;

Disadvantages: 1 .. The system adopts two-tier structure, and its deployment is limited.

2. The UFIDA program is not stable enough, just look at the maintenance amount of UFIDA.

3. The management framework of UFIDA is relatively rigid, which cannot meet the ever-changing needs of enterprises.

4. Management software embodies advanced management ideas, while UFIDA does not, so it is difficult to meet the needs of enterprises.

5. The fit between many modules is not high.

2. Kingdee Software

Kingdee International Software Group Co., Ltd. is a listed company on the main board of Hong Kong Stock Exchange (stock code: 0268), a leading software manufacturer in China, a leading enterprise management software and middleware enterprise in the Asia-Pacific region, and a leading online management and e-commerce service provider in the world.

With the mission of leading the progress of management mode, promoting the development of e-commerce and helping customers succeed, Kingdee has successfully provided management consulting and information services to more than 500,000 enterprises and organizations around the world.

Advantages: It is highly integrated with the necessary functional modules such as account processing, report processing, current management, project management, salary management, fixed assets management and financial analysis in any enterprise or institution. Great breakthroughs have been made in software integration, accounting management function, security, universality, convenience of operation, user interface and interface with world-class software.

She not only inherited the advantages of the previous version, but also integrated many special versions of functions, realized the binding of user rights management and account set, realized the combination of stand-alone version and network viewing version, optimized the efficiency of the system, adopted real Beta testing, and reached an unprecedented height in all aspects of the previous version.

Disadvantages: 1 does not pay attention to the internal control function of the software.

2. Anti-bookkeeping and anti-checkout functions are not perfect.

3. The audit function is not strong

3. New Zhong Da Software Company

Xinzhongda Software Co., Ltd. is a large-scale senior management software developer, a leading manufacturer of high-end management software in the Internet era, and a national key software enterprise, and is committed to helping leading enterprises achieve e-commerce pioneers.

Xinzhongda Company is an advocate of refined management and the founder of URP thought. The advanced management mode endows the soul of the software thought of Sino-CUHK, and it is in a leading position in the market in the fields of URP, financial management and project management.

By holding a series of lectures on "School of Senior Management of Sino-Singapore University", employees and customers of Sino-Singapore University will constantly absorb the latest management ideas and lead the trend and development of management software.

Advantages: clear interface, convenient operation, support for multiple transmission protocols, automatic task scheduling based on message replication technology, high degree of automation, high speed and high security in the whole operation.

Whether online or offline, it can realize remote billing and message transmission conveniently and quickly, which is a safe, robust, economical and practical network management and processing scheme.

Disadvantages: poor reusability, poor flexibility, lack of management of functional modules and so on.

4. Hejia Software

Beijing Hejia Software Technology Co., Ltd. is the largest professional ERP software provider in China, providing integrated enterprise information solutions including management consulting, ERP software and implementation, application integration and system integration for domestic and foreign users.

Headquartered in Beijing, Hejia has branches or offices in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Jinan, Chengdu, Luoyang, Changzhou and Nanning, and has a nationwide marketing and technical service system.

Hejia has domestic first-class enterprise management and consulting experts, ERP experts, manufacturing and circulation experts, financial management experts, office automation experts and computer software and hardware experts, and has more than ten years of experience in product development and project implementation in the ERP field.

Advantages: The module is relatively independent, customers can choose a certain direction or a certain level of informatization to meet the needs of enterprises with different management modes, and the operation is flexible and simple, with strong practicability, unified and friendly user interface, beautiful and elegant statistical reports, and support cross-platform and multi-database to meet the management needs of different enterprise development stages.

Disadvantages: the automatic generation of business processes is complicated, and it is inconvenient to switch languages and currencies.

5. Suda software

Suda Software Technology Co., Ltd. is a leader in the management software industry of small and medium-sized enterprises in China. It is jointly invested by multinational investment groups such as IDG, American OZ hedge fund and CDH (China).

Suda and its partners have made outstanding contributions to the informatization construction of small and medium-sized enterprises in China by virtue of their scale advantages, strong technological innovation capabilities, rich product lines and excellent service efficiency.

Adhering to the unchangeable mission of "spreading the wisdom of management", Suda will work with thousands of small and medium-sized enterprises to create China's economic miracle.

Advantages: The fixed assets and salary module can export EXCEL tables, which looks very convenient, especially for non-financial personnel, and is easy to understand.

The current account module in customer information can check the arrival and unpaid amount of funds at any time, which is very suitable for accountants to report the use of funds to their bosses, and has great practical value for raising funds and accelerating capital turnover.

Disadvantages: There is no quantity record in warehouse accounts.

Unable to generate cash flow statement.

Ordinary taxpayers or small-scale taxpayers, once the type of account set is determined, can't make changes in the future.

Foreign ERP software

1. energy

Founded in 1972 and headquartered in Waldorf Astoria, Germany, SAP is the world's largest provider of enterprise management and coordination business solutions and the third largest independent software provider in the world.

At present, more than 265,438+0,600 users in more than 65,438+020 countries are running more than 69,700 sets of SAP software.

Over 80% of Fortune 500 companies benefit from SAP's management plan.

SAP has branches in more than 50 countries and is listed on several stock exchanges, including Frankfurt and new york Stock Exchanges.

Advantages: SAP is the most meticulous system for enterprise architecture and financial control among all ERP products in the world at present, and it is also the most rigorous system for overall control logic and overall system architecture; SAP is the system that considers the applicability of products in various industries most among all ERP products in the world at present, and it is widely used in various industries. The overall stability of SAP system is the best; For example, if China's largest enterprise group (PetroChina, Sinopec, CNOOC, several steel groups, etc. In order to implement ERP comprehensively and uniformly, SAP is the only suitable product, especially the financial module; At present, SAP is the most widely used product in various professional management of enterprises: compared with other famous ERP systems abroad, other systems are much better than SAP in specific modules, and many places are really not commendable, such as scheduling, solving capacity bottlenecks and solving the particularity of specific industries. In terms of flexibility, SAP also has great shortcomings compared with other famous systems. It can be said that SAP has strong rigidity (stability) but insufficient elasticity. SAP also has many bugs. If there are no SAP professionals in the enterprise, when there is a problem, the reason can't be found from the database or system background, and the problem can't be solved. Some functions of SAP are not easy to use, for example, when the same material is input and output, the system is prone to an infinite loop, so it is not as easy to use as SAP claims (I will wait and see if I can solve this problem after hearing about the R/4 version); SAP does not have the ability to solve the continuous process manufacturing (referring to the production management part); SAP is a financial-oriented system, and its other modules, such as PM and PS modules, do not meet the actual needs of enterprise equipment management and project management, but only serve as tools for collecting equipment maintenance and project cost management.

2.OracleOracle is a software company.

This California-based 1977 software company is the first company in the world to launch a relational data management system (RDBMS).

Now, their RDBMS is widely used in various operating environments: Windows NT, minicomputers based on UNIX system, IBM mainframes and some special hardware operating system platforms.

In fact, Oracle has become the largest RDBMS supplier and the most important information processing software supplier in the world.

Advantages: multi-level network computing, supporting various industrial standards, being able to connect network customers such as ODBC, JDBC and OCI, long-term development experience, and being fully backward compatible.

It has been widely used.

High performance, no risk at all.

Multi-level network computing, supporting a variety of industrial standards, can use ODBC, JDBC, OCI and other network customers to connect, and can run on all mainstream platforms (including windows).

Fully support all industrial standards.

Adopt a completely open strategy.

Allow customers to choose the most suitable solution.

Give full support to developers.

Disadvantages: the operation is complicated, and it is necessary to provide both GUI and command line, operating under windowsNT and unix.

3.Qad

QAD was established in 1979 to build a computer system that can improve the efficiency of global manufacturing enterprises.

This goal has continued to this day.

In addition, we are also committed to developing a simple and easy-to-learn system for rapid implementation.

QAD is committed to providing global manufacturers with products and services that can enhance the strength and increase the value of enterprises.

Because we have been focusing on manufacturing, QAD knows more about the challenges and opportunities faced by manufacturers in the global economy than other ERP suppliers.

Our response to the expanding global manufacturing environment is QAD enterprise applications; ; Our strategy is to provide our customers with unique advantages in the global market.

Advantages: The system has low requirements for hardware configuration, which can save the investment cost of hardware.

The configuration is very flexible and can be easily adjusted; Third, the software is designed for small and medium-sized enterprises and easy to use and maintain.

Disadvantages; First, these softwares all start from financial software, and the software architecture is based on financial management rather than MRPII, which has limitations in manufacturing technology and BOM processing; Second, these software embedding processes are based on the traditional practices of domestic enterprises, and there are still problems in the connection with international manufacturers.

4. wise

SAGE is the third largest management software provider in the world and one of the leading management software solutions providers in the world.

It represents the most advanced management ideas and the best software design.

SAGE is used by most Fortune 500 companies.

SAGE is used by most large and medium-sized state-owned and private enterprises in China.

The product front is complete, covering all kinds of solutions for large, medium and small enterprises.

Advantages: Support for various network operations and all general databases (such as MS-SQL, Oracle, etc.). ).

Sage X3ERP is powerful but flexible. Users can change the software process by changing the parameter settings or the built-in professional development tools to ensure the market competitiveness of users.

Sage X3ERP's network core function has truly realized the application of e-commerce and business intelligence analysis to enterprises, maximized the use of enterprise resources, rapidly improved productivity and increased new business opportunities.

Disadvantages: R/3 provides a set of business measures in a modular form, in which the modules fail to cover all the required business functions, and connect users with technical application software to form an all-encompassing system for strategic and operational management of companies or enterprises.

5. Information

Infor is a unique software company.

They provide business solutions for enterprising companies, so that others can get the best performance in two aspects: business-centered solutions provided by small providers, supported by companies with stable financial conditions and software giants of global market enterprises.

There is no such combination on the market at present.

Infor was established to fill this gap, and their strategy is now playing a role.

In the last fiscal year, * * * 65,438+0,700 new customers chose Infor from us and many competitors.

Advantages: you can view, create and cancel the bill of materials and production process in real time, and control and transmit the whole change process.

It can also prevent repeated changes and maintain a complete online change history.

You can view, route, create, test and deploy workflows and assign employees to each step at a specified time.

Disadvantages: functional modules and technologies are not well done in some aspects, and asset performance cannot be optimized for customers, and asset management and operation are not tight enough.

Differences between Chinese and foreign ERP software

I comparison between platform and underlying technology

1, platform comparison

Due to the long history of foreign software, the platforms adopted are Novell, UNIX, NT and emerging Linux.

Some old products still have NOVELL versions.

The database technology adopted also includes the second generation network database, typically American SYMIX and FORTHSHIFT PROGRESSDBMS.

At present, the mainstream databases are the third generation relational databases, such as Microsoft's SQLSERVER, IBM's DB2, SYBAS and ORACLE.

The fourth generation of object-oriented database technology has also been put forward, and the "winning" of CA Company is the representative.

There are many softwares that use the AS400 platform.

It must be mentioned that these softwares have supported mainstream technologies at present, but only provided multiple platforms, and did not abandon the previous platforms.

Because most domestic software is only a few years old, most of them only support the mainstream of the platform, namely: SQLSERVER, SYBASE, ORACLE.

Among them, Case Company is unique. Because of their close relationship with IBM, they adopted a full set of IBM solutions: DB2 database +AS400 platform, which put forward higher requirements for enterprises in terms of infrastructure.

Although the choice of platform is not the key factor of ERP, how to choose the foundation of enterprise's future IT system is a discipline, and it is necessary to choose a scheme with mature technology, large market share and promising development prospects.

At present, NT/UNIX+SQLSERVER/ORACLE+PC platform +C/S structure is the mainstream scheme, and the future development direction is NT+SQLSERVER/LINIX+B/S structure.

Most manufacturers have started research and development, but it is still a few years before it is really widely used.

2. Comparison of the underlying technologies

The situation of foreign software must be discussed in two.

Some well-known ERP software, such as JPOBS(JDEDWARD, PEOPLESOFT, ORACLE, BAAN, SAP), has a history of about 20 years. Although the product has been improved, there may be some "historical issues" in the core code.

Many softwares have successfully cooperated with Microsoft and adopted new technologies, which represent the mainstream and future, especially small and medium-sized softwares.

As for the programming language, 4GL has been adopted.

Domestic software is basically the product of the 1990 s, and the underlying technology is unquestionable.

Second, the comparison of software stability and maintainability/expandability

1, software stability comparison

Foreign software has a long history, and its products have been tested by thousands of enterprises and tens of thousands of users. The version has been updated several times, and the upgrade is frequent, and the stability has been verified.

Domestic software has only been developed for a few years, and it is difficult to see the reason why the system is stable or not just by making demonstrations.

Because the demonstration environment is repeatedly verified by the manufacturer in advance, it is foolproof and the data input is small.

However, the actual business environment of enterprises is quite complex, and there are many unpredictable factors.

2. Comparison of software maintainability/extensibility

If a software really runs successfully in an enterprise, it must eventually get rid of the influence of the manufacturer and maintain/expand completely independently.

This puts great demands on the software, such as supporting background compilation, reserving interfaces with other systems and adopting standard technologies.

After all, foreign software has decades of experience in this field, providing various convenient tools and greatly reducing the maintenance. After short-term training, IT personnel in enterprises can maintain independently.

At the same time, it is integrated with various professional systems, such as CAD interface, bar code interface and CNC interface.

At present, these professional softwares or foreign softwares occupy more than half of the country, and stand out in the high-end market.

Because it has a wide range of users around the world, it also pays more attention to development than marketing activities, and has a complete development plan to continuously expand the software every year.

Domestic software also provides basic tools to help enterprises maintain.

In expansibility, CAD can generally support popular software interfaces (AUTOCAD, China soft CAD, etc. ), especially in the financial part, meets the requirements of the domestic Ministry of Finance and has a relatively high integration with domestic mainstream financial software, which is its obvious advantage.

Thirdly, the comparison of software module design and function.

1, software module comparison

The module design of foreign software is simple and practical, and other auxiliary modules are considered on the basis of solving the main problems.

Therefore, many well-known ERP software modules are being promoted in China to realize MRPII.

Its design idea is quite simple.

Domestic software design is a "big and complete" model, which often covers the personnel and salary outside MRPII, and some are interspersed with OA software design.

Therefore, domestic software is often more than foreign software modules.

Just from the interface design, we can get a glimpse of its flashy design ideas.

2. Software function comparison

The function of foreign software is well known.

Many functions cover all aspects of enterprise requirements, especially foreign software provides sufficient options and configuration functions in each form or menu, which embodies a high degree of integration and completely abandons manual operation.

Most of its implementation routes are also based on materials, with production planning and cost control as the core objectives.

Domestic software also provides many functions, but its realization route often starts from finance, focusing on accounting treatment and extending to financial analysis function, emphasizing the function of purchasing, selling and storing. In production, the master production plan can be partially realized, and the cost cannot be accurately controlled.

The implementation results are mostly due to the solidification of the current management model, which can not completely get rid of labor. Some softwares have no BOM at all or only a few layers of BOM structure, which leads to the existence of production planners in enterprises, but some administrative departments benefit more. There are some rare functions in the software, such as file management.

4. Comparison of services and business models of software vendors.

1, software vendor service comparison

Foreign software vendors take enterprises as their service targets.

A complete service system has been established, from pre-sale to personnel education, software implementation, customization and secondary development, there are corresponding personnel, which are connected with each other.

The staff are usually experienced senior consultants and engineers.

In terms of services, in addition to teaching enterprises to use software, we also provide some additional consulting services to explore a more reasonable management model.

Domestic software serves enterprises and related personnel.

To achieve the goal of software operation, both enterprises and software vendors define success based on wishes rather than specific goals.

At some time last year, a well-known domestic financial and management software supplier publicly put forward in a radio advertisement that anyone who went to the company's Shanghai branch to watch the financial software demonstration would have souvenirs, and anyone who bought its ERP products could arrange overseas visits.

Only in this way can we see the differences in the definition of service objects between domestic and foreign software vendors.

2. Comparison of business models

Foreign manufacturers pay attention to technology, development and implementation success rate.

Pay more attention to your goodwill than the signing rate and profit rate.

Therefore, manufacturers generally do not blindly take orders, and they are often very cautious about enterprises with high implementation risks.

Especially in the spirit of seeking truth from facts, provide various solutions for enterprises in advance, state their advantages and disadvantages and provide suggestions.

We will strive for the unreasonable demands of enterprises, attach importance to cooperation, and will not easily compromise on the implementation principle.

Pay attention to the resources of both sides and don't promise the enterprise easily.

Pay attention to the service quality of the contracted enterprises, have their own operating procedures, especially deepen mutual understanding gradually before the sale, and operate in the mode of SOLUTIONSELLING.

Domestic manufacturers are eager to compete with foreign manufacturers for market share, and their investment in market and signing rate far exceeds technology.

At present, large-scale ERP conferences and media column reports are basically invested by domestic software manufacturers.

Customer requirements are determined by whether they can be met, not by whether they are reasonable.

Too many commitments lead enterprises to underestimate the difficulty of implementation, and the discussion and setting of implementation targets are too simple and lack of quantitative indicators.

It is easy to passively follow the ideas of enterprises, and it is difficult to achieve the atmosphere of partners.

To sum up, whether from the platform of pure computer technology or the service that embodies the core value of ERP, there are great differences between domestic and foreign software.

In short, the characteristics of foreign software manufacturers are: pragmatic, professional and systematic; The characteristics of domestic software manufacturers are flashy, commercial and disorderly.