This is wrong question. It is like asking, “What is the difference between a car and Honda Accord?”

Honda Accord is one of the model of cars. Car is a generic name given to vehicle. Similarly, ERP is generic name given to enterprise management integrated software.

Please note that SAP is a well-known, leading ERP company in the world. But, SAP is not the only ERP vendor. There are many ERP companies.

SAP is one of the ERP companies in the world. There are hundreds of them.

ERP is a generic name of the business management software. SAP is a specific name of the one of the companies, which has developed ERP software. Therefore, it is wrong way to ask, “What is the difference between SAP and ERP?” One may ask a question, “What is the difference between SAP and MS Dynamics?”? That makes more sense.

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No doubt SAP is considered as # 1and learning SAP ERP will be a feather in your cap, however, (first you need the cap). Many students in India, unfortunately are carried away by

the brand name without understanding that, just by sitting in the Mercedes car, you can’t learn driving.

Make sure that ERP certificate is backed by adequate practical training and at least two years of work experience.

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Siebel

Peoplesoft

There are many software multinational companies offering world class ERP software JD Edwards

SAP R/3

BaaN

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Oracle ERP

SAP ERP is provided by world’s largest enterprise software company SAP AG (Germany).

SAP R/3 is acronym for Systems Applications and Products in data processing. The "R" is for "Real-time data processing" and 3 is for 3-tier

SAP Advantages: World class fully integrated ERP software Global leader Faster Speed Implemented in many countries and across many vertical

businesses and industries

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SAP is founded by five former IBM employees in 1972. SAP is situated in Walldorf, Germany. Number one vendor of standard business application software,

with a worldwide market share of 31%. The world's leading provider of business software offering

applications and services to more than 100,000 customers located in over 120 countries

One of the largest independent software supplier in the world. Available in more than 14 languages.

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Aerospace & Defense Automotive Banking Chemicals Consumer Products Defense & Security Healthcare High Tech Insurance Life Sciences Logistics Service Providers Media Mill Products Mining Oil & Gas Pharmaceuticals Postal Services Professional Services Public Sector Retail Railways Telecommunications Utilities Wholesale Distribution Engineering, Construction

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You can join a company as a Consultant in following areas During Implementation with a software consulting (implementation

partner, such as Infosys, Wipro, Siemens, etc.) firm which is implementing SAP in organizations.

Technical Consultants / developer: ABAP/4 (Programming language) ABAP = Advanced Business Application Programming,. Originally

Allgemeiner Berichts-Aufbereitungs-Prozessor, German for "general report creation processor“ ) is a high-level programming language created by the German software company SAP.

It is currently positioned, alongside the more recently introduced Java, as the language for programming the SAP Application Server, part of its NetWeaver platform for building business applications. The syntax of ABAP is somewhat similar to COBOL.

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Baan has 6,500 customers worldwide and installations at more than 21,000 customer sites.

http://www.infor.com/

BaaN is now Infor

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Infor is a leading provider of business software and services, helping 70,000 customers in 164 countries improve operations and drive growth. Our customers include:

9 of the top 10 high tech companies 9 of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies 80 of the top 100 automotive suppliers 19 of the top 35 retailers Over 3,000 financial services companies Over 7,000 machinery manufacturers

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Oracle is one of the largest ERP company offering ERP solutions refereed as Oracle Financials.

Oracle is a global giant software company competing with SAP

In India number of Oracle customers will be over 7,000 using Oracle Database, Oracle Fusion ERP and Oracle applications across financial services, communications, government and public sector, manufacturing and retail segments

JD Edwards

Oracle

Peoplesoft

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PeopleSoft was merged with Oracle in 2005

Infosys is implementing partner for Oracle / PeopleSoft

Honda, China is using Oracle PeopleSoft Global Payroll

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Peoplesoft

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JD E was a large and very successful ERP company

Now taken over by Oracle http://www.aioug.org

All India Oracle Users Group JD Edwards

Oracle

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Oracle has taken over Siebel  A leading CRM software Oracle Social CRM Applications harness the latest

Web 2.0 technologies, empowering sales users to be more effective and productive by leveraging the knowledge and experience of the broader community. These highly intuitive and focused applications work the way sales people do, helping them identify qualified leads, develop sales campaigns, and collaborate with colleagues to close more deals. With Oracle Social CRM Applications, sales users reap instant benefits with no data entry required.

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The world's most complete customer relationship management (CRM) solution, Oracle's Siebel CRM helps organizations differentiate their businesses to achieve maximum top-and bottom-line growth.

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Microsoft has taken over Navision ERP company Now rename as Dynamics NAV

Microsoft Dynamics NAV is a cost-effective, customizable business management solution with functionality for financial and supply-chain management, customer relationship management and e-commerce.

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It is designed for small and medium-sized companies.

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Organizations across industries in India, have implemented Microsoft Dynamics Solutions to drive business value through better decisions and to raise productivity through effective processes.

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More than 40,000 companies in over 50 countries rely on Microsoft Dynamics-Nav everyday to help them run their operations.

Dynamics and Oracle is competing for number two position SAP is number one Question is who is # 2?

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Frost & Sullivan is a leading consulting company, employs more

than 1,700 industry analysts, growth

consultants, and other staff in 31 offices in 21 countries worldwide

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Group 1SAPOracleOracle eBusiness SuiteOracle JD EdwardsOracle PeoplesoftMicrosoft Dynamics

Group 2 (also referred as Tier II)EpicorSageInforIFSQADLawsonCDC Software

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Based on 2009 data

Group 3ABASActivant Solutions Inc.Bowen and GrovesCompiereExactNetSuiteVisibilityCGSHansa WorldConsonaSyspro

SAP ERP software is developed by SAP, however there are other companies who may actually implement the same. For example: Infosys, Wipro, Siemens, etc.,

are specializing in implementing and customizing ERP software.

Usually the ERP project may take 3 to 24 months to implement.

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