Enterprise Financial Application Software: How Some of the Big ERP Vendors Stack Up
Steve McVey - December 1, 1999

Overview

The subject of this case study is a large series and single-title book publisher that needed to replace a decade-old, highly customized financials system. Though accounting personnel had grown adept at using the existing system, it was clearly unable to keep pace with the client's evolving business model - one that included some ambitious E-commerce initiatives. In addition to providing considerable flexibility in the areas of budgeting, management reporting, and royalty calculations, the new system would need to be cost effective. The candidate vendors and packages included the following:..