Oracle E-Business Suite vs. Microsoft Dynamics AX

tart -->Axapta and Oracle Financials are there), but rather in
In this small article we will only concentrate ontax code adoption - this is the biggest question in Brazil,
Microsoft Dynamics Axapta (and will not considerin Spanish speaking part of Southern and Central
Microsoft Dynamics GP and NAV) in comparison toAmerica tax localization is not that complicated.o
Oracle Financials/E-Business Suite/Applications and theAvailability. Oracle E-Business Suite is traditionally
localization and implementation in Latin America andavailable (due to Oracle campaign in 1990th) in LATAM
Brazil.o Architecture & Lifecycle. In our opinionand Brazil, Axapta is spreading across Spanish
each ERP/MRP package should be first consideredspeaking countries, such as Colombia, Venezuela, Chile,
from its architectural fundamentals and the step in itsArgentina, Peru, Bolivia, Mexico and now it is available
lifecycle. Oracle E-Business Suite should be consideredin Brazil (April 2006)o Offshore Manufacturing ERP. In
as very matured product and it has traditionally strongthe case of both Oracle and Axapta you can consider
positions among corporate clientele. Oracleit to be installed and hosted at your headquarters, while
Applications design is in transition to Oracle Fusionlocal implementation and user training should be done
project, however you should probably consider it asby local consultants in LATAM/Brazil. If you are spread
rather traditional. Microsoft Axapta/Microsoft Dynamicsacross multiple countries in South America - consider
AX has modern design (very end of XXth centuryregional partner (in Sao Paulo or Rio de Janeiro for
and very beginning of XXI). Axapta is targeted toexample), who could serve your regional needs
upper mid-market and it also serves as high-end ERPthrough dedicated call and support center with traveling
for large corporations. Having modern design - Axaptaconsultants as needed. In some cases you can find
has potential to be sold and increase its market shareLATAM consulting rates as reasonable and switch
just based on the fact of modern architecture.oheadquarters support to your LATAM Axapta or
LATAM localization. The challenge of localization is notOracle E-Business Suite partner.
in the translation to Spanish or Portuguese (both