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10 ERP deployments show that megaprojects are standing strong--though they've changed in focus and function. (Originally published in Information Week)
July 11, 2005
Primary ERP provider: Oracle
2004 Revenue: $23.5 billion

Employees: 129,000 worldwide


Modules Or Functions used: Financials, human resources, order to cash, requisition to pay.

Deployment Details: Began in 2001 with financials and requisition-to-pay processes at 50 locations in Europe; those are now live across Europe, North America, Australia, Asia, and Latin America. HR processes are complete in Australia and by end of year are expected to be complete in Europe and Latin America. At year's end, order-to-cash processes should be about 60% complete worldwide.

Number of users: More than 10,000
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Primary ERP provider: SAP
2004 Revenue: 37.5 billion euros

Employees: 82,000 worldwide

Modules Or Functions used: Full suite


Deployment Details: Began at the end of the 1980s and completed in early 1990s. There have been about 10 upgrades in the last few years, most recently updating many systems to R/3 v. 4.7. Now BASF is a third of the way through a project that's scheduled to be done in early 2007, consolidating multiple instances to one or two and standardizing processes.

Number of users: 35,000
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