15 ERP system examples (and what each one shows)

These 15 ERP system examples show the main kinds of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software: systems that run a company’s core processes, such as finance, supply chain, manufacturing, and HR, on one shared database. 

ERP is software organizations use to manage day-to-day business. The list runs from open-source and small-business systems to manufacturing ERPs and large enterprise suites, each described from its vendor’s own pages.

Example	Who	What it shows
1. Odoo	Odoo S.A.	Open-source ERP with paid apps
2. Sage Intacct	Sage	Cloud financial management for mid-sized companies
3. Epicor Kinetic	Epicor	Manufacturing ERP: cloud, on-premises or hybrid
4. Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP	Oracle	Large enterprise cloud suite
5. Infor CloudSuite Industrial	Infor	Industry cloud ERP for manufacturers
6. QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise	Intuit	Accounting-led desktop software, the step before an ERP
7. Syspro	Syspro	Manufacturing and distribution ERP for mid-sized companies
8. SAP Business One	SAP	Small and midsize ERP from a large vendor
9. Deacom ERP	ECI Software Solutions	Batch and process manufacturing ERP
10. Microsoft Dynamics 365	Microsoft	Separate ERP products by company size
11. NetSuite	Oracle NetSuite	Cloud ERP suite for every size
12. Acumatica	Acumatica	Cloud ERP priced by applications
13. SAP S/4HANA	SAP	Enterprise suite: public cloud, private cloud or on-premises
14. Workday	Workday	HR and finance on one platform
15. IFS Cloud	IFS	Industry ERP for asset-intensive sectors

This page shows what kinds of ERP systems exist through 15 named products you can learn from, as one part of wider enterprise planning. 

These enterprise resource planning examples are also real-world ERP examples: each item names a customer from the vendor’s own published stories. Each one shows a different kind: open-source, finance-led, manufacturing, process manufacturing, small business, large enterprise, people-led, and industry cloud.

If you want to compare options and choose one, see WalkMe’s roundup of enterprise resource planning software instead. 

15 ERP system examples

1. Odoo

What it is: Odoo is a suite of open-source business apps that, in Odoo’s words, “cover all your company needs.” It comes in two editions: Odoo Community, which is open source, and Odoo Enterprise, which is licensed.

Who and when: Odoo S.A. builds Odoo Enterprise on Odoo Community, the shared core. In a testimonial on Odoo’s homepage, Harry Van Donink, CEO of customer KPMG Belgium, says processing time for accounting documents fell, “in certain cases even from 2 days to only 5 hours.”

Why it’s a good example: It shows open-source ERP. Odoo lists Community as “Open Source, 100% free,” and companies add paid Enterprise apps on the same core as their needs grow.

What to take from it: You can run basic processes on a free core before you pay for more. Check early which of the apps you need are Enterprise-only, so your budget holds as you grow.

2. Sage Intacct

What it is: Sage Intacct is cloud accounting software from Sage, designed “for scaling and mid-sized businesses with complex accounting needs.” Sage calls it “cloud accounting software” rather than an ERP, though it files it under “Accounting & ERP” on its site.

Who and when: Sage lists the industries it serves with Intacct, such as construction, nonprofits, software as a service, and wholesale distribution. Customer Higginbotham, a Texas insurance company, “Reduced reporting from 3 days to 3 hours.” Tony Haas, its Chief Accounting Officer, said: “We’ve grown five times and haven’t increased the staff at all.”

Why it’s a good example: It shows the finance-led kind: cloud financial management for mid-sized companies, built around accounting rather than operations.

What to take from it: If finance is where your processes break, a finance-first system may be enough. Sage lists more than 350 integrations, so plan which operations tools you’ll connect.

3. Epicor Kinetic

What it is: Epicor Kinetic is, in Epicor’s words, “a global cloud ERP solution designed for and with manufacturers.” Epicor also offers it for on-premises and hybrid deployments.

Who and when: Epicor sells Kinetic to manufacturers in aerospace and defense, fabricated metals, industrial machinery, and medical devices. Customer JR Automation, “a Hitachi Group company,” runs Epicor Cloud Enterprise Services for Kinetic and plans to consolidate its on-premises instances. It calls Epicor’s Data Management Tool “a huge efficiency gain.”

Why it’s a good example: It shows a manufacturing ERP that you can run in the cloud, on-premises, or as a hybrid of the two.

What to take from it: You don’t have to move every site at once. As JR Automation’s plan shows, a manufacturer can bring sites onto the cloud one at a time.

4. Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP

What it is: Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP is “a complete, modern, cloud ERP suite,” in Oracle’s words. It covers financial management, procurement, project management, and planning in one cloud product. Oracle used to call it Oracle Cloud Enterprise Resource Planning.

Who and when: Oracle. The modules include Oracle Fusion Cloud Financial Management and Oracle Fusion Cloud Procurement, and Oracle ships automatic updates. Customer Grupo Globo, a media and communications group in Brazil, “closes up to the fifth working day, a time reduction of 28.5%.”

Why it’s a good example: It shows a large enterprise cloud suite with finance, procurement, projects, and planning in one product, with updates delivered by Oracle.

What to take from it: A full suite pays off when the finance close and planning are your bottleneck. Measure your close in working days before and after, as Globo did.

5. Infor CloudSuite Industrial

What it is: Infor CloudSuite Industrial, formerly SyteLine, is “a complete ERP platform that’s built for manufacturers,” in Infor’s words. It runs in a multi-tenant cloud hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Who and when: Infor launched it under the CloudSuite name in August 2018. The standard edition serves “small and midsize industrial manufacturers,” and Infor CloudSuite Industrial Enterprise serves large ones. Customer El Dorado Packaging moved off Infor Baan to “merge its three facilities onto one common platform.”

Why it’s a good example: It shows an industry cloud ERP for manufacturers, organized by micro-verticals such as “Machinery & equipment” and “Metal fabrication.”

What to take from it: Industry editions ship with that industry’s workflows built in. Check the vertical list before you plan custom work.

6. QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise

What it is: QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise is Intuit’s accounting-led desktop software. Intuit calls it “an all-in-one solution built to manage your business and bottom line,” not an ERP.

Who and when: Intuit sells it as Silver, Gold, Platinum, or Diamond subscriptions, with industry editions, and still sells it to new customers: “Yes, you can still buy QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise subscriptions.” Other Desktop editions closed to new US subscribers on October 1, 2024. Intuit quotes Mike H. of FoamOrder, a customer, who paid for his time: “QuickBooks [Desktop Enterprise] has given us everything we need to make the decisions we need to make.”

Why it’s a good example: It shows the step before an ERP: accounting-led desktop software; its vendor doesn’t call it an ERP.

What to take from it: Intuit points multi-entity, service and project-based businesses to Intuit Enterprise Suite, its “AI-native ERP solution.” If you run several entities, compare the two.

7. Syspro

What it is: Syspro is ERP software for manufacturers and distributors. The company calls itself “the industrial AI company for manufacturing and distribution,” focused on “helping mid-sized companies run and grow with confidence.”

Who and when: Syspro launched a new brand on January 20, 2026, and now writes its name “Syspro” rather than “SYSPRO.” Customer Ken’s Foods, a sauce and dressing maker founded in 1958, runs Syspro 8. Its CIO said: “Quite simply, it was the purest food manufacturing product on the market.”

Why it’s a good example: It shows a manufacturing and distribution ERP for mid-sized companies, deployable on-premises, through a managed service provider or in the cloud.

What to take from it: A vertical ERP’s industry depth can matter more than its breadth. Judge a system by how well it fits your industry’s work, as Ken’s Foods did.

8. SAP Business One

What it is: SAP Business One is SAP’s ERP solution “for managing small and midsize companies.” It covers accounting and company-wide reporting.

Who and when: SAP says Business One “is designed for small and midsize businesses (SMB),” while SAP S/4HANA Cloud and SAP ERP serve organizations of all sizes. It automates “key accounting processes, such as journal entries, accounts receivable, and accounts payable.” Customer Vopelius Chemie AG, a specialty chemicals company based in Fürth, Germany, “gained real-time visibility” with support from SAP partner Be One Solutions, SAP reported in March 2026.

Why it’s a good example: It shows a small- and midsize business ERP from a large-enterprise vendor, implemented through partners such as Be One Solutions.

What to take from it: A smaller company can run on a large vendor’s SMB product, which SAP positions apart from SAP S/4HANA. Ask your partner what moving up would involve.

9. Deacom ERP

What it is: Deacom ERP is “an all-in-one ERP for batch and process manufacturing,” sold by ECI Software Solutions. It runs “on a single, unified cloud ERP.”

Who and when: ECI Software Solutions completed its acquisition of Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania-based Deacom, Inc. on September 2, 2021, calling it “a provider of ERP software for batch and process manufacturers.” ECI reports that customer Van Drunen Farms “achieved a 46% ROI with a 2.2-year payback period following the deployment of ECI Deacom.”

Why it’s a good example: It shows a process-manufacturing ERP for industries such as chemicals, food and beverage, paint and coatings, and pharmaceuticals.

What to take from it: Formula and batch tracking need an ERP built for them. Measure payback after go-live, as Van Drunen Farms did.

10. Microsoft Dynamics 365

What it is: Microsoft Dynamics 365 includes separate ERP products by company size. Dynamics 365 Business Central is “AI-powered enterprise resource planning (ERP) for small and midsize businesses.” Dynamics 365 Finance and Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management serve larger organizations, and Microsoft documents them together as finance and operations apps.

Who and when: Microsoft says 55,000 companies use Business Central, which runs online or on-premises. Vera Bradley moved to Dynamics 365 Finance, Supply Chain Management and Commerce in 2025 to “replace its outdated legacy ERP, point of sale (POS), and e-commerce systems.”

Why it’s a good example: It shows one vendor selling separate ERP products for small and large companies.

What to take from it: One vendor can cover a small subsidiary and a large group with different products. Ask how data and integration work between them.

11. NetSuite

What it is: NetSuite ERP is Oracle NetSuite’s cloud business management suite. NetSuite describes it as “an all-in-one, AI-powered, cloud business management solution.”

Who and when: Oracle NetSuite has been part of Oracle since 2016, when Oracle announced its purchase of NetSuite on July 28. NetSuite sells to “Companies of every size, from pre-revenue startups to fast-growing businesses” and cites more than 44,000 customers. Its summary of the SymphonyAI customer story says the company “replaced numerous financial systems with NetSuite OneWorld to support global growth in a fast-moving industry.”

Why it’s a good example: It shows a cloud-native ERP suite for companies of every size, with NetSuite OneWorld for running several subsidiaries in one system.

What to take from it: You can start on a cloud suite while you’re small and add subsidiaries later without changing systems. If you expect to open new entities, check how the suite adds them before you sign.

12. Acumatica

What it is: Acumatica Cloud ERP is a “true cloud-based ERP,” in Acumatica’s words, sold in industry editions for growing companies.

Who and when: Acumatica offers editions for construction, distribution, manufacturing, professional services, retail and commerce, and field service. Its pricing page says “Acumatica’s cost is based primarily on the number of applications you implement,” with unlimited users. Customer Wine Racks America, in Salt Lake City, replaced QuickBooks with the Manufacturing Edition: “Acumatica provided an integrated platform connecting all operations.”

Why it’s a good example: It shows a cloud ERP with industry editions, priced by the applications you use rather than by user count.

What to take from it: Pricing by applications rather than seats changes who you can give access to. Wine Racks America’s move from QuickBooks also shows the step from accounting software to an ERP.

13. SAP S/4HANA

What it is: SAP S/4HANA is SAP’s enterprise ERP suite, which SAP describes as a modern cloud ERP system built on a high-speed database. It’s sold as SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition, SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition, and an on-premises solution.

Who and when: SAP calls the Public Edition “a flexible ERP solution with embedded AI.” It contrasts S/4HANA with ECC, “a traditional on-premises ERP system that uses older technology.” Customer Benjamin Moore uses “a two-tier ERP model” to run U.S. operations in a private cloud while onboarding European units on an integrated public cloud ERP, SAP reported in December 2025.

Why it’s a good example: It shows a large enterprise suite with public cloud, private cloud, and on-premises editions, so deployment can differ by business unit.

What to take from it: You can combine public and private editions, as Benjamin Moore does. Treat deployment as a choice for each unit.

14. Workday

What it is: Workday ERP is, in Workday’s words, “a cloud-native, SaaS-based system that unifies finance, HR, and operations on one adaptable platform.”

Who and when: Workday. Its ERP includes Workday Financial Management, Workday Human Capital Management (HCM), Workday Spend Management, and Workday Adaptive Planning. Customer Condé Nast, with 36 brands in more than 10 countries, runs Workday HCM and Financial Management: “Having HCM and finance on one platform across the globe helps us to be more efficient.”

Why it’s a good example: It shows a people-led ERP, with HR and finance on one cloud platform. Workday itself uses the name Workday ERP.

What to take from it: If headcount drives your costs, an ERP that starts from HR data may fit better than one that starts from inventory. Map which of your processes begin with people before you choose.

15. IFS Cloud

What it is: IFS Cloud is an ERP platform from IFS “tailored to the unique needs of asset-intensive and mission-critical sectors.”

Who and when: IFS launched IFS Cloud on March 10, 2021, as one platform for ERP, enterprise asset management (EAM) and field service management (FSM), with “twice-yearly feature releases.” At launch, IFS said “Customers can choose how and where they deploy IFS Cloud,” and it still offers the choice: “In the Cloud or On-Premises. With IFS, you have a Choice.” Customer Noble Corporation, an offshore drilling contractor, plans to upgrade to IFS Cloud and expects to use IFS.ai when it does. Its engineer Kristian Mortensen says: “Each time a rig needs to stop drilling for maintenance, the cost of lost production is immense.”

Why it’s a good example: It shows an industry cloud ERP for asset-intensive sectors such as aerospace and defense, energy and utilities, construction, manufacturing and telecommunications.

What to take from it: Where equipment downtime is the cost, ERP and asset maintenance on one platform matter. Check that maintenance and finance share the same data.

What these ERP examples have in common

The 15 systems differ in three main ways.

• Company size and industry. Vendors aim SAP Business One and Business Central at small and midsize businesses, and Sage Intacct and Syspro at mid-sized ones. Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, SAP S/4HANA, and Dynamics 365 Finance serve large enterprises. Epicor Kinetic, Infor CloudSuite Industrial, Deacom ERP and IFS Cloud are built around one industry. Sage Intacct leads with finance, and Workday leads with HR.
• Deployment. NetSuite names three models. With on-premises ERP, “the business runs the software on its servers.” Cloud ERP “runs on remote servers managed by a third party,” and hybrid ERP “combines elements of on-premises and cloud deployments.” Acumatica, NetSuite, Workday, Infor CloudSuite Industrial, and Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP run in the cloud. Epicor Kinetic, Syspro, and Business Central offer a choice. SAP S/4HANA comes in public cloud, private cloud, and on-premises editions.
• Two-tier ERP. SAP defines two-tier ERP as a strategy in which an organization runs different ERP systems. Tier 1 is “the parent corporation’s system, which manages central functions.” Tier 2 is “the subsidiary or regional office’s system.” Benjamin Moore (item 13) runs this model.

The kind of ERP matters more than the brand.

How we chose these examples

Each example meets three criteria:

• a named system that its vendor sells today;
• a distinct kind of ERP, by company size, industry, deployment or the function that leads;
• facts from the vendor’s own product, documentation and customer-story pages, with no review sites, ratings or prices.

Adopting an ERP system is where the value is won or lost

Choosing the right ERP is the first decision. Returns depend on people using the system well after go-live. WalkMe, part of SAP, works on top of ERP systems including SAP S/4HANA, Oracle Cloud ERP, Workday and Microsoft Dynamics 365. WalkMe says it is “already embedded into your SAP apps, guiding users through key workflows from day one.” On Workday, it delivers “real-time training and support at scale.” For the plan and the tools, see the guides to digital adoption strategy and digital adoption solutions. To see it on an ERP, explore WalkMe for SAP.