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PeopleSoft

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PeopleSoft was founded in 1987. It is listed on NASDAQ (PSFT). PeopleSoft’s revenues have doubles in the each of the past seven years, reaching $1.4 billion in 1999. PeopleSoft has more than 7,000 employees, in 25 markets around the world, supporting more than 4,000 customer organizations.

Peoplesoft’s ASP services (PeopleSoft e-center) include all their applications.. Features of the PeopleSoft applications are:

	Easy to use because there is no client--just a standard internet browser.
	Easy to integrate with third-party solutions because it is based on XML.
	Easier to implement, customize, and upgrade over the internet--saving your organization time and money.

The integrated PeopleSoft Supply Chain Management solution includes:

	Supply Chain Planning
	Manufacturing
	Sales and Logistics
	Materials Management
	E-Procurement and E-Store
	100% Internet PeopleTools technology

PeopleSoft Supply Chain Management brings an innovative approach to resource optimization and a global perspective across the enterprise, yet enables disparate operations to be managed locally. A single, integrated system balances inventories, schedules production for peak efficiency, captures and administers a high volume of orders, and helps companies produce and deliver products to exact specifications.

This report was completed in October 2000 for the class B2B Electronic Commerce given by Prof. Carmel in the program of Management Of Global Information Technology at the Kogod School of Business at American University in Washington D.C.