In a survey of the 1 000 largest manufacturers in the world, Deloitte Research has rated Oracle the top-performing software company and the third overall manufacturing company.
The Deloitte Research Global Manufacturing 100, which analyses the current and near-term performances and the projected future values of the top 100 companies out of the 1 000 surveyed, seeks to discover the companies that successfully manage to keep an eye on today`s business as well as the opportunities of tomorrow.
"It`s a total endorsement of the fact that Oracle practices what it preaches in terms of deploying our own solutions across the enterprise to give us the market edge," says Marc Gower, Marketing Manager, Oracle SA.
"Our performance illustrates that even though the past 18 months has seen rapidly declining market conditions - and even more so in the IT sector - with the right business strategies in place and the technology to support it, you can still sustain a solid business environment."
The report also comments on how many companies, despite the very uncertain business environment, "have been able to weather the storm that has swirled around the global manufacturing industry".
"While few have escaped unscathed, many of these companies have found ways not only to survive, but also to strengthen their foundations, exploit uncertainty to their advantage, and position themselves for the future," it says.
Oracle was ranked first overall in the Computer Software industry segment ahead of Japan`s Itochu Techno-Science Co (based on consolidated results) in second place and Siebel third. Then came Microsoft, SAP, Peoplesoft and Compuware.
Overall, Oracle was ranked second behind Dell in the Top 100 rated companies. Siebel was eighth, followed by Microsoft (12th), SAP (15), Peoplesoft (63) and Compuware (74).
"What is interesting is the average index of the respective companies taking into account their current performance and the future value of the companies, which is based on financial market expectations.
"The average in the Computer Software is just below 60%, whereas Oracle`s is nearly 80%. This begs the question that if there is this much of a gap between the top performing players in this sector, how are those companies that haven`t made it into the charts going to cope in the year ahead? It suggests there is going to be a major industry shake-out because the days of easy business are long gone," concludes Gower.
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