02 Oracle Oracle offers software as a service as well as platform , infrastructure and data services . The company has a total of about 430,000 customers spanning 175 locations . The numbers don ’ t stop there , with Oracle employing 138,000 people including 40,000 developers and engineers , 16,000 support and services specialists and 19,000 implementation consultants . In 2016 , Oracle made

$ 1.5bn in the SCM software segment , an impressive $ 100mn increase from the previous year . This is , however , a drop in the bucket in comparison with its overall yearly revenue which currently amounts to around $ 37bn . Oracle helps businesses modernise their SCM processes , offering clients services like product life cycle management , supply chain planning and order management .

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