E-Commerce Times analysis of the development trend of ERP

Introduction
ERP is built on the basis of information technology to the management of systematic thinking, and staff for business decision-making tools for decision-making operation management platform. E-commerce (Electronic Commerce, EC) in electronic technology, information technology is highly developed modern society, through access to information technology and business rules, systematic application of electronic means and electronic information technology, high efficiency and low cost of various business activity. In the age of electronic commerce, market competition, market scope of competition, as well as market and customer needs the speed of change and other factors have changed, their corporate ERP system, put forward new demands. However, as the existing ERP itself some limitations, so that it can not fully adapt to the Internet age enterprise development.

Limitations of the existing ERP system
1. ERP can not meet the requirements of the network characteristics of the times. With the advent of the Internet era, electronic commerce (EC) of the rise of the digital economy has affected the social and economic life in all its aspects. However, due to Internet / Intranet, B / S architecture ERP software system is still in the initial stage, the support of e-commerce has not yet matured. Traditional ERP systems can not adapt to multi-regional off-site applications, let alone a virtual industry, from suppliers to the Alliance partners and customers an effective management tool.

2. Enterprise ERP and supply chain integration is not close. Although ERP for supply chain management but its focus is still within the enterprise. The fierce competition in a buyer's market, the customer has become a business rise and fall of the key. How customer-centric, improve customer satisfaction and loyalty is the ERP system to improve an important part.

3. ERP system is unable to meet the business needs of individual management. With the management theory and IT technology, constant innovation, market demand, changing business processes are bound to follow the change in the ERP can not be dynamically to meet the changing needs of business process must pass through difficult secondary to the development and implementation of the achieved. While some ERP companies (such as BAAN company) being dynamic enterprise modeling (DEM) of exploration, but still in its infancy.

4. ERP low level of integration with the EC. Although many enterprises to develop e-commerce business, but due to EC system and the ERP system is not integrated, making the platform from the EC to obtain sales orders, market information can not be timely delivered to the back-ERP system, the front of the EC system and the ERP system can not be shared of information, resulting in a mismatch between the front and rear sets of information, which led to a decline in customer satisfaction, and even loss of clients.