ERP changes in the future of the economic recession
To say that up to 18 months of economic and commercial chaos brought about what the positive side, that is, countries, each line, the industry, large and small companies have their ERP investment and strategic re-conducted a comprehensive review. Has long been the case. What is the actual cost of ERP? Just ask chief executive to find out. Benefits and investment rather do? Will have to ask Chief Financial Officer. Do we have received from the ERP system, the expected value? Only ask the business unit manager.

Recently, these core members of the IT person in charge to give the answer not very satisfied with, they have enough guts to make once-deviant question: What other alternative way? Just because we have been using SAP or Oracle system we have to insist to use it? Otherwise consider software as a service? For example, as a long-standing SAP customer, the German electrical engineering giant fields Siemens Company's ERP maintenance and support services agreement questioned. The news was leaked, the outside world quite a storm. While Siemens and SAP finally negotiated the transaction (for some industry people, the details are still unknown), but the incident has become a watershed. Since Siemens challenging the status quo, we should not imitate the effect so much?

It has been felt that the impending changes. The global economic recession is only accelerating the pace of change.

Pairs of independent analysts, SAP consultants and JonERP.com the blog author Jon Reed is, in the near future, the outdated pricing model (such as ERP maintenance agreement), and ERP unusually slow rate of innovation would be ERP developers must pay attention to The two key areas. He said: "The economic situation has changed ERP game plan. Once the economy recovers, it will support in the past-oriented ERP business model different models. Only by strengthening the services provided by the flexibility of developers to re-plastic self which is would be very critical. "

There is no doubt: Enterprise software developer has recently suffered severe economic difficulties and endures the opposition of customers is unprecedented. But for many developers, the more pain yet to come. Reed said: "The major ERP vendors would be subjected to a heavy blow; from a certain extent, they have been hit. They had to endure a few punch. They are what will be the response, is indeed a matter of concern. "

In the old developer SAP seems - its tradition of relying on large-scale installation of ERP software has been billions of dollars in profits - ERP future begins this default: change is inevitable; change is conducive to the company itself and its customers. SAP Business Suite, vice president of Philip Say, said: "Enterprise software will undergo a very significant change." SAP's ERP in shaping their own future in actively pursuing several major topics: Definition innovation, without damage improvement (enhancements without disruption), as well as the eternal Software (timeless software) and so on.

Say that: "From one perspective, it is clearly in response to customer requirements and needs. ERP's future lies in simplifying response. These systems are very important, but difficult to implement and manage them. SAP is making every effort to simplify the use of ERP, input and deployment, and ultimately allow users to more easily use the software. "

Say you do not believe, or any other large ERP vendors called "Yes, we can change" this rhetoric? Say It claimed that, in fact, SAP also being questioned ERP in the "traditional thinking", including this outdated acronym itself. "This is beyond many people's surprise: Our ERP above the concept of effort devoted so much, but we are questioning the definition of its own ERP. I think that in the event of significant changes in the definition of ERP." He said: "The usual view is that, ERP software, such as finance, human resources and back-office functions like a typical, and nothing more. I question this definition, because the actual operations, and customers to use enterprise software, they are no longer used in this way to ERP."