ERP go from here, or disillusioned, or those who dream come true

Introduction
Where is the future of ERP? You might whisper: This is considered Sam problem? Would be too stupid bar first of all to predict the future, in particular, to predict the future of technology is a futile thing, it is best to use the card to the divination, and IT analysts dart target to deal with. In addition, ERP's future has emerged in front of us is not it? Software as a Service (SaaS), on-demand application software, enterprise 2.0 collaboration, open source software, virtualization, cloud platform. Is there any other anything?

Right now there really is no more numerous. However, the real future of enterprise software is not entirely dependent on people to send stunning sigh of applications and features. The future of ERP is not only to know what new applications and delivery model can immediately help businesses, but also with the pace of rapid technological change in order to quickly take advantage of those new applications. This is not to say that after 18 months or "the next quarter," re-use, but as long as the business unit manager for the practical needs of this feature, you can immediately take advantage of.

In addition, CIO and IT staff must make one thing clear: they are the underlying infrastructure and systems have been made (or now being made) to allow flexibility in decision-making to follow changes in the road map. This flexibility is able to cater for emerging disruptive business activities, the corresponding changes in enterprise software.

According to this definition, ERP is clearly no longer the status quo unchanged. Cause great harm to the global economic crisis and its recovery has clearly indicated this.

Asked about this economic downturn will eventually become a turning point in the history of ERP, Accenture executives Oracle business, Jim Hayes, managing director of global think the answer is yes. He and enterprise software to play for a few decades of dealings Robin said: "The subversive destruction at the same time opportunities. We have seen this subversive destruction is clearly the one hand is painful to look at; However from another point of view, it is there to heal your skin, because prompted us to reconsider the issue. "

However, the change will never be easily and quickly spread to the ERP. Markson Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan School of Management and the Amity Business School professor of operations management and information management lecturer at the Department of the co-author of the new book, "Innovation in the Digital Age: Information Technology on how to reshape the economy?" (Wired for Innovation: How information technology is reshaping the economy) that require substantial IT such as ERP systems typically require input only after five to seven years to bring significant returns. They both believe that due to today's enterprises in the full implementation of the internal changes in order to truly take advantage of new IT applications and systems typically have to go through several years.