Discover the Advantages and Disadvantages of ERP:

This is a challenging age for ERP customers that will need more than ever to clearly understand what they can get from their current and future ERP systems and the new technology around them.

It seems clear that customers must have a defined ERP strategy that allows them first to properly evaluate what they get from their current system and after that if needed, be able as well as evaluate existing alternatives. This infographic aims to be a guide to help these customers solving their doubts when evaluating an ERP.

1. CLOUD ERP

47% of organizations said they would move the majority of their core ERP systems to the cloud within five years.

Gain real-time data access
Lower costs
Achieve higher business agility
Pay-per-use
Improve business relationships
Easy fundraising

2. MOBILE ERP

Organizations with a Mobile ERP saw a 17% of improvement in the cycle time of key business processes over the past 12 months.

Achieve greater productivity
Provide better customer service
Increase data quality

3. USER EXPERIENCE

In the recent years “Ease of use” has surpassed traditional criteria such as “fit and functionality” to evaluate an ERP solution. –

Boost end users productivity and satisfaction

Increase user adoption and lower chance of ERP failure
Minimize training costs

4. EMBEDDED ANALYTICS

In 2015, 25% of analytics capabilities will be embedded in business applications

Improve user experience and increase big data adoption
Gain deeper insights
Business intelligent automation

5. FLEXIBILITY

A legacy system is “any system that is not sufficiently flexible to meet changing business needs”

Adapt for competitiveness
Be prepared for changing scenarios
Leverage prior IT investments
Leverage vendor innovations

6. TWO – TIER ERP

Companies are seeing a reduction in implementation costs and a decrease in total time to full implementation when a two-tiered system is executed

Higher flexibility
Innovation
Shorter time to market
Cost savings

7. SOCIAL ERP

In organizations that have implemented social ERP, 58% of employees exceed their performance metrics in comparison to 36% for organizations without social ERP