The landscape for electronics manufacturing is changing rapidly — and it is increasingly shaped by globalization. Globalization presents both opportunities, and challenges, particularly in the supply chain spanning the enterprise.
Within this discussion, the most prominent topic in corporate boardrooms these days is the cloud.
“Market acceptance of cloud applications, otherwise known as software-as-a-service (SaaS), is growing, and it is now storming the last fortress of on-premises applications – ERP,” says Frank Scavo, president of IT research firm Computer Economics and he is also co-founder of Strativa, a California-based management consulting firm
Dovetailing with this growing issue are related concerns, including security, two-tier strategies, and customization. These issues are among the many forces shaping the way enterprise resource planning (ERP) providers are designing and delivering their products, according to companies and experts in the ERP sector like Scavo.
Opportunity in the cloud
Today the cloud is a key force shaping the development of the ERP functionality companies need to run their global enterprise. The cloud delivers value on several fronts including scalability, reduced hardware costs, rapid deployment, standardized functionality, and the ability to easily cross geographic borders.
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