ERPs & Disruptive Technologies

Bobinson K B

04/10/23

Agenda

What is an ERP

Who should use an ERP

Technology transition in ERPs

Cloud Computing

SaaS

Future

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ERP - definition

Wikipedia.org Definition:

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is a term used to denote integrated software systems capable of managing internal an external assets of an organization including tangible assets, financial resources, materials and human resources.

Contrary to the common myth an ERP is not for IT people, but its implemented by IT people with the help of say financial experts to be used by non-IT people.

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Agenda

What is an ERP

Who should use an ERP

Technology transition in ERPs

Cloud Computing

SaaS

Future

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Processes automated

Human Resources

Accounting

Sales Order Entry

Purchase Order Processing

Supply Chain Management

Cash Management

Warehouse Management

Bills of Material

Material Requirements Planning

Capacity Requirements Planning

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A word about CRMs

Any organization which doesn't give people the first priority – let it be employees or customers – the success will not follow them.

CRMs tools MUST be tightly integrated with ERP

Facebook & social media applications – Human Relationship Management tools

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Core Technical components

Business logic – say Accounting

Data base Layer

User Management, Acess Control (ACL)

User Interface

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The attrition use case

HR_management_modules( )

{

Application logic

} catch (HRExcpetion. Attrition)

{

Handle_attrition()

{ policy changes, promotions, salary revisal etc etc}

}

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Who should use an ERP

Organizations of any size and type

Any business process

Large Company Solutions: SAP, Oracle, IFS

Midsize solutions: Microsoft Dynamics, Sage, Epicor

Small Market : Quickbooks and others

Hosted ERPs & CRMs – to be discussed

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Type comparison: Large Vs Mid sized

Large implementations should support:

Multiple sites, ware houses, geographies, nationalities,

legal guidelines in multiple countries, multi-lingual

additional technical issues like synching between deployments,

connectivity etc.

Smaller personal editions often manages only accounting and CRM

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ERP implementation

Should be driven from within the organization

ERP vendors involve in the following activities:

Consulting Customizing the solution Long term support

Consulting is has a major role & needs domain expertise as well as

knowledge of business process

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Opportunities

Any ERP implementation involves consulting – which involves selection of the solution, train the personals, perform test runs, impleement and provide continuous assistance

In depth knowledge of business process and functional domain is essential

Training & mentoring can often prove to be a challenging opportunity especially when the existing practices are changed for optimization

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Agenda

What is an ERP

Who should use an ERP

Technology transition in ERPs

Cloud Computing

SaaS

Future

04/10/23

Technology Transitions

Transition from Manufacturing Resource Planning & Computer Integrated Manufacturing to ERP

Besides this advancement underlying technology remained same until recently

Advancements in CRM

Emergence of cloud computing & SaaS

Pay-As-you-Go model & cost savings

The future is commoditization of computing & thus SaaS

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Agenda

What is an ERP

Who should use an ERP

Technology transition in ERPs

Cloud Computing

SaaS

Future

04/10/23

Cloud computing

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) definition:

Cloud computing is a model for enabling convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction. This cloud model promotes availability and is composed of five essential characteristics, three service models, and four deployment models.

Gartner Definition:

A style of computing where scalable and elastic IT-enabled capabilities are delivered as a service to customers using Internet technologies

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Multi Tenant Model

Unlike traditional model computing resources are shared

Analogues to a shared, rented apartment complex

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Advantages

No capital Expenditure (CapEx)

Pay as you go

Pay for only what you need

Elastic Capacity

Focus on business

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Agenda

What is an ERP

Who should use an ERP

Technology transition in ERPs

Cloud Computing

SaaS

Future

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The Bicycle sharing system - SaaS

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The cloud Pyramid – courtesy: Gogrid.com

IaaS PaaS – force.com,

Google AppEngine SaaS – Salesforce,

Google Apps, Zoho, Ramco Ondemand ERP, 12sprints from SAP

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Future

The future of ERPs and CRMs is adopting the SaaS model

Charge for consultation

Larger penetration and affordability

More opportunities for consultants, integrators and requirement for domain expertise

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Questions ?

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