Traditionally ERP was considered to be the engine of the business, but with internal processes adapting and changing so quickly, ERP has an opportunity to become the controls and dashboard as well as the engine. But to do that well it must become more intuitive – providing the intelligence to support better and more effective decision-making and not just supplying executional data.
So, ERP must Die!, and to rise new again.
Not to rise with the same 1980’s platform, but to define new systems from scratch, designed on technology from this millennium, with scalable, low cost and easy to use and manage cloud-based architectures that can be easily tailored for each industry sector. Then, world-class ERP systems will come down in cost to a level that smaller companies can stomach, and these end users can finally stop relying on a stack of point solutions and get something they can really use.
About the author:
Stephen Chen is a CPA, an executive-level Sage ERP consultant with more than 25 years of information systems and technology management experience in manufacturing, distribution, finance, planning, and process improvement. He has been responsible for the implementation of IT solutions in both domestic and multi-national companies, with emphasis on technology infrastructure, integration of enterprise-wide business solutions, and applications development.
