Key criteria for selecting the best erp system

Key Criteria for Selecting The
Best ERP system
Presented by:
Anish Kanaran, Regional Director – MENA &
Turkey

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Key Criteria for Selecting the Best ERP System

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Key Criteria for Selecting the Best ERP System ©2012 Epicor Software Corporation

Look Out for Key Technologies

1. Cloud Computing
2. True SOA
3. Industry Solutions
4. Business Intelligence
5. Mobile Solutions
6. Enterprise 2.0

Source: Forrester Research: ERP Software Trends In 2010 And Beyond.


Cloud Computing “SaaS”
software as a service
consume it
“PaaS”
platform as a service

build on it
“IaaS”
infrastructure as a service

migrate to it

IT as a Service Courtesy: Microsoft Corporation


Cloud Computing – What's in it for you

“..we'll see companies with large, on-premises ERP deployments begin to add
more cloud-based, departmental applications and, in some cases, develop a two-
tier strategy, with the second tier running in the cloud..”

1. Complete choice and flexibility for
ERP deployment.
2. Rapid, secure, low cost access to
value-added solutions.
Source Cloud-Based ERP May Be Approaching the Tipping Point, Gartner, May 2011.


The future of enterprise apps: Next-generation
architecture strategies — the road to SOA

SOA
(2010s)
Object
Oriented
Architecture
Client (2000s)
Server
(1990s)

Legacy Some ERP Vendors in the market are
(1970s – still struggling to modernize there
1980s) legacy architecture, to reach this stage.


SOA v/s Big SOA


SOA v/s Big SOA

• SOA as “service-orientation” - • Big SOA started as a simple
application design approach methodology to put multiple
• The basic goals of service- applications under a single
orientation are: IT umbrella architecture.
– to make an application easily • Big SOA is about wrapping all
accessible for diverse callers of your enterprise
and applications inside an
– to segregate the application’s overarching set of software
capabilities from business and tools to create a “single
processes. system view”.


SOA: The Platform for the Next 10 Years
From To

Function oriented Process oriented
Built to last Built to change
Prolonged development cycles Incrementally built and deployed
Batch processing Real time

Tightly coupled Loosely coupled
Application silos Orchestrated services
Object oriented Message oriented
Known implementation Abstraction

Client-Server Service Oriented Architecture
© Epicor Software Corporation 2011

True Service Oriented-Architecture™ (SOA)

• SOA for Server Business logic
• Built for change

SOA Server Logic
• SOA for Client logic
• Designed for people
• Reduces cost and complexity
• Ready for business
• True SOA™
• Abstraction of complexities
• Flexible self-describing
business services
• XML metadata

SOA Client Logic
• Web Services as a by product
• Easier application-application
integration and B2B
connectivity

© Epicor Software Corporation 2011

Industry Solutions

“Today’s increasing complexity of business
processes requires solutions that are tailored to
respective industry challenges.

Vendors…must provide preconfigured best-practice
packages to unlock access to new enhanced
capabilities.”
Source: Forrester Research, inc. 201


In the next 5 years
enterprise data will
grow…

650%
80% will be unstructured!
Did you know that?
It's estimated that 40 Exabyte (that's 4.0 x 1019) of
unique new information will be generated worldwide
this year.
That's estimated to be more than in the previous 5,000
years.
Source: Technology Trends You Can’t Afford to Ignore, Gartner, September 2010.

Embedded Business Intelligence, The Benefits
• Supports real-time information with
anywhere, anytime, any device access
• Empowers users without compromising
security or straining IT resources
• Improves operational efficiency and
predictability through best practices
• Establishes a culture of high
performance that aligns users with
objectives
• Reduces “shelf-ware” with rapid
adoption and implementation of BI
enterprise wide
• Drives better business insights and
smarter decisions


The Three Types of Enterprise Mobility

Handheld, MES Field Mobile Smart Devices
“On-site applications for “Robust field applications “Web Access and updates
tasks on the move.” for ruggedized devices.” on the go for any device.”

Connected Local Wireless Remote Internet Anywhere

Connected People, Processes, and Applications


Mobile Apps: Lowering TCO & Increasing
Productivity

33% of 90% of 80% of
respondents organizations business
used their will support will support a
personal mobile corporate apps workforce
devices at work, on personal using
during last 1 mobile devices tablets
month by 2014 by 2013
Source: Forrester Research, inc. 201

Mobile Solutions: The Impact

“… companies are transitioning from very focused and
dedicated mobile systems loosely linked to ERP to mobile
systems tightly aligned with accessing ERP capabilities.
“Having the right device, for the right role, with the right
ERP access will lead to improvements beyond a typical ERP
implementation.”

Source: Gartner, May 2011.


Enterprise 2.0

Engagement
Sign up and go
Social Networking
Aggregation
Don’t search – Explore!!
Tagging - New Structures

Collaboration Distributed work
Empowerment for the user


The Influence of Social Media
“SMBs and large enterprises have been seen joining social networking sites like
“SMBs and large enterprises have been seen joining social
Facebook as a platform to market their latest product and/or services offerings as
well as to gain feedback.”
networking sites like Facebook as a platform to market
their latest product and/or services offerings as well as to
"This behavior of businesses extending their presence in social media spaces will
gain feedback.”
generate interests to integrate systems that will mine data for businesses to
analyze.“
"This behavior of businesses extending their presence in
As of 2011, there are 500 million active Facebook users, approx 1 in every 13
people on media spaces will generate interests to integrate
social Earth uses Facebook.
systems that will mine data for businesses to analyze.“
Twitter witnessed 32% increase in online traffic in 2011

As of 2011, there are 500 million active Facebook users,
approx 1 in every 13 people on Earth uses Facebook.

Twitter witnessed 32% increase in online traffic in 2011
Source: IDC ASEAN, - Techvib`es Media & onlineschools.org


Tailor-Made Business Fit

Solution Road Map
Design

System
Settings
Global
Engines

Configuration
tools
Advanced
Technology


Stacking the Technology odds in Your Favour

Business Management
Business Insight

Business Architecture
Business Anywhere


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