Best Practices in Extending ERP

Published by Infor on Nov 23, 2006

Aberdeen's 2006 ERP in Manufacturing Benchmark Report explored how ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) strategies are evolving as enterprises strive to derive more and better business value from their implementations. That often means driving the use of ERP deeper into their organizations or broader across more of the enterprise. It means utilizing more functionality, extending the footprint beyond the core ERP functionality and making decisions between ERP vendors and pure play or "Best of Breed" solutions. The trade-off between Best of Breed functionality and ease of integration is no longer as simple as it once was.

Over the generations, Enterprise Resource Planning has continued to expand, blurring the boundaries of core ERP functionality. The number of modules and the extent of functionality offered in the ERP suite have steadily grown over the past two decades. At the same time, the consolidation within the software industry is having a broader effect than just on ERP itself.