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FEATURE: ERP
ERP:
How businesses
can maximise
their efficiency
With businesses facing an
unprecedented rate of change, those
looking to maximise their efficiency
are turning to Enterprise Resource
Planning (ERP). Intelligent CIO talks
to two experts about the benefits
ERP can bring to a business.
E
nterprise Resource Planning (ERP) facilitates organisations
to use a system of integrated applications to manage the
business and automate many processes key to operations.
It can automate backend processes relating to technology,
services and HR, and can also integrate activities such as
product planning, development, manufacturing, sales and marketing.
This can be done from a single database, application and user interface
to ensure maximum convenience for the user, yet often requires
dedicated teams to analyse the data. Although ERP is considered to be
most suitable for enterprises, smaller businesses also benefit from its
utilisation with customised applications ensuring the software suits their
bespoke needs.
Intelligent CIO talks to two experts about the latest developments in
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software and reveals what questions
companies seeking to deploy ERP solutions need to ask.
TERRI HISKEY, VP OF PRODUCT MARKETING FOR
MANUFACTURING AT EPICOR SOFTWARE
Can you tell us about the latest developments in
ERP solutions?
ERP solutions are starting to adopt and integrate various industry 4.0
technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning,
analytics and the Internet of Things (IoT) to gather data in order to
make better, faster decisions and to even identify potential opportunities
for growth and/or improvement.
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