Comments on: 2010 Manufacturing Software State of the Industry Roundtable http://blog.softwareadvice.com/articles/manufacturing/2010-manufacturing-software-state-of-the-industry-rountable-part-1-1042610/ Software Advice Articles, News & Best Practices Guides Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: ERP Trends in 2010: A Manufacturing Perspective http://blog.softwareadvice.com/articles/manufacturing/2010-manufacturing-software-state-of-the-industry-rountable-part-1-1042610/#comment-3273 ERP Trends in 2010: A Manufacturing Perspective Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:32:38 +0000 http://www.softwareadvice.com/articles/?p=4038#comment-3273 [...] One such firm, Software Advice, has shared with me some interesting facts regarding the Manufacturing Sector and trends that they see for 2010. I will comment briefly on these trends but I encourage everyone to read the article in its entirety at “2010 Manufacturing Software State of the Industry Roundtable” [...] [...] One such firm, Software Advice, has shared with me some interesting facts regarding the Manufacturing Sector and trends that they see for 2010. I will comment briefly on these trends but I encourage everyone to read the article in its entirety at “2010 Manufacturing Software State of the Industry Roundtable” [...]

]]> By: Ernesto http://blog.softwareadvice.com/articles/manufacturing/2010-manufacturing-software-state-of-the-industry-rountable-part-1-1042610/#comment-2542 Ernesto Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:57:03 +0000 http://www.softwareadvice.com/articles/?p=4038#comment-2542 Great market summary, looking forward to part II. It seems as though the reasons for moving to ERP are staying somewhat static. What seems to be moving as pointed out by your outlook is that businesses are getting smarter about what they are asking for in their ERP packages - the trend is flexibility and openness. There's no reason that every 10 years you need new software..that concept is antiquated. Well written packages with open standards should grow with the company not shrink in functionality over time. That's where open source coupled with a SaaS provider can be a real win. Great market summary, looking forward to part II.

It seems as though the reasons for moving to ERP are staying somewhat static.

What seems to be moving as pointed out by your outlook is that businesses are getting smarter about what they are asking for in their ERP packages – the trend is flexibility and openness. There’s no reason that every 10 years you need new software..that concept is antiquated. Well written packages with open standards should grow with the company not shrink in functionality over time. That’s where open source coupled with a SaaS provider can be a real win.

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