The dominant rigidity of on-premise ERP systems appears to be evaporating with the advent of more flexible cloud-based applications.
Big Data covers both structured data (e.g. that in ERP systems) and unstructured content (e.g. files stored in SharePoint).
Some corporations have taken advantage of this, linking ERP systems to Citi and providing the corporate treasury with powerful controls.
Some knowledge of ERP systems, such as SAP, would be an asset.
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Think of these collaborative discussions happening directly within your CRM or ERP systems where people often have questions, comments or need to connect with others per the processes of your enterprises.
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The service is now compatible with other email services beyond Gmail and can even be integrated into CRM and ERP systems, making it a complete platform service that boasts many practical applications.
Last week Plex Systems, a leading provider of SaaS-based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems announced enterprise software veteran Jason Blessing has joined their company as CEO.
Microsoft Dynamics has been working to integrate social functionality into its ERP and CRM systems.
Most enterprise systems like ERP, CRM, HR system of records, and e-mail systems do not yet have collaboration features built-in.
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Despite decades of big investments in ERP and other enterprise systems, companies still remain isolated and unplugged from their larger trading networks.
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Relational databases went from narrow use cases to being used for multiple tasks all over the enterprise with APIs, apps on top, and eventually through systems like ERP, they became the center of the enterprise.
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The idea is that applications of all kinds, from ERP to CRM to collaboration systems to HR and so on will all be able to post important events and information to the news feed.
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As the firm expanded into new markets, the task of aggregating operational and financial data became increasingly difficult because the homegrown ERP system they used was based on 15 individual systems and more than 200 spreadsheets.
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And herein lies the nagging doubt that many SAP customers, influencers and employees still have: Can SAP can fully transform its old-school ERP ways in order to un-tether back end systems and deal with critical mobility pain points like security and scalability?
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The internal Snaps could provide access to proprietary data, from sources such as order entry systems, data warehouses, or synthesized from an ERP or CRM system.
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The problem IT will have with this generation of systems is the exact same problem that the rest of the company had when ERP, CRM, SCM, and the rest of the common enterprise applications were implemented.
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