What To Look For In An ERP Solution

Browsing the web we ran across this article that is a good guide in helping in your ERP Selection process. Normally we are careful about vendor provided articles, but this one seemed to be on track. It clearly points out the issues that you need to be aware of when looking at an ERP solution. This is important today as even small companies are looking at larger tier vendors. Keeping an eye on the specific points made in this article will help you avoid choosing a software that just doesn’t fit.

What To Look For In An ERP Solution
Michael Panosh, Marketing Manager

Enterprise Resource Planning ERP describes software that integrates departments and functions across your business onto a single computer system. The intended outcome is a system that improves operational visibility, streamlines decision making, reduces costs and generally allows you to manage your business to better profitability.

Whilst there has been considerable hype – and horror stories – about ERP systems, up until recently only large corporations have implemented comprehensive ERP solutions, mainly because they have been perceived as cost prohibitive for smaller companies.

In recent years however, many small and medium sized enterprises SMEs have begun to see the value of ERP solutions as a way to respond to both legislative compliance and industry mandates for electronic trading. The reality now is that companies with a turnover of more than $10 million should be considering implementing an ERP solution, if not actively planning for one.

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The ERP Security Challenge – Web Exclusives – Online Column – CSO Magazine

In a rare interview, SAP’s Sachar Paulus talks about how the ERP software giant secures the software that may very well be your business’s backbone.

Today, more and more criminals are turning their attention to file transfers that carry consumer identifying data. Many organizations move this information with file transfer protocol FTP, and these servers are proving to be easy targets for thieves. Encryption may seem like an easy fix, but there is no easy answer to this complicated problem. If your company runs SAP, some part of your organization’s security–probably a tremendous part of it–depends on Sachar Paulus.

Until June, Paulus was CSO, responsible for IT, physical and organizational security at the $12 billion German company known for its enterprise resource planning ERP software. Now, he’s SVP of product and security governance, and as such is responsible for security strategy for all products. New threats, increasing complexity and emerging regulations have increased the importance of security on all fronts. Despite the high stakes, though, Paulus is not in the spotlight in the United States and does few interviews. CSO’s Katherine Walsh recently talked with him about SAP’s security strategy, global compliance issues, and how he stays on top of it all.

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