Comments on: Which role Web 2.0 will play in the ERP game? http://sunrisevalley.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/which-role-web-20-will-play-in-the-erp-game/ Exciting & influencing trends in the valley Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:54:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: chrisuti http://sunrisevalley.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/which-role-web-20-will-play-in-the-erp-game/#comment-6 chrisuti Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:54:20 +0000 http://sunrisevalley.wordpress.com/?p=10#comment-6 Thank you for your very insightful comment about Web 2.0 and PLM. I enjoyed the video about PLM and Web 2.0 very much. I think the approach in PLM and ERP is very similar, because the user demand will result in the same direction. A lot of users in a PLM area are using ERP functionality also; think about all the HR and Financial functionality, which they are using being an employee or a manager. Furthermore purchasing and sales features are very tight connected to design these days. So in my view this is a trend which will cover the whole business suite as we know of today. In the area of PLM you will have a very high demand in collaborative engineering, which are hitting the heart of Web 2.0. However the same work paradigm will be required by the users in the ERP area also. Center of these functionalities are in the more unstructured processes like complex planning and budgeting rounds, which are requiring a high degree of collaboration and external data processing. This is true also for every business situation, which offers a high degree on freedom in decisions. A new generation of situational applications will be launched to handle this kind of tasks and processes. How fast the big software companies will implement these features in their products? Hard to predict, because there are a lot of additional challenges they are facing. Starting with the on-demand and cloud computing threads, the high pressure for minimize downtimes and TCO and virtualize the system infrastructure and the new challenges, which will come by the increasing gas prices and green IT. The question is about portfolio management and prioritization. Thank you for your very insightful comment about Web 2.0 and PLM. I enjoyed the video about PLM and Web 2.0 very much. I think the approach in PLM and ERP is very similar, because the user demand will result in the same direction. A lot of users in a PLM area are using ERP functionality also; think about all the HR and Financial functionality, which they are using being an employee or a manager. Furthermore purchasing and sales features are very tight connected to design these days. So in my view this is a trend which will cover the whole business suite as we know of today.
In the area of PLM you will have a very high demand in collaborative engineering, which are hitting the heart of Web 2.0. However the same work paradigm will be required by the users in the ERP area also. Center of these functionalities are in the more unstructured processes like complex planning and budgeting rounds, which are requiring a high degree of collaboration and external data processing. This is true also for every business situation, which offers a high degree on freedom in decisions. A new generation of situational applications will be launched to handle this kind of tasks and processes.
How fast the big software companies will implement these features in their products? Hard to predict, because there are a lot of additional challenges they are facing. Starting with the on-demand and cloud computing threads, the high pressure for minimize downtimes and TCO and virtualize the system infrastructure and the new challenges, which will come by the increasing gas prices and green IT. The question is about portfolio management and prioritization.

]]> By: josvoskuil http://sunrisevalley.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/which-role-web-20-will-play-in-the-erp-game/#comment-5 josvoskuil Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:24:43 +0000 http://sunrisevalley.wordpress.com/?p=10#comment-5 I agree that Web 2.0 will influence the way we do business and therefore the business systems we are using. As I am mainly active in the PLM area, it is clear that here a lot will happen, in order to connect better to the customer. See for example the posts in http://plmtwine.com/2008/07/02/plm-20-advantages-for-communities-of-manufacturers/ related to Dassault Systems V6 strategy I am curious to learn where the line between PLM and ERP is drawn from your perspective. In my posts in www.virtualdutchman.com I explaining and observing activities in the PLM mid-market where adaptation for new technology is not so fast as in bigger enterprises. But the fact that Web 2.0 will influence all major bussiness applications is for me given. How fast this is based on many factors happening I agree that Web 2.0 will influence the way we do business and therefore the business systems we are using. As I am mainly active in the PLM area, it is clear that here a lot will happen, in order to connect better to the customer.

See for example the posts in http://plmtwine.com/2008/07/02/plm-20-advantages-for-communities-of-manufacturers/ related to Dassault Systems V6 strategy

I am curious to learn where the line between PLM and ERP is drawn from your perspective. In my posts in http://www.virtualdutchman.com I explaining and observing activities in the PLM mid-market where adaptation for new technology is not so fast as in bigger enterprises.

But the fact that Web 2.0 will influence all major bussiness applications is for me given. How fast this is based on many factors happening

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