What is the right cloud ERP strategy for your organization?
Summary
It can be helpful to categorize cloud ERP deployments according to their basic architecture: • Software-as-a-Service: software vendors host a solution on their own infrastructure and license it to the user, typically via a subscription agreement. • Potentially limited customizations and other enhancements which can be a source of embedded institutional knowledge and competitive advantage which the organization has carefully built over years. A PaaS approach can make sense if the ERP software is still fulfilling its core requirements, but the business would like to benefit from the flexibility of the cloud. This case study covering our support for Intertape Polymer Group (IPG) provides a more detailed look at a carefully tuned PaaS migration strategy. PSGi’s customers successfully make use of cloud point functions including pricing, master data maintenance, warehouse management, and business intelligence/analytics.