SSA buyout creates third-largest ERP
The ERP sector has experienced another round of consolidation, with Infor buying SSA Global Technologies for US$1.4 billion (NZ$2.23 billion).
The ERP sector has experienced another round of consolidation, with Infor buying SSA Global Technologies for US$1.4 billion (NZ$2.23 billion).
Next month, sometime rivals SAP and Microsoft will start shipping a jointly developed product that links SAP's business applications with Microsoft's Office desktop software.
Manufacturers of all sizes are looking into hosted software for core supply-chain functions, such as demand planning and factory scheduling.
Responds to SAP's offer to PeopleSoft and JD Edwards customers
It's hard to beat local support
An Australian building supply chain owner is laying off 100 staff and cutting the number of stores it owns in New Zealand by seven, though the company says the moves aren't related to cost overruns incurred in the rollout of a PeopleSoft ERP system across Australia and New Zealand.
PeopleSoft skills are in demand and finding people with expertise in other ERP applications is patchy.
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare will next year upgrade its ERP system.
Seafood company Sealord is looking for a replacement for its Geac ERP system. The Nelson-based company has been using Geac’s green-screen Fact i/2 system for 13 years.
Stocktaking time reduced from three days to four hours
Market has been “rough” in the past year internationally
New ERP package replaces a fragmented system
Final decision on outsourcing staff to be made by vice chancellor
A customer wants to order 10,000 shoes from a shoe manufacturer so logs on to its CRM system over the internet.
The enterprise resource planning software (ERP) market is expected to lift significantly this year after a global slowdown, as vendors offer the ability to link traditional ERP with CRM (customer relationship management) and SCM (supply chain management) applications. Mark Broatch finds one of the biggest issues for companies moving down this path is making all the pieces work together.