What’s Hot in ERP - Seven Trends for 2017 1. Intelligent ERP a. Automated Workflows b. Real-time data c. Machine learning, cloud deployment and predictive analytics - 2. Big Data / BI a. Data as a competitive edge – holistic view of company performance b. Integrated functionality c. BI d. Real-time data 3. User Experience (Mobility, Accessibility, Responsiveness) a. Less work at desk, more outside workplace (SMEs) 4. Security a. Business systems, role-based security capabilities at a user level, encryption capabilities (financial grade credit cards being encrypted in a database) (S 5. Private Cloud a. The evolving shape of the Cloud b. " 6. Traceability 2.0 a. Traceability up and down the supply chain b. Recording, tracking and reporting quality c. Regulatory i. Evolving regulatory and quality system requirements 1. ISO standards, AS9100, ITAR (international traffic in arms), conflict minerals (3TGs) 2. 21 CFR part 11 7. Not Your Father’s Supply Chain a. Efficiency both downstream & upstream b. Optimized Value Network, Real Time Decisions, Extended Network and Collaboration, E-Business c. less tactical, more optimizing entire value network d. customers are part of supply chain – traceability for recalls, for organic marketing, demand process e. inventory management

1. Supply chains have seen record
recalls...Processes and organizations
need to be redesigned, sometimes
radically, in order to simplify
interactions. Companies address
complexity already by reducing
human input (increasing automation),
consolidating suppliers, reshoring and,
increasingly, simpler product designs.5
What's Hot in ERP
7 Trends for 2017
Intelligent ERP
Automated workflows -
more than just collecting
data, it’s setting up
actionable triggers for
select events
Not Your Father’s
Supply Chain
• Efficiency both downstream
& upstream
• Optimized value network, real-time
decisions, extended network and
collaboration, e-business
• Customers are part of supply chain –
recalls, organic marketing,
demand process
• Inventory management
1. IDC, IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Intelligent ERP 2017 Predictions 2. CIO, What 2017 holds for enterprise software 3. TechStory, Top 5 ERP Software Trends To Know For Successful Implementation! 4. TechTarget, The Top Seven ERP Trends for 2017—and Beyond) 5. IndustryWeek, 10 Supply Chain New Year's Resolutions for 2017
By 2018, 35% of line of business leaders will demand
intelligent enterprise applications to improve business
processes and resource utilization.1
Security
Business systems,
role-based security
capabilities at a user level,
encryption capabilities
More regulations, rising security threats
and evolving technologies, including
increasingly connected and sophisticated
ERP platforms, have resulted in application
security becoming more critical and even
more complex to manage.4
Private Cloud
The evolving shape
of the Cloud
Licensing software as they
would for on-premises
use, but running it in a
public or private cloud.4
Traceability 2.0
• Traceability up and down
the supply chain
• Recording, tracking and
reporting quality
• Don’t forget regulatory
landscape…
• Evolving regulatory
and quality system
requirements
• ISO standards,
AS9100, ITAR
(international traffic
in arms), conflict
minerals (3TGs)
• 21 CFR part 11
More focus on the end user, less on IT - the biggest trend
within BI will be that it becomes far easier to use for the
average person…and anyone will be able to run reports
and pull data as opposed to someone skilled in running
SQL queries.2
Business Intelligence ERP - Organizations these days focus
more on making better predictions by using ERP software
with specialized business intelligence. BI-enabled ERP
applications enable organizations to provide dynamic
reporting, providing end users with exactly what they
want to see, when they want to see it.3
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User Experience
(Mobility/Accessibility/
Responsiveness)
Less work at desk, more
outside of the workplace
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The modern workplace
has staff working
remotely and outside of
traditional work
hours…as a result, there
will be a huge emphasis
on implementing mobile
capabilities for ERP
solutions in 2017, [with]
many ERP solutions
decreasing in size,
without compromising
on output or storage
capacity, to allow
employees easy access
to all information and
functions through
mobile devices.2
Big Data/BI
(Business Intelligence)
• Data as a competitive
edge - holistic view of
company performance
• Integrated functionality
• Real-time data
Macola. ERP and business software.