4. Master Data Explained
Co-existence is defined as
‘To exist together, at the same time, or in the same place’
This loosely translates – in the business world – of having
multiple systems/solutions being used and available in the
same business workplace.
5. Introduction
Think back a couple of decades ago - Payroll/HR ,
CRM/Sales , Shop Floor / Manufacturing-MES systems
that existed then
A separate system was used for each of these functions
The business acumen and focus was to get the best
functionality for each set of processes
The current model of co-existence now is no different
People still choose a robust system for their backend /
operational processes and more ‘modern’ systems for
their customer facing functions
6. Reality
A couple of decades ago there were multiple companies
providing solutions for business functions
These were disparate systems and the challenge was in
integrating them
Business’s maintained the need for focused systems to
do specific tasks due to efficiencies garnered from these
focused solutions
They managed to live with the challenges in integration
Then assimilation and mergers became the mantra all
around!!
7. Current
Then assimilation and mergers became the mantra
all around!!
This did not mean that they all merged into one big
solution, they kept the best of breed
And attacked the integration challenge
Welcome to the world of standards based
integration methodologies and packaged solutions!
This has now brought back co-existence in a big
way – with better integration
9. Types
There are different types of co-existence that exist
Hardware being hosted and you owning the application
related licenses
So you do not own the hardware
Hardware and software being paid for in a subscription
model
The current and an efficient method of pay as you use
reality
We are not going to discuss hardware related co-
existence
The key being some OnPremise applications managing
your business functions and others being managed as
‘hosted’
These non on-premise solutions are commonly called –
‘Cloud solutions’
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A full circle of business functions – each that can be addressed by a separate solution
12. What does it mean
This typically means that
There are multiple solution providers for your business
Some business functions are performed in one system
and others are on a different system
There is need for integration between each of these - in
most cases - disparate systems
The processes need to be mature for these disparate
systems to work together to provide business sense
and efficacy
13. How do you choose
Functionality co-existence focuses on areas that
– either do not exist in the current solution
– extends in some way inherent functionality and;
– enhances the user experience
Large corporations have existing backend operational /
accounting systems that have limitations in their
framework
This makes them in many ways inflexible to manage
changes in the current fluid market or new business
models
The newer functionality and solutions are nimble and are
typically customer facing systems that are expected to be
agile and user-friendly
14. Example - Cloud and OnPrem Co-existence
OnPrem
User
Interaction
Reporting and Data Inquiry
19. Solutions – Current market trends
Zuora is a one of the leaders in the subscription space
There are others that also provide subscription tracking
in an exemplary fashion – Recurly, Stripe, Chargify and
others
Concur is a market leader in expense management
software with others – Expensify, Replicon to name a few
ADP is probably the most common Payroll software used
(in the US), and it is the most common coexistence
based solution in the market
Oracle also has some products that work in this manner
between Ebusiness Suite and Cloud ERP
21. How does it effect the user?
The major challenges using coexistence software
models
Integration
Integration
Integration
This is the most common problem thread and the
offerings are now using common methodologies to
integrate
Other challenges include how much of the backend
data they can access and use
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