ERP IN INDIA

ERP Market growthERP has changed the way businesses were conducted in India. More
and more organizations are implementing ERP solution. Integrated ERP solutions optimize
resource utilization by providing up-to-the-minute information on demand for quick decision
making. Industries that successfully implement ERP can enjoy an overall cost reduction for
business, an increase in per capita productivity, quick response times, lower inventory
levels, and better customer orientation, all of which lead to higher customer satisfaction.
ERP implementation has also helped many organizations in India achieve great
improvement in their management and operational control. ERP, which is much more than
computer software, has changed functioning of the business environment in India and ERP
solution is becoming indispensable in today's business set up. India's economic growth, in
terms with the country's exposure to intense global competition, has demanded the
necessity for the implementation of ERP; of course, certain operational, financial, and
psychological resources are required to satisfy these needs. Earlier, the majority of ERP
systems have been focused on larger establishments. It was due to the high cost involved in
the implementation of ERP system.With the introduction of low-cost ERP systems such as
eresource ERP the smaller organizations also started benefiting from the advantages of this
enormous business solution. As the Indian market seems to be very encouraging for ERP
implementation, the organizations must pay attention to the time-frame deployment. The
structured implementation programme can speed up system deployment and return on
investment. (Read: eresource ERP's On-Time Implementation).
Though there are many big companies yet to implement ERP system, it can be assumed
that that they will go for it in a near future. That will surely lift the Indian ERP market growth
rate somewhere near the industrial growth rate.
Automotive, Steel, Consumer Durables, Engineering and Manufacturing industries have
shown a very high ERP penetration, which shows that these industries represent the
greatest potential market in the coming days and we are optimistic that others will follow.E-
commerce Fundamental Technology 2.1.1 Web Technology The structure of web technology
is shown in Fig. 2.1. In this kind of architecture, web client means the terminal with a
browser. Web server is the mainframe which stores multimedia data resources and provides
www services. The middleware can invoke the database and other applications in the web
server. Common middleware include CGI, JDBC and WebAPI. Figure 2.1 Web technical
structures The fundamental principle of web communication is as follows. The browser
sends http request to the www server. After receiving the request, www server will make
response processing, and return the processing result to the browser in the form of html file.
Then the browser will interpret and display it to the user. The interaction between www
server and database server has to be connected by the middleware. The web browser is an
application, which seems like a word processing application (such as Word Perfect or
Microsoft Word) at the client terminal. The webpage displayed on the computer screen is the
interpretation of the html document. Instead of typing various commands with the keyboard,
the browser with GUI has made it possible for the users to execute their operations by
selecting the icons with the mouse, which is a great convenience to the users. The web
browser gets access to a designated document or service by sending request to the web
servers based on http protocols. Correspondingly, the web server returns the responding
document of the request. Then the browser interprets all the tagged codes and displays
them in correct format. Browsers usually have the functions such as URL locating, hyperlink,
offline browsing, searching and printing
 ERP FUTURE INDIA

Most businesses that have moved beyond the startup phase are likely looking into
acquiring enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. Whether you're trying to get a handle
on how your customer relationship management(CRM) efforts are impacting your bottom
line, or if you're tracking revenue from point-of-sale (POS) to research & development
(R&D), ERP can be an asset to your company. Although ERP is one of the older segments
of the business software landscape, ERP vendors are consistently evolving to become more
powerful, more affordable, and less complex. Mega-vendors such as Oracle and SAP have a
major share of the ERP market, but newer companies are nudging their way into the space
with Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) options that are changing the game. In this piece, we'll
examine the most important trends to expect from the ERP industry in 2017.

1. ERP and SaaS

Traditional ERP applications are stored on your servers, which means you're responsible for
upfront hardware costs, long-term hardware maintenance and expansion, and data backup
and recovery. SaaS-based apps are stored on cloud-based servers, which are much less
expensive, much quicker to update and scale, and don't take up any valuable office space.
This difference can mean a savings of thousands of dollars in terms of total cost of
ownership(TCO). In several other business app sectors, including CRM, HR, and talent and
procurement, SaaS has become the default deployment model for new implementations,
according to Forrester Research's "Vendor Landscape: SaaS ERP Applications,
2017" report. For ERP systems, the report says, "the shift to SaaS will accelerate over the
next three years and become the preferred deployment option for many types of businesses.
For large enterprises, adoption will be more restrained near-term, but solutions are maturing
quickly, and we will see significant adoption at scale for complex businesses within five
years."

If you've already heavily invested in your vendor's on-premises ERP tool, then don't
immediately jump ship to the same vendor's SaaS product. Your incumbent on-premises
ERP vendor may offer an attractive migration path to SaaS, according to Forrester's report,
but you're advised to "take care to understand the benefits and costs of such a project—and
whether the new SaaS offering delivers relevant architectural, flexibility, and usability
advantages similar to products natively built for SaaS."

2. SaaS-Only and Mixed ERP Options

Although the software landscape seems to be an either/or proposition, you don't have to
abandon an on-premises product in favor of a SaaS tool. Often, you can work with your
vendor (depending on which company it is) to build a mixed model, which gives you the
flexibility to add new SaaS-based modules to your ERP tool without having to start from
scratch.

For example, if your on-premises ERP tool works perfectly but you'd like to add document
management and CRM to the mix (without having to purchase additional hardware), then
you can plug SaaS modules on top of your existing ERP. This is becoming a more popular
option for users, especially as more business IT becomes cloud-based. Make sure to speak
to your current vendor or potential vendors to find out if this is an option.

3. ERP for the Subsidiary

In speaking with ERP vendors, Forrester has determined that enterprises that have
historically relied on on-premises ERP are now deploying SaaS-based tools incrementally
through the enterprise. Rather than replace ERP whole-hog, large companies are choosing
one slice of the business and plugging in SaaS ERP on a trial basis. This approach gives
businesses the opportunity to monitor SaaS ERP performance to determine how it might fit
into the existing on-premises ERP implementation, or whether it should replace on-premises
ERP throughout the entire organization.

"The two-tier deployment model enables you to rapidly deploy SaaS ERP in subsidiary
businesses while continuing to run an on-premises corporate ERP. This model effectively
accelerates SaaS adoption in smaller to midsize business units and may provide a path to
enterprise adoption of SaaS ERP in the future," the Forrester report states.

4. Competition from Disruptors

As I mentioned in my introduction, the ERP behemoths that have traditionally dominated the
industry are facing stiff competition for SaaS-only startups. Companies such
as FinancialForce (which was founded in 2009 and already has more than 1,300 ERP
customers) and Kenandy (founded in 2010) are building solutions on the Salesforce App
Cloud to make their solutions more appealing to users of the most popular CRM and sales
automation tool.

"In assessing the landscape of SaaS ERP vendors, we find significant differences among
the 18 representative vendors surveyed in terms of customer adoption, deployment options,
and go-to-market strategies," the Forrester report states. What's especially interesting about
the newcomers listed in the report is that they're targeting large enterprise customers as
opposed to small to midsize businesses (SMBs) and small to midmarket customers.

5. The Internet of Things

As more devices and products become connected to the internet, more data can be
automatically funneled into the ERP system. This gives you better oversight over things such
as the supply chain, your shipping partners, and appliance performance. Harnessing this
data could prove beneficial across all industries.

Unfortunately, most products aren't connected to the internet and most companies can't
afford to bring this ambitious project to life. However, look to large enterprises to begin
building out their Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystems and leveraging ERP tools to take
action on the data created by this connection.