Cloud SaaS Is as Good as It Seems
May 23, 2012
Anyone can hear companies groan when replacing enterprise resource planning (ERP) software is mentioned and for good reason. Replacing software (recommended every seven to ten years) is a costly and difficult process. All that is changing however thanks to the cheapening-down of PLM solutions and the cloud according to the Works Management article, “Not Brain Surgery”, which asserts that cloud based SaaS solutions are not only trendy but practical.
PLM and ERP’s complicated relationship is explained by the article as:
“PLM for the masses may have taken about a decade longer than most pundits predicted, but it’s here now, and manufactures jumping on board will benefit from lessons learned, and improvements in technology and implementation thinking throughout that period. And did you note that reference to cloud computing as an enabler? If you want to improve the cost/benefits ratio, how about considering a sexy new cloud solution for most of your business, engineering and manufacturing software – including ERP? Not long ago such a suggestion would have been laughed out of court. But now?”
As cloud based PLM solutions are proving themselves across industries and enterprises of all sizes more and more are jumping on board. As the article points out when one stops to think about all the benefits of new technologies it just makes sense. PLM providers basing their solutions on cloud technology are creating affordable, customized platforms for their clients that would have been just a dream a decade ago. It’s time more companies realize their dreams.
Catherine Lamsfuss, May 23, 2012
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