Best of Breed IT Strategy: An Alternative to Enterprise Resource Planning Systems

Topics:
Electrical and Electronic,
Strategic Management Tools
Tags:
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP),
Enterprise Resource Planning Software,
Enterprise Software,
ERP,
Information Technology,
Management,
Software,
Tools & Techniques,
University Of Salford
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University of Salford

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Overview: Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software has become the dominant strategic platform for supporting enterprise-wide business processes. However, single vendor ERP software systems have been criticised for not meeting specific organisation and industry requirements. An alternative approach 'Best of Breed (BoB)', integrates components of software from multiple standard package vendors, and in some cases custom components. The objective is to develop enterprise systems that are more closely aligned with the requirements of an organisation. Although this approach may not be common at present it is likely to grow in importance due to business needs and technology advances such as the componentisation of ERP software.

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Format: PDF | Size: 139KB | Date: Dec 2004 | Pages: 8

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