Manufacturing Industry
Suite strategies for midmarket ERP.(Company overview)
Manufacturing Business Technology, August, 2006
By Roberto Michel, senior contributing editor How product rationalization of acquisitive midmarket ERP vendors impacts Organic Valley, others Imagine after a full-blown ERP implementation, the midsize company you work for successfully goes live with the system. Time to celebrate, right? While most companies would allow themselves a pat on the back for smooth system deployment, in these times of consolidation in the enterprise software market, going live with a system may be closely followed by news that your vendor just got bought.
Since ERP systems-the integrated software suites used for everything from taking orders to planning production-are meant to stay in service for 10 years or longer, acquisitions can be unsettling. And with some...
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