KPMG: ERP vendors set for boom in construction sector, predicts KPMG Consulting.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-13 May 1999-KPMG: ERP vendors set for boom in construction sector, predicts KPMG Consulting (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:130599 The construction industry is set to become a major boom area for ERP package vendors, according to KPMG Consulting. Speaking today at a KPMG SAP-Construction breakfast in London, Jane Nelson, director of package solutions at KPMG Consulting, argued that globalisation and wide-scale consolidation is leading to unprecedented interest in enterprise- wide IT solutions by the construction industry.

Previously, ERP solutions were not considered an attractive option by the industry, as it was too fragmented and, in comparison to other sectors, highly underdeveloped in terms of IT infrastructure. ERP vendors...