Published: 25 February 2015
Summary
This research updates the previous postmodern ERP strategic road map research to take account of market trends and new technologies. Postmodern ERP is a reality today. CIOs and ERP leaders should ensure they are planning and executing their ERP strategy in line with this road map.
Included in Full Research
- Why Is Postmodern ERP Important?
- Leveraging Postmodern ERP
- Future State
- Postmodern ERP Strategy and User Functionality Defined by Gartner's Pace-Layered Application Strategy
- Hybrid of Loosely Coupled Cloud and On-Premises ERP Applications
- Cloud Applications for All Business Capabilities Are Available
- Platform as a Service Adopted for Integration and Development Needs
- Multienterprise and Intraenterprise Integration Will Be Achieved Equally Easily
- Advanced Analytics Embedded in ERP Applications
- Technologies for Digital Business, IMC, IoT, Mobile and Big Data Are Supported Natively by the ERP Architecture
- Current State
- Declining Focus on Single-Vendor, Fewer-Instance Suite Deployment
- Tactical Adoption of Cloud SaaS, Sometimes as "Unwanted Shadow IT" Initiatives
- ERP Focused on Cost Savings or Marginalized as Unrenovated Core "Old Technology"
- Commodity Best Practices Prioritized Over Differentiation and Innovation
- Mobile Still Seen as Tactical Gateway Extensions
- Analytics Driven From BI Platforms by "Hot Spot" IMC Projects
- Gap Analysis and Interdependencies
- Migration Plan
- Higher Priority
- Medium Priority
- Lower Priority