 | An Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is the single largest IT investment most manufacturers will make in their business—and that investment makes the CIO's job both easier and more difficult. The CIO can breathe easier because the ERP system can consolidate disparate systems, modernize the IT database infrastructure, provide better reporting and analytic tools, and be a foundation for extending capabilities from a standard platform. ERP also makes the CIO's job harder because the company becomes extremely dependent on IT's ability to operate and modify the system, the CIO is drawn in to the business process optimization discussion, and governance of IT usage and spend becomes more important as the company seeks to leverage ERP. Request Free! |
