FEBRUARY 2019 IT STRATEGY
SPONSORED BY OCHIBA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
FUTURE THINKING
Successful implementation of ERP systems means understanding your
challenges today, and predicting what they will be in the future, says Dave
Worsman, MD of SAP Business One specialists, Ochiba Business Solutions
CONTRIBUTOR OCHIBA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
innovation, and this resulting technology will
be a core part of the overall business strategy.
Successful ERP implementation means
understanding your challenges today and
predicting what they will be in the future.
Today is the perfect time to seize the digitisation
opportunity by transforming from on-premise
to cloud offerings, from human to automated
operations, and from direct high-touch to digital
low-touch channels within your business.
By embracing this digital era you must make
use of the following in order to transform your
business from its non-digital position.
While traditional implementations
sometimes seem to focus too much on
organisational changes, or on spending
measures to improve profitability, the
future implementation success will only
be determined by the customer centricity
of all you do, what you sell, and how you
run. Embracing and delivering the digital
transformation within your organisation
will be the enabler for that.
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Companies are now looking further into the future to
choose their ERP platform based on its ability to meet
their needs further down the line. SAP Business One
is the perfect choice for that very reason. It’s not just
down to how it processes sales, purchase, production
and delivery now. Sure, that functionality is flexible and easy to
use, but if you’re on an ERP system that’s not future proof, you’ll
soon be left behind.
We’re finding that the speed of digital transformation has been
accelerated by the movement to the cloud. Working in the cloud
means different platforms can now collaborate to gather, analyse
and share data. This is particularly helpful for the manufacturing
sector, where the companies that have embraced the latest
technology are the ones who survive and thrive.
Whether making use of the latest production equipment,
robotics, design, additive manufacturing, 3D printing technology,
data collection and analytics, or, simulation and planning - the
ERP system is always at the heart of the company. All these areas
work together as one automated value chain to deliver Industry
4.0. This is where today’s manufacturers need to rapidly get to.
Of course, once there, a manufacturer’s ERP system is the
hub of this integration and the platform needs to be continually
nurtured. With SAP Business One, our clients can rest assured
this will be the case. Constant innovation is the key to growth.
Customers’ needs change constantly – it’s easy to become
irrelevant unless a company has a bias toward innovation,
versus a bias toward the status quo.
Across all manufacturing sectors, companies are
experiencing unprecedented change which is transforming
business models, processes and the way they work.
Technology trends such as hyper-connectivity, cloud
computing, and big data are a result of wide-ranging social
and business trends which are changing how we live and
work. In the midst of this change, complexity has become a
major problem that stands in the way of digital transformation
and innovation. Becoming a digital business means first
cutting through this complexity. Simplicity is a prerequisite for
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