While the main talking points of cloud enterprise resource planning versus on-premises ERP are well known, as the cloud ERP market has matured additional benefits are being touted as game-changers in the manufacturing ERP realm. The cloud ERP model promises many benefits, including improvements in the following areas:

• cost of ownership

• data transparency and security

• system adaptability and configurability

• range of functionality features available

• compliance with regulations

• integration with other applications

• system implementation and maintenance

• system flexibility and scalability

• accessibility (location- and web-wise)

• system up-time and infrastructure

However, the situation is not quite so clear cut as cloud ERP vendors may purport it to be.

Source: TEC