| | August 20208LATEST TRENDS IN ERP INDUSTRY, INNOVATIONS & TECHNOLOGIESOver the decades, the industry has witnessed Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software evolve to adapt to ever-changing business needs, client demands, and enterprise tech improvements such as mobile, artificial intelligence and collaborative commerce.ERP is all about dealing with resources in the most productive and effective way possible. It's the instrument by which companies can manage, gather, and then stock critical business data & activities. A completely integrated real-time system offers the flexibility to work from anywhere.It's no wonder that it is growing at such a rapid rate. Let's take a look at some of the points about the trends being witnessed in ERP:The Internet of Things (IoT): IoT is defined as the interconnection of data from equipment, which usually are not connected to the Internet. Businesses can gain great deal of insights into how the ERP process performs with IoT, such as how & where the system is used. IoT can increase accuracy and multiply data availability, which gives rise to intelligent & much more flexible ERP systems as well.By Thakur Anup Singh, Group Chairman & Managing Director, Marg ERPAnup is a self-made entrepreneur and a visionary leader with resolute personality. Under his dynamic leadership, Marg ERP has grown from an accounting package for SMEs to a complete business software solution for 21+ distinct trade segments and size of businesses.Furthermore, combining IoT data with ERP systems can add valuable statistics to bigger picture within the company. For instance, with IoT, product consignments can be marked with devices that report transportation time and current location information. As a result, manufacturers can use this information to better plan production schedules and distributions.Mobile: Mobile ERP solutions permit businesses to benefit from upgraded quality of service and precise data collection along with access to important data from any loca-tion at any time. For instance, a pharma dis-tributor can check inventory levels or get any details about the medicines from anywhere. The handiness of retrieving ERP data from phone, laptop, and tablet lets the productivity increase, while getting tools & information which may be needed to run a business. Mobile ERP applications can improve the efficiency of different busi-ness procedures as well. This process can increase the customer relationship strategy as well. Businesses can easily communicate with customers at any time and can deal with any situation.Artificial Intelligence (AI): AI-enabled ERP arrangements can build an environment where a company's data is conversational and actionable. It can also pick-up from the data sources, build workflows, and lessen the time it takes to load data & reduce mistakes in the data. As AI studies various means in which a company and individual operators interact with the software every day, these systems can recommend different ways to improve the system for individual users.Built-In Analytics: Earlier, ERP systems may outdo at gathering and organizing data, but they are more restricted when it comes to analytics and reporting. Future ERP systems Thakur Anup Singh, Group Chairman & Managing DirectorIN MY OPINION
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