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What is the major drawback of the platform-based ERPs?

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Question ajoutée par Mohammad Tohamy Hussein Hussein , Chief Executive Officer & ERP Architect , Egyptian Software Group
Date de publication: 2014/06/08
Raafat Sallam
par Raafat Sallam , Organizational Development and Training Consultant , Training Centers, Marketing Organizations.

1- The willingness of high management

2- The cooperation of intermediate management

Rehan Qureshi
par Rehan Qureshi , Financial Consultant , Self Employeed

I agree with Mr. Mohammad Tohamy Hussein Hussein   

Mohammed Thiab
par Mohammed Thiab , Founder / Chief Consultant , MV Consulting

in one word ,,,  it is the "overhead" required to implement and maintain such a system in customer premises on a specific platform !

 

I have been in Aramco in1996 when it started its SAP R/3 implementation.  It took an "army" of specialists and cost over600 Million US$  ...  Yes ... I mean it  six hundred milion US dollars  !! .... till1998 !!

The implementation od SAP R/3 was on the UNIX platform, with partial support systems on WINDOWS and it involved lots of customization and tailoring (configuration), middleware, servers,... etc .. etc.

zafar abbas minhas
par zafar abbas minhas , Freelance Writer , DAILY MASHRAQ

agreed with great mind here on bayt. MR.TAIB

Ahmed Fathy
par Ahmed Fathy , General Manager + EBRD International Adviser , RUBEX for Metal Industries

Sorry i cant answer

gopikrishnan parthasarathy
par gopikrishnan parthasarathy , Purchase and supply chain engineer , Teja machinery

its data length, time consuming, expensive implementation. Even we ignored the purchasing cost of the software which is huge one as well

LABIB KOOLI
par LABIB KOOLI , Director of the Sectoral Center for Training in Hotel Technologies at Southern Hammamet , Tunisian Vocational Training Agency (ATFP)

Completely agree with Mr Raaft !,

I worked on an ERP project for nearly one year 

and the most drawbacks came from the change resistance forces. 

Salauddin Mohammad
par Salauddin Mohammad , Sr. Manager, Software Development , Aspen Technology Inc

The major disadvantange is that the modules of platform based ERPs are not directly suitable to all customers within the same domain. They need little or more customization to support other customers. During one of my experiences, we developed a Supply and Distribution ERP for BP petroleum refinery, but this ERP couldn't be sold directly to PetroChina as it's business rules were different we had to customize it to a great extent..

hossam azzam
par hossam azzam , Fast food restaurant,s manager. , alexandria-egypt

Agree with Mr: Mohammed  thiab

Mohammad Tohamy Hussein Hussein
par Mohammad Tohamy Hussein Hussein , Chief Executive Officer & ERP Architect , Egyptian Software Group

Platform-based ERPs are composed of predefined and packaged processes to different sectors and markets, with the result that all companies have essentially the same processes and options for management of their business models to those of their competitors. Further, these processes can be widely replicated but not easily customized. This limits the possibilities for innovation and differentiation in business models, restricts adaptability to change, constrains the capacity to work on process improvement, and inhibits the opportunity to find new competitive advantages through the highly potential strategic weapon of IT.

 

Platformbased applications are inflexible but usable as long as they work and the functions that they perform support business operations. But when pressured by market competition, or by customers, suppliers or government regulations that require users to implement new functionalities, or when those users seek changes to exploit new competitive advantages or to cover new markets, or because they have new processes or even new business models – anything that requires systems' adaptation, that is when users bump against the limits of the platformbased applications.

 

 

ERP vendors have tried to bridge these gaps by integrating workflow solutions into their systems, but these workflows are not designed to manage business processes as they are understood in BPM methodology. Because they are functional and not processdriven, they will always be limited to the data and functions contained in the ERP.

Emad Mohammed said abdalla
par Emad Mohammed said abdalla , ERP & IT Software, operation general manager . , AL DOHA Company

I agree with the answer been added by Mohammad Tohamy Hussein Hussein  

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