Adopting a new way of thinking about SCM training f E-business has become every company's mantra, the need to streamline supply chains isn't far behind. For that, many businesses are turning to prominent enterprise resource planning software vendors, believing that a single solution from a single vendor may be the best way to coordinate the flow of material among the companies and their suppliers and distributors. We made the decision to buy an ERP system in order to avoid the integration issues between dissimilar packages. Prevo cites four key reasons. Data mapping is difficult, and sometimes there is no exact match for certain data in dissimilar systems.
Version control becomes a problem across different packages, particularly as upgrades emerge.
Dissimilar toolsets require an IT staff to learn how to use all of them. The more vendors a company has to manage, Prevo says, the more time and money it has to devote to those relationships. Supply-chain suites also address the demands of the changing business climate. As companies buy and sell online, they face mounting pressure to compete on price and service. Customers today have access to more information and more choices than ever before.