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Potential Concerns and Common Benefits of Cloud-Based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

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Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is an industry-driven concept and system that is universally accepted by the industry as a practical solution to achieve integrated enterprise information systems. Enterprises are analyzing the use of cloud provision to carry out their business processes. The shift to the cloud-based business management technology has already started as it leverages the use of abstracted resources. This chapter strives to compare and contrast conventional ERP and cloud ERP systems with respect to three perspectives: organizational, business, and technological. In this chapter, the architecture of conventional ERP and cloud ERP are discussed as well as the business drivers and the deployment options during the implementation of cloud-based ERP system. A case study of a cloud ERP system is carried out, and the findings are presented for the benefit of the ERP implementation teams. The objective of the research study is to help the top management to determine the best deployment options for their organizations. This has been done by means of highlighting the potential benefits an enterprise can reap if they choose to stay with cloud ERP and the concerns they should address to minimize the risks leading to a low-cost and effortless implementation of a complete cloud-based ERP software solution.

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Parthasarathy, S. (2013). Potential Concerns and Common Benefits of Cloud-Based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). In: Mahmood, Z. (eds) Cloud Computing. Computer Communications and Networks. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5107-4_9

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