ERP in 2009

So far I have avoided any mention of Economic Downturn or that horrible cliche "Credit Crunch" because I can see no benefit in jumping on that particular marketing bandwagon. I'll leave that to the journalists who just want to sell newspapers. However, now that I have, I had better say why. I received AMR's weekly update email this morning and I was interested to read their comment on ERP sales in 2009. This is based on genuine research and I have known and trusted AMR's knowledge of the business IT community for many years. Their research shows that discretionary IT spend (i.e. "nice to have" rather than "essential") will be slow, but expensive global roll-outs of major ERP systems will actually ramp up to 2010. This is interesting because although these projects could have been an obvious cost-cutting target to a multi-national under pressure, they are clearly being regarded as an essential component of their drive for efficiency - something that will help the business thrive in tough times. This way of thinking is equally applicable to businesses without such a wide geographic spread - a highly efficient ERP system that is aligned to your way of working today is as essential as any other key aspect of your organisation.

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