ERP has always been famous for its high costs and difficult implementations. Lofty software and hardware prices, risks of ERP failures, long ERP implementation time, and high system maintenance costs are the main reasons that scare away many potential users. But today several new trends have come to improve this situation.
How to Reduce Costs and Risks of an ERP System?
Today many ERP suppliers in India and from other countries have started to provide software as service solutions for the reduction of ERP costs. For example, a user can choose a Web-based online SaaS ERP system, which allows him to pay month without high initial costs.
But a company may have to give up its full control over computer data if it chooses a SaaS ERP solution. To solve this problem, software developers use cloud computing technology for their SaaS ERP systems. An ERP on cloud solution can help users fully control their sensitive data across different hardware and software systems, including various types of computer servers and platforms.
For example, Netsuite is ERP on the cloud that helps users largely reduce software costs and hardware investment. It provides an integrated accounting, CRM, inventory and ecommerce system at low cost. A user can also find several other ERP on the cloud systems in Internet. Please compare their service packages and prices before choosing a right solution.
Low-cost ERP Software Applications: Download Lists
On the other hand, some companies provide open source ERP software packages for costs reduction. A user can download and install these packages for free. Open source software can reduce half of the costs of an ERP system. This kind of solutions includes Adempiere, Compiere, Openbravo, Opentaps, OpenERP, OFBiz, Tryton and many others.
At the same time, some other companies provide low-cost ERP software applications. For example, Tally ERP 9.0 is priced at a few hundreds of rupees. Though small ERP programs like Tally do not cover as many functional modules as major ERP suppliers like Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Oracle e-Business Suite, SAGE Pro ERP and SAP Business Suite, they provide low-cost solutions for small business.
New Trends of Tally ERP Software in 2011