TY - JOUR
T1 - ERP SaaS value chain
T2 - A proposed SaaS model for manufacturing SCM networked activities
AU - Addo-Tenkorang, Richard
AU - Helo, Petri T.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - This paper aims at proposing an ERP-SaaS model systems solution for manufacturing SCM networked value systems to enable the end-customer organisation to decrease the cost of implementation, maintenance and the overall administration of the application. This applied research employed an industrial pilot case study with an OEM industrial partner. The proposed ERP-SaaS model in this paper attempts to propose industrial systems solution value-adding benefits including: low preliminary-and-anticipated ongoing costs, faster implementations and value-adding, affordable ownership cost, greater reliability, improved support, reduced IT complexity and improved business motivation. Salesforce.com is one example of such successful ERP-SaaS systems solution vendors. However, ERP systems delivered as software-as-a-service; is not yet a systems solution that has had a commercial breakthrough, specifically for supply-chain management (SCM) network. Thus, this paper will be very relevant to industries keen on achieving competitive advantage of their SCM network as well as R&D both in the industry and academia.
AB - This paper aims at proposing an ERP-SaaS model systems solution for manufacturing SCM networked value systems to enable the end-customer organisation to decrease the cost of implementation, maintenance and the overall administration of the application. This applied research employed an industrial pilot case study with an OEM industrial partner. The proposed ERP-SaaS model in this paper attempts to propose industrial systems solution value-adding benefits including: low preliminary-and-anticipated ongoing costs, faster implementations and value-adding, affordable ownership cost, greater reliability, improved support, reduced IT complexity and improved business motivation. Salesforce.com is one example of such successful ERP-SaaS systems solution vendors. However, ERP systems delivered as software-as-a-service; is not yet a systems solution that has had a commercial breakthrough, specifically for supply-chain management (SCM) network. Thus, this paper will be very relevant to industries keen on achieving competitive advantage of their SCM network as well as R&D both in the industry and academia.
KW - Enterprise resource planning
KW - ERP
KW - ERP-SaaS system
KW - SCM value chain
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84907525389&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1504/IJBIS.2014.064980
DO - 10.1504/IJBIS.2014.064980
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84907525389
SN - 1746-0972
VL - 17
SP - 355
EP - 372
JO - International Journal of Business Information Systems
JF - International Journal of Business Information Systems
IS - 3
ER -