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The Future Of ERP: Mobility
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ERP was a revolutionary trend that companies have lapped over time. However providing services anywhere anytime, be it a social application like Whatsapp or a business driving application like ERP, has become a requirement in the modern world. Mobile ERP is all about accessing various services offered by any ERP software through a mobile device such as smartphones or tablets.
There are certain factors which have made mobility in ERP a necessity. One of them is service improvements as in better interaction with customers & existing business applications. Another is better ROI on mobile applications implementation. However, the most important driving force behind this trend is attributable to another parallel growing trend, Mobile Workforce.While in the US & Europe the trend of mobile workforce caught momentum 3-4 years back, it has recently entered Indian organizations and is catching up fast. Indian mobile workforce is expected to grow by over 50 per cent over the next two years to reach 205 million by 2015, of which about 65 per cent will be equipped with smart mobile devices, according to a latest research report. The concept of traditional office where people would sit at their respective desks logging 8 to 9 hours daily is fast fading away and is being replace by mobile workforce. Every company would need to strategize a roadmap to evolve with mobility.
A report titled 'Moving Towards a Mobile Enterprise – Journey of India Inc.' suggests a four-phase roadmap for companies to embrace mobile enterprise strategy.
In a recently conducted survey, it was found that around 46 per cent of the Indian organizations currently provide mobile work-styles for employees & the trend is picking up. Globally too, organizations adopting similar strategies are reaping the rewards of a more flexible, agile workforce, lower employee-related and real estate costs and the ability to attract and retain top talent. It is anticipated that a third of employees will no longer access corporate applications from the local office and would instead be operating from home, field, hotels, airports etc, & the availability of workspaces would be a fifth less by the end of 2020. One of the reports mentions that driven by employee demand, 91 per cent of organizations worldwide shall adopt mobile work styles, enabling its staff to work from anywhere.
Most ERP vendors are already trying to flow in tandem with this rising tide by providing mobile enterprises suites. Below are some scenarios where mobile ERP may impact a business:
Considering the above scenarios and more, mobile ERP would not only open a real time access of an organization’s operations to its staff on the move but over time organizations would also experience lower transaction costs, improved cash flows, improved relations with customers & more importantly satisfied & happy employees.
It may be that a completely mobile application for ERP may not provide as good a solution as a traditional desktop ERP application does. But with changing times, as always, one who would surely stand to benefit the most in the long run would be the one who will dare “Put business in Motion”.
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