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Home / ERP Blog 03.19.16 / The ERP Industry / ERP Systems and Manufacturing: Here They Grow
03.19.16

ERP Systems and Manufacturing: Here They Grow

Spring is in the air, and so is news of steady growth in the US manufacturing sector.

We’ve recently seen reports that forecast US manufacturers bringing production back to the United States. These so-called “reshoring” trends stem from rising costs in energy and offshore wages – making homeland production more economically feasible.

Growth has also been reported by the Institute for Supply Management. They recently announced that US manufacturing picked up in January to its highest level in nine months, as new orders and employment improved.

To top it off, the Association of Manufacturing Technology announced that orders among member companies are at their highest level in 13 years.

ERP Growth Follows

It is no surprise that this news comes on the heels of reports that ERP has grown into the single largest enterprise application.  After all, ERP helps manufacturers manage growth and improve manufacturing business performance.

Forrester Research predicts dramatic growth in the global enterprise resource planning (ERP) market — expanding to $50.3 billion in 2015.

Researchers at the University of Greenwich in the Business Process Management Journal conclude, “ERP is now considered to be the price of entry for running a business.

And as we’ve noted in the past, Cloud or SaaS ERP is playing a key role today. IDC projects that enterprise cloud application revenues will reach $67.3 billion by 2016.

Big and Getting Bigger

Here’s a noteworthy fact. ERP is the single largest enterprise application software market.  ERP system adoption is still growing, as ERP vendors craft even more powerful applications.

There are many reasons to enter into an ERP implementation: whether it’s standardizing on a common ERP platform, using ERP to support a business process reengineering, or putting into place business intelligence strategies as supported by ERP.

To make sense of it all, look to our ERP consulting team to help manage this exciting growth in the years ahead.

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Categories: The ERP Industry Tags: Cloud ERP, ERP Manufacturing, ERP Systems

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About David Saunders

David Saunders

Dave has over 25 years of business experience helping mid-sized and large manufacturing and distribution companies improve their operations and the underlying business processes. Dave has a BS in Computer in Management from Purdue University and an MBA from the University of Illinois. Dave also received a Management Business degree from IESA Business School in Barcelona, Spain.

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