In this day and age of Open Systems and Open Source development, what possible value does ERP offer? With millions of dollars already invested in ERP...
Author - Stanley Elbaum
Stan Elbaum is a senior vice president with Aberdeen Group and is responsible for the development and deployment of Aberdeen's research in Planning and Advanced Analytics, with particular focus on the Business Intelligence and S&OP processes and technologies. Stan has been deeply involved in the development and implementation of BI and CPM processes and technologies in a variety of multi-national corporations in industries as diverse as consumer packaged goods, petrochemicals, high-tech, and the pulp and paper industry. As a CIO of a global Consumer Packaged Goods company, Stan also led the selection, value assessment and implementation of the full SAP R/3 suite.
CIOs have gone through utopia during the Internet Boom followed by a drastic cutbacks after the bust. Now, as economy is recovering, today’s CIO is...