Transcript Corporate Overview

Global Trends &
Use of the Latest
Technology in ERP
Presented by:
Sergey Martsinkian,
Manager, Product Marketing
Epicor Software Czech
The World Has Changed…
Leading Global Stock Indices
(through October 2008)
It’s Flatter and a lot more Connected
Maybe more connected than we sometimes want…
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The World Really Has Changed…
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Consumerization of IT
The company’s
IT infrastructure
The company’s
employees
Yesterday
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PCs
GUI
Internet
Wireless
Mobile phones
The company’s
business model
Today
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Instant messaging
Desktop search
Rich media
VoIP
Mashups
GPS
Tomorrow
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Social networking
Fabric computing
Enterprise search
Cloud computing
Ubiquitous computing
Contextual computing
Augmented reality
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Web 2.0
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What is Web 2.0?
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Web 2.0 is the business revolution in the
computer industry caused by the move to
the Internet as a platform, and an attempt
to understand the rules for success on that
new platform.”
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Tim O’Reilly
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What is Web 2.0?
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Applications that embrace the internet
rather than fight the internet.
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Web 1.0
• Delivering information
• Individual
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Web 2.0
• Delivering, Collaborating, Personalizing, Integrating
• Many to Many
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Social Computing is Changing Sales
• New Web 2.0 technologies enabled by cheap peer-to-peer
connections are changing the way travel is sold
– Blogs, wikis, social networks
• As travelers forge connections and share information with
like-minded travelers online, their needs and expectations are
changing
– They want more relevance
– More perfect information
• Social computing will catalyze and aid a shift in online travel
from passive selling to active customer engagement
– Affects every aspect of the distribution
and marketing of products
Source: Forrester, Advances in Social Computing, April 2007
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Ken Harris
CIO and SVP, Shaklee
The number one natural nutrition company in the U.S.,
making people (and the planet) healthier for over 50 years.
Top three IT initiatives:
IT Budget (approx):
$20m of Operating
Capital
1. Bringing Web 2.0 tools, including
social networking to the sales force
2. New technologies to enable new
product line to be creative and grow
3. New ERP system for Japan
Best advice for future CIOs: “The job of CIO has
always been about change and handling the pace of
change, and that's picked up dramatically. Plan to
eliminate 50% to 70% of what you have to do –
outsource it, hand it over to others,….and focus on
strategic value.”
Source: informationweek.com/topexecs
Web 2.0 – Why?
• Solutions designed to work with the Internet
• Deliver information
– When people need it
– In the context they need it
• Leverage work others are doing
– The benefit of collaboration
• Leverage the knowledge of your own people
– The benefit of collaboration
• Build solutions that are fun and easier to use
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Competition
Competitiveness
• Competition concerns are now driving IT in different
directions based on company size
– Large companies ($1B-ish) use IT to deploy, improve, and propagate
business process as rapidly as possible
– Smaller companies ($35m-ish) care more about differentiation and may
need specific tier-1 capabilities to be successful
• Enterprise systems have, for years, concentrated on
optimizing operational efficiency…
• … but business agility relies on human invention
– Testing hunches or other collaborative experimentation that leads to
innovative ways to rapidly respond to changing circumstances
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Agility
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How Do We Keep Up?
Web 2.0
SOA
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SOA a Definition
Service-oriented architecture (SOA) provides
methods for systems development and integration
where systems group functionality around business
processes and package these as interoperable
services.
SOA also describes IT infrastructure which allows different applications
to exchange data with one another as they participate in business
processes.
SOA separates functions into distinct units, or services, which
developers make accessible over a network in order that users can
combine and reuse them in the production of business applications.
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What is SOA?
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SOA is a modern approach to software
development and the integration of
applications with minimum fuss.
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Web Services Do Not Equal SOA Alone
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SOA and Epicor
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SOA and Epicor
Business Process Management
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SOA and Epicor
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Service-Oriented Architecture – Why?
• It supports the need for business agility so you…
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Can present information the way you want it
Can build your own business rules
Can manage your business rules at a business level
Keep your information secure
• It makes geography irrelevant
– Supports complex distributed global networks
• It keeps integration issues at a management level
• It makes real-time connectivity with partners a reality
– Opens up a competitive marketplace
• It protects your investment in software
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Epicor Everywhere™ Framework
XML Metadata
Rich User
Experience
Rich Internet
Application (RIA)
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Epicor Everywhere via Facebook
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Epicor Everywhere via Twitter
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SOA and Web 2.0
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SOA brings flexibility to the business
rules and data. Web 2.0 brings
flexibility to the visualization and
manipulation of this information.
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The SOA and Web 2.0 Barrier has been
Broken
What Next?
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Extensibility
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Your Next Data Center?
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Epicor Enterprise Search (in the Cloud)
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Future Releases, Release Content and Dates Subject to Change
Epicor Enterprise Search Everywhere
Epicor Cloud Computing Vision
Cloud
Boundless Integrations
In-depth Monitoring
Multiple Audiences
On-Premise
Appliance
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Introducing Epicor Express
ERP
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Comprehensive business apps for small manufacturers
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Developed specifically for job shops and discrete mixed mode manufacturers
Functionality to manage everything... opportunities, orders, and operations
Built-in “best practices” based on serving 1000’s of customers over 25 years
Cloud
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IT resources, hardware, system maintenance, security updates and upgrade
Minimal upfront cost and affordable on-going investment
Enables small manufacturers to focus on core business versus IT management
Flexible
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Delivered via an on-demand cloud model
Eliminates barriers that keep some businesses from deploying ERP software
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Provides flexible foundation for future
Based on Epicor 9 next-generation ERP built using service-oriented architecture (SOA)
Technology supports rapid addition of hidden functionality as well as customization
Accommodates future requirements and growth (i.e. editions, deployment options)
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In Summary
• SOA delivers the ultimate framework for managing
business logic and business rules
• Web 2.0 delivers the ultimate framework for beneficial
interaction between people and software
• Epicor Next-Generation ERP delivers the ultimate
business benefit through the combination of SOA and
Web 2.0 – Enterprise 2.0
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Enterprise 2.0 is the application of Web 2.0 and
other emerging technologies to enhance organizational
performance within companies, or between companies
and their partners or customers.
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Thank you!
Presented by:
Sergey Martsinkian,
Epicor Software Czech
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