The time is right for outsourced ERP, says Solarsoft
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The current economic climate "should be seen as a prime opportunity by UK SME manufacturers to relinquish the high overheads and poor control associated with in-house IT".
So says Steven Hargreaves, group product director of Solarsoft, and he adds: "Recession-beating strategies demand a clear focus on core skills, which means there is simply no leeway in the budget to support non-core services such as IT."
His view~: manufacturers need to retain individuals that offer skills essential to the business – meaning those able to deliver innovation and operational know-how. "The IT department, in contrast, is built on skills that an external organisation can easily supply," insists Hargreaves.
For him, it appears, the arrival of modern web-based solutions and good bandwidth, means there is no longer any need for systems and their attendants to be located in-house.
"Enterprise systems can be delivered and managed highly successfully from a remote site. It is time to think of IT as a utility and replace the in-house service with a supplier that can deliver full systems management, whilst reducing costs by up to 30%," he says.
"Outsourced solutions will deliver efficiency and flexibility. Most of all, they give managers the freedom to focus on what matters most in any market: winning business."
