Spend Control and Procurement aspects of ERP or
financial software packages are mostly lacking the depth provided
by those delivered by best-in-class, specialists in procurement. To
exploit these best-of-breed systems to their full potential,
integration to back-end ERP or Finance is needed.
Integration needs to be well thought through and robust,
providing seamless business processes whilst avoiding complex
systems management. The approach must address issues such as, the
need to:
- Maintain base data such as account codes and suppliers in one
place without duplicate entry
- Ensure the new application will conform to existing data such
as the company's chart of accounts
- Dynamically access certain data, such as account balances, as
part of processing transactions
- Upgrade individual applications at different times without
undue impact on the integration
- Protect and fully leverage investments in existing systems
The PROACTIS approach and technologies address these issues.