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by Jeff Moad, MA Editorial Staff Posted on Thursday, December 28, 2006 3:36:00 PM Sign Up to receive Daily News Alerts in your E-mail Inbox    | Abstract: | Globalization and the need to boost operational efficiency are driving increased investments in ERP, supply chain and integration software, three separate studies say. |
| Keywords: | Software spending, manufacturing software, integration software, software as a service, SaaS, AMR Research, Forrester Research, Accenture |
Spending by manufacturing companies on technology -- particularly ERP and manufacturing software and integration tools
-- is poised to accelerate through 2007, stimulated by business issues such as globalization and the need for operational efficiency, according to three recently released reports. ERP application budgets will grow by an average of 12.3% in 2007, according to a recent survey of manufacturing and services companies by AMR Research. Manufacturing applications will attract especially high spending levels in 2007, the report predicts. While only 43% of companies surveyed by AMR have deployed manufacturing software so far, 20% of those surveyed said they plan to do so over the next 12 months. The percentage planning to deploy manufacturing software was exceeded only by those planning to deploy software for financial management (21%) and business analytics (25%). Meanwhile, a study by Forrester Research predicts that enterprise spending on software will rise by 10% in 2007, with 18% of enterprises planning major ERP upgrades during the year, and 16% planning major upgrades to customer service and support software. [Click to continue] |
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