Epicor RVP highlights the need to put ‘people first’ when it comes to ERP automation

Epicor RVP highlights the need to put ‘people first’ when it comes to ERP automation

Vibhu Kapoor, Regional Vice President – Middle East, Africa & India at Epicor, has penned an exclusive op-ed for December’s …

The post Epicor RVP highlights the need to put ‘people first’ when it comes to ERP automation appeared first on TahawulTech.com.Vibhu Kapoor, Regional Vice President – Middle East, Africa & India at Epicor, has penned an exclusive op-ed for December’s edition of CNME, in which he has stressed that ERP automation can succeed when organisations put people first. 

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are nothing new to a tech-savvy business community.

UAE organisations have long leveraged ERP to help manage day-to-day operations in industries from manufacturing to retail.

With the government laying out clear strategies to accelerate economic development, organisations must prime themselves for growth and can do so by optimising their ERP implementations.

The challenge before them today is not adoption, it is augmentation — augmentation through automation. By injecting the right dose of automation, companies can accelerate their journey from survivor to thriver.

They can either automate the extended business from within the ERP system or automate the functions of the ERP system itself. Either way, automation represents a turning point for organisations that stand on the cusp of greatness.

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