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Summary of Reports

 Access

 Agresso

 Epicor

 IFS

 Infor

 K3

 Maconomy

 Microsoft Dynamics

 Oracle

 QAD

 Sage

 SAP

 Sapphire Systems

 Strategix

 Touchstone

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Management Briefings



 Market Overview & Analysis: Conspectus’ latest research | Part 2

 Expert Opinion: Jeremy Oates of Accenture Technology

 View from the Top: Dudson | Part 2

 Pushing the Envelope: Dave Darling of Charteris | Part 2

 Does ERP Do Lean?: Logica's Anthony Chrumka | Part 2

 Shock of the Old: Frank Crewe of BSM Consulting | Part 2

 Spending for Survival: Gradient Consulting's Stephanie Snaith and Cathie Metcalfe | Part 2

 Left with a Legacy: Michael Burns of 180 Systems | Part 2

The recession might seem like a good time to stop buying big-ticket ERP systems. Gradient Consulting’s Cathie Metcalfe and Stephanie Snaith question that logic.

Spending for survival - Part 1 | Part 2

Cathie Metcalfe

Stephanie Snaith

“Right that's it, we’re in a recession. Everything stops, we need to cut costs as far as possible, including redundancies, put all projects on hold, stop talking to the supply chain, cut marketing and training budgets and wait until the recession is over. Certainly, all investment in our ERP systems must be shelved.”

That could be the thinking in many organisations. But in fact this is an ideal time to invest in ERP, with the potential that returns will be higher and investment reduced.

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